484 LXXXVII. PRIMULACEJ:. (J. D. Hooker.) [Primula. 



mouth not annulate, ovary obovoid. Duly in DC. Prodr. viii. 41. P. altis- 

 siraa and P. speciosa, Don Prodr. 78. 



CENTRAL and EASTERN HIMALAYA; Nipal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 11-15,000 ft., 

 J, D. H., Elwcs. 



Rootstock very small. Leaf-blade 2-3 in. ; petiole 4-6 in., very slender. Scape 

 12-16 in., very slender; inflorescence sometimes mealy; flowers nodding, slightly 

 fragrant ; bracts regularly placed, but unequal in size, broad, sometimes toothed. 

 Calyx \-^ in., campanulate, quite terete or 5-ribbed. Corolla-tube nearly in. ; lobes 

 erecto-patent, small, rounded, or notched. Fruit not seen. "Wallich describes the 

 leaves as slightly pubescent beneath, which I do not observe. A close ally of P. 

 ^ikkimensis. 



5. P. vag-inata, Watt in Journ. Linn. Soc. Sot. ined. ; puberulous or 

 glabrescent, not mealy, leaves in. diam. orbicular deeply cordate 7-lobed one 

 third way, lobes 3-fid, petiole with a broad basal sheath, scape 2-4 in., umbel 

 3-6-fld., pedicels very unequal, bracts linear, calyx-lobes short, corolla lilac, 

 tube funnel-shaped, mouth annulate, lobes 2-4-fid. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA; Laghep, alt. 10,000 ft., Clarke. 



Rootstock small, woody. Leaves puberuious or glabrous ; petiole equalling the 

 blade, abruptly dilated at the very base into a broad membranous sheath. Scape 

 glabrous ; pedicels |-^- in. Calyx campanulate, lobes ovate acute. Corolla-tube not 

 twice the length of the calyx ; limb 5 in. diam. Ovary globose, acute. Fruit un- 

 known. 



6. P. Clarkei, Watt in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. ined. ; quite glabrous, 

 leaves 1-1 in. orbicular- or elliptic-cordate sharply toothed or crenate, tip 

 rounded, scape 0, pedicels equalling or shorter than the petioles, calyx broadly 

 carapanulate, lobes short, corolla-tube slender, mouth not annulate, limb flat, 

 lobes 2-fid, capsule globose included. 



KASHMIR ; at Poosiana, alt. 7000 ft., Clarke. 



Habit of a Viola. Rootstock slender, woody. Leaves membranous, nerves very 

 slender ; petiole 2-4 in., very slender, base narrowly sheathing. Pedicels 2-3, slender. 

 Corolla-tube ^ in., lobes narrow. Ovary globose, acute, stigma capitate. Seeds black, 

 subglobose, minutely papillose, ^ in. diam. 



** Pubescent or tomentose with flaccid jointed hairs. 



7. P. mollis, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4798 ; softly pubescent or tomentose, 

 not mealy, leaves 3-6 in. diam. orbicular deeply cordate obtusely lobulate and 

 "erose, petiole stout, scape long, flowers in 2-5 loose superposed whorls, bracts 



linear-lanceolate, corolla rosy, mouth annulate, limb flat, lobes obovate or 

 obcordate. 



EASTERN HIMALAYA ; Bhotan, Booth. 



A near ally of P. cortusioides, and of the common garden P. sinensis. Crown with- 

 out sheathing scales. Leaves rather thick, pubescent on both surfaces ; petiole 

 ,3-5 jn., base shortly sheathing. Scape and inflorescence 12-18 in.; whorls distant, 

 3-6-fld., pedicels 1-1^ in. Calyx membranous, broadly cnmpanulate, loose, lobes 

 acuminate. Corolla f in. diam. Ovary globose, acute, upper half thickened ; stigma 

 ^ globose. Fruit unknown. 



8. ^. g'eraniifolia, Hook. f. ; very slender, softly pubescent, not mealy, 

 leaves 2-3 in. diam. orbicular deeply cordate acutely lobulate all round lobules 

 toothed, petiole very long, scape very slender, flowers in simple or superimposed 

 whorls, bracts few linear, corolla lilac, mouth annulate, lobes obcordate. 



E. TIBET; Chumbi valley (between Sikkim and Bhotan), alt. about 10,000 ft., 

 King. 



