Primula.'] Lxxxvu. PRIMULACEJI. (J. D. Hooker.) 493 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; Kankola Pass, alt. 15,000 ft., J. D. H. 



This and the following are very singular species, the corolla being larger than 

 the whole rosette of leaves, and calyx quite peculiar. Leaves few, petiole puberulous, 

 equalling or exceeding the blade. Scapes 1-3, 2-5 in. Flower 1 in. diam., with 

 occasionally a very imperfect apetalous one. Calyx puberulous; segments nearly^ in. 

 long, truncate, tip entire or toothed. Corolla pale lilac, tube \ in., limb | in. long 

 and broader, lobes very shallow and unequally toothed. Stamens near the bottom of 

 the tube. Ovary globose. 



36. P. soldanelloides, Watt in Journ. Linn. Soc. Sot. ined. ; quite 

 glabrous, Dot mealy, leaves \-^ in. long-petioled ovate runcinate-pinnatifid half- 

 way to the midrib, scape capillary 1-fld, bract 0, flower large nodding, calyx 

 cleft half-way, lobes oblong ovate or obtuse, corolla broadly funnel-shaped, 

 lobes shallow coarsely toothed. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; Kankola Pass, J. D. H. ; Patangla (Herb. Calcutta). 



A smaller plant than P. uniflora, quite glabrous, with a very different calyx, but 

 similar corolla, which is white. Calyx-lobes entire or obscurely toothed. Ovary 

 globose. 



* Minute species (except P. petiolaris). Scape 0, or much shorter 

 than the leaves (sometimes elongate in P. petiolaris). Bracts subulate, at the 

 bases of the leaves or on the very short scape. (See also P. concinna and P. 

 tibetica.) 



37. P. petiolaris, Watt, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 22 ; 

 Tent. Fl. Nep. t. 31 ; Cat. 603 ; glabrous or puberulous, mealy or not, leaves 2-10 

 in. rugose densely rosulate membranous erose jagged toothed or crenulate of 

 two forms in the same or different plants, some broadly or narrowly obovate-spa- 

 thulate sessile or Harrowed into a broadly winged petiole, others elliptic ovate 

 or cordate on long slender petioles, pedicels long or short, calyx-teeth acute, 

 corolla pale purple or white or pink, tube funnel-shaped above much longer 

 than the calyx, mouth not annulate, limb flat, lobes rounded entire emarginate 

 2-h'd or sharply toothed, ovary globose, tip acute, stigma capitate, capsule globose 

 sunk in the broad calyx-tuhe, seeds large subglobose black papillose. Duty in 

 DC. Prodr. viii. 37. P. tridentata, Don Prodr. 77. P. sessilis, Royle mss. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; from Simla to Bhotan, alt. 4-12,000, abundant. Fl. autumn 

 and winter. 



A most variable plant. The following forms pass into one another in all ways : 



VAR. 1. petiolaris proper ; not mealy, leaves mostly elliptic, blade 1-3 in., petiole 

 2-6 in., scape 0, corolla large, lobes broad 2-fid or many-toothed. 



VAK. 2. nana ; slightly mealy or not, leaves all or mostly obovate-spathulate 

 sessile or shortly petioled, corolla smaller, lobes obcordate entire or toothed. P. nana, 

 Wall. 1. c. 23 ; Cat. 612 ; Griff. Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 485, f. 2 (Primula}. 



VAK. 3. Stracheyi; not mealy, leaves all obovate-spathulate erose, flowers very 

 numerous, scape 0, calyx small, corolla fin. diam., tube long, lobes narrower obcordate 

 entire. Kumaon. atNamil, alt. POOO ft., Strach. # Winterb. (Prim. 12). 



VAR. 4. sulphurea; leaves 2 in. sessile obovate clothed with yellow meal beneath 

 finely toothed, corolla small in. diam., tube not twice the length of the small 

 calyx, lobes entire or lacerate. Kumaon, at Suring, alt. 4500 ft., Strach. $ Winterb. 

 (Prim. 10). 



VAR. 5. pulvendenta ; covered all but the corolla with yellow meal, leaves all 

 obovate-spathulate and irregularly toothed, flowers very numerous and large, corolla 

 1-1 J in. broad, tube twice as long as the calyx-lobes coarsely toothed. Kumaon, at 

 Pindaree, alt. 10-12,000 ft. ; Edgeworth, &c. (Strach. $ Winterb. Prim. 9). 



VAR. 6. Edgeworthii ; buds only mealy, leaves very large 3-4 in. without the 

 petiole which is often as long ovate or elliptic base truncate acute or cordate, margin 

 irregularly coarsely toothed or lobulate with toothed lobules, pedicels stout, calyx 



