Primula.} LXXXVII. PRIMULACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) 491 



VAK. 4. tnacrocarpa ; leaves mealy beneath 2-5 in. oblanceolate obtuse or acute, 

 calyx very large -f in. long divided nearly to the base into linear-oblong obtuse 

 leathery lobes, capsule 1 in. Sikkim, alt. 15-17,000 ft., e7. D. H. 



VAR. 5. lineariloba ; lobes of corolla narrow deeply divided into two spreading 

 linear lobes. Tibet N. of Sikkim, J. D. H. I have seen flowers only, procured by 

 my collectors. Considering the range of variation in the corolla-lobes of this and 

 other species, I do not doubt this being an alpine state of Stuartii allied to var. 

 purpurea. 



28. P. sikkimensis, Hook.f. in Bot. Mag. t. 4597; glabrous, leaves 

 6-14 in. membranous not mealy oblong-obovate or -spathulate obtuse, margins 

 sharply toothed decurrent on a long broadly winged and often toothed petiole, 

 scape very tall, bracts very short subulate, flowers very many yellow, pedicels 

 slender, calyx strongly 5-angled and 5-ribbed, teeth subulate, corolla funnel- 

 shaped, tube not annulate longer than the calyx, limb concave, lobes rounded 

 emarginate. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; in wet places, alt. 11-15,000 ft.,J". D. H., &c. 



Eootstock as thick as the thumb, very short. Leaves often 2 in. diam., midrib not 

 broad, nerves many slender. Scape often 2 ft. and as thick as a goose-quill, inflorescence 

 sometimes mealy; bracts ~-| in. ; flowers 6-30, nodding; pedicels slender, -4 in. 

 Calyx \-% in., teeth recurved. Corolla fin. long and -f in. broad, blue-green when 

 dry, quite glabrous within and without. Ovary globose, crown rounded not 

 thickened. Capsule oblong-cylindric, rather longer than the calyx, teeth short. Seeds 

 coarsely granulate. The tallest described Primula, more resembling the Cowslip than 

 any other Indian one; odour faint, sweet. 



**** Scape much longer than the leaves. Flowers 1-5. Bracts very few, 

 slender or 0, base not gibbous or produced. 



t Tube of corolla cylindric or narrowly funnel-shaped, mouth glabrous or 

 puberulous. 



29. P. K.ing-11, Watt mss. glabrous, not mealy, leaves crowded 2-3 in. 

 elliptic-lanceolate acute quite entire or obscurely crenulate, midrib stout, base 

 sheathing broadly membranous, scape tall 4-5-fld., bracts subulate from a broad 

 base, pedicels short puberulous, calyx narrowly subcampanulate 5-clef't above or 

 to the middle, corolla red-purple broadly funnel-shaped puberulous very 

 shortly 6-lobed, limb concave, lobes retuse glabrous within. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; at Na-tong (Herb. Calcutta). 



A very distinct species, with the habit of P. Dickieana, and the funnel-shaped 

 shortly lobed corolla of sikkimensis. Leaves rather thick in texture, spreading, pale 

 when dry. Scape 6-10 in., slender ; bracts very unequal. Calyx % in., obtusely 

 angled. Corolla - in. diam., claret-coloured, glabrous within. Ovary with a 

 rounded 5-lobed crown. Fruit not seen. 



30. P. Dickieana, Watt in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. ined. ; quite gla- 

 brous, not mealy, leaves elliptic-obovate or oblanceolate acute quite entire or 

 serrate sessile or petiole elongate and narrowly membranous below, flowers 2-6 

 large yellow sessile or shortly pedicelled, bracts linear or subulate, calyx cam- 

 panulate 6-cleft, lobes ovate oblong or lanceolate obtuse or acute, corolla 

 yellow, tube twice as long as the calyx hairy within, mouth not annulate, lobes 

 obcordate, tube and disk of flat limb pubescent, ovary with a thickened obtuse 

 tip. (Herb. 2nd. Or. H.f. $ T. Prim. 13.) 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA; Lachen, on open banks, alt. 10-13,000 ft., J. D. H. 



This, though in many respects approaching small states of P. Stuartii, seems quite 

 distinct, in the total absence of scent, small leaves, few flowers, and hairy tube, and 

 pubescent disk of the corolla. The leaves too are, if not quite entire, distantly and dis- 

 tinctly serrate, not toothed or crenate. It is a beautiful plant. Fruit not seen. 



