Primula.'] LXXXVII. PRIMULACEJJ. (J. D. Hooker.) 487 



entire crenulate or toothed above the middle, bracts small base gibbous, flowers 

 numerous subsessile, corolla-tube exceeding calyx, the limb flat, calyx-lobes 2-tid, 

 Fl. Danica i. t. 125 ; Sweet Brit. Fl. Gard. ser. 2, t. 65. 



WESTERN TIBET, alt. 12-17,000 ft, Thomson, &c. DISTBIB. Europe, N. and Cen- 

 tral Asia, Arctic America. 



Eoottock stout. Leaves densely rosulate. Scape tall and stout for the size of 

 the plant ; bracts few, base gibbous ; pedicels shorter than the calyx. Calyx 5-ribbed, 

 cleft - way down ; lobes lanceolate, acute, often purple. Corolla pale purple, - 

 in. diam. ; mouth annulate ; lobes rather narrow, deeply cleft. Capsule oblong. Seeds 

 5^ in., angular, pale, minutely papillose. The Fuegian plant (P. magellanica), re- 

 ferred to P. farinosa by myself and others, differs in the large granulate seeds. 



16. P. Heydei, Watt in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. ined. ; stoloniferous, 

 leaves - in. sessile lanceolate acuminate coarsely toothed mealy beneath, 

 scape stout, flowers 5-oo sessile, bracts short base saccate, corolla- tube exceeding 

 the calyx, limb flat. 



WESTERN TIBET, alt. 12-14,000 ft., Thomson ; Taglang, Heyde. 



A very distinct little species, densely tufted. Stolons short, leafy. Leaves rosu- 

 late, on the stolons subsecund. Scape 1-3 in. ; inflorescence mealy ; bracts gibbous 

 at the base. Calyx campanulate, cleft to the middle. Corolla pale lilac, in. diam. 

 Capsule included. Seeds as in P. farinosa. 



17. P. concixma, Watt in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. ined. ; densely tufted, 

 very small, leaves \-^ in. oblanceolate acute or obtuse quite entire or subcrenulate 

 mealy beneath, scape short 2-3-fld., pedicels elongated in fruit, calyx deeply 

 cleft equalling the short corolla-tube, corolla-mouth contracted, limb flat, lobes 

 obcordate. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; on the Tibetan passes, alt. 15-17,000 ft., J. D. H., Watt. 



Somewhat resembling a reduced state of P. farinosa with longer capsules, from 

 which the short corolla-tube and the seeds at once distinguish it. Tufts ^ in. high. 

 Leaves sometimes narrowed into a short petiole, margins re volute. Scape rarely 

 longer than the leaves ; bracts gibbous at the base; pedicels sometimes two to four 

 times longer than the scape. Corolla. % in. diam., white or pink. Capsule in. 

 long, cylindric-oblong. Seeds nearly orbicular, ~ in. diam., a little flattened on one 

 side, quite smooth, pale brown. 



18. P. g*labra, Klatt in Linnesa xxxvii. 500 ; not mealy except the 

 inflorescence, leaves -1 in. obovate-spathulate acute or obtuse erose or toothed, 

 scape very slender loosely 3-co -fld., flowers sessile or shortly pedicelled, bracts 

 short, calyx campanulate, lobes short obtuse equalling the corolla-tube, corolla 

 mouth contracted, limb flat, lobes short 2-fid. Watt in Journ. Linn. Soc. ined. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA; alt. 13-15,000 ft., J. D. H., Clarke, Watt. 



A very distinct species. Tufted. Leaves rather thin, rigid when dry, often 

 narrowed into a slender or broad petiole ; teeth horizontal or recurved. Scape 1-5 

 in. ; bracts subulate, ~% in., base gibbous. Corolla blue-purple, in. diam. Cap- 

 sule oblong, included. Seeds obtusely-angled, -^ in. diam., coarsely papillose. In 

 foliage and habit this closely resembles P. pusilla, but the bracts are very different, 

 and the mouth of the corolla is not bearded. 



19. P. sibirica, Jacq. Misc. Austr. i. 161 ; not mealy, leaves coriaceous 

 -1 in. shortly petioled elliptic ovate or spathulate obtuse entire or crenulate, 

 scape slender 3-6-fld., bracts linear base shortly produced, calyx tubular 5-ribbed, 

 corolla pink, tube shortly exserted, mouth not annulate, limb flat, lobes narrow 

 deeply cleft. Duby in DC. Prodr. viii. 43 ; Lehm. Monoa, Primul. t. 5 j Bot. 

 Mag. t. 3167, 3445, 6493. 



