494 LXXXVII. PRIMULACE2E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Primula. 



cupular with broad short lobes. Garwhal, at Tungnath, alt. 8-900 ft., Edgeworth ; 

 Simla, alt. 7-10.000 ft., Thomson; Kumaon, at the Madhari Pass, alt. 8000 ft., Strach. 

 4~ Winterb. (Prim. 8). 



VAR. 7. scapigera ; leaves as in var. 1, scape very stout equalling or exceeding 

 the leaves, bracts short subulate from a broad base, pedicels 1-2 in. stout with some- 

 times a few small leaves intermixed. Bhotan, Griffith; Sikkim, alt. 8-12,000 

 ft., J. D. H. 



38. P. minutissima, Jacquem. mss. in DC. Prodr. viii. 42; very small, 

 densely tufted, stoloniferous, leaves - in. spathulate lanceolate or oblanceolate 

 acuminate acute or obtuse toothed above glabrous or puberulous mealy beneath, 

 scape sunk amongst the leaves 1-3-fld., flowers sessile 1-2-bracteate, calyx 

 cleft to the middle, tube terete, lobes oblong or lanceolate much shorter than 

 the long corolla-tube, corolla very large for the plant, lobes obcordate. Duby 

 Mem. Prim. t. 1, f. 3. P. Saundersiana, Herb. Royle. P. Stracheyi, Hook.f. ; 

 Munro in Garden, 1879, 535. 



ALPINE HIMALAYA, alt. 12-16,000 ft. ; from Kashmir to Kumaon. alt. 12-15. 000 ft. 



Forming large patches of rosettes each ^-f in. diam. Leaves densely crowded, 

 dark green, teeth not recurved. Calyx glabrous, lobes very variable. Corolla bright 

 purple, ^- in. diam.. tube glabrous, lobes bifid, lobules rounded. Ovary globose, 

 tip subacute ; stigma capitate. This may be a reduced form of P. Heydei. 



VAR. spathulata ; leaves larger spathulate-obovate crenate, tip rounded. Corolla 

 | in. diam. Sikkim, alt. 13,000 ft., J. D. H. 



39. P. reptans, Hook. /. ; minute, not mealy, tufted, minutely puberu- 

 lous, stem creeping, leaves - \ in. long including the petiole orbicular cleft one- 

 third way down into lobules with recurved margins, flowers solitary shortly 

 pedicelled erect much larger than the foliage, calyx small terete cleft to the 

 middle, lobes oblong obtuse one-fourth the length of the corolla-tube which is 

 long with a narrowly funnel-shaped mouth and spreading deeply 2-fid lobes. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA; Falconer; Kashmir, Burjila, alt. 14,500 ft., Clarke. 



The creeping s^em, minute rounded leaves ^-\ in. diam., suddenly contracted 

 into the slender petiole, palmately lobulate except at the very base, and the large 

 f owers, well characterise this little species. Corolla, pale purple, in. diam., tube 

 ^ in. long. Ovary globose, tip acute ; stigma globose. 



40. P. Hookeri, Watt in Journ. Linn. Soc. Sot. ined. ; tufted, glabrous, 

 not mealy, leaves -1 in. usually sessile narrowly obovate-oblong or -spathulate 

 tip rounded margin sharply toothed and recurved, midrib very broad, outer . 

 reduced to large sheaths, scape or very short, flowers 1-3 very shortly pedi- 

 celled, calyx cupular or campanulate glandular with 5 very short broad acute 

 teeth, corolla-tube wide cylindric twice as long as the calyx, lobes short 2-fid 

 rounded. Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. $ T. Prim. 25. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA; Lachen, alt. 12,000 ft., J". D. H. 



A very distinct species, differing in the calyx from any of the group. Roots stout, 

 fleshy. Leaves dark green, rather fleshy, rarely produced into a petiole, teeth often 

 recurved, outer reduced to oblong fleshy scales toothed at the tip. Corolla white, 

 mouth without a thickened ring ; lobes about as long as the tube. Ovary globose, tip 

 acute ; stigma globose. 



41. P. muscoides, Hookf. ; minute, glabrous, not mealy, densely tufted, 

 leaves jg ^ in- sessile obovate-oblong or subspathulate dilated at the base 

 margins recurved coarsely toothed or oblong and toothed at the tip only, midrib 

 very broad, flowers solitary subsessile with 2 broad ovate bracts, calyx short 



