T discovered this plant. It grew on the side of the bank down the 
mountain, in the shade of an immense tree with a trunk eight feet in 
diameter, and in other similar shaded places. 
A third species from the same source is :— 
C. obovata, LHemsl. (sp. nov.) ; foliis oblongo-obovatis facile dis- 
tingaitur. 
ba perennis, acaulis, scapigera, fere omnino glabra, Folia 
breviter petiolata, ag ¢ Semus venosu-rugulosa, oblongo- obovata vel 
obovata, cum petiolo 1-6 poll., sepissime 3— £ poll., longa, maxima 
supra medium 2 poll. lata, apice late rotundata, basi cuneata vel 
erecti, teretes. lores rosei, circiter 5 lin. diametro et gi, 
cymosoumbellati, cymis 5—10-foris, graciliter ee pedicellis 
gt ores ore te bracteis parvis linearibus sutfultis, dimorphi 
ut specie preceden Calyx glaber vel cito platens, breviter 
itis tata 5-costatus, i ntibus acutis tubo equa alibus. Corolla ypo- 
Pserimsephs, limbi lobis bilobulatis. Ovariwm glabr um. Capsula 
ignota. 
Curna; on cliffs in forests south-east of ener Yunnan, at 
5000 ft., A. Henry, 10626, 10626 a, and 10626 B 
It is probable that a thorough study of the Primulacexe of China 
will lead to further generic alterations.—W. Borrinc Hems.ry. 
Fig. 1, section of a long-styled flower 7 C. cordifolia ; 2, section of a short- styled 
flower; 3, cross section ot an ovary ; 4, basal part of an old eapsule ; 5, young fruit. 
il enlarged. 
