Primula.'] LXXXVII. PRIMULACEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) 495 



cleft nearly to the base, lobes oblong-lanceolate, corolla-tube twice as lone- as 

 the calyx cylindric, lobes short. Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. $ T. Prim. 23; Watt 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. ined. 



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



Much the smallest species of the genus, forming moss-like tufts interlaced with 

 the roots and stems of other small plants. It is most allied to P. Hookeri. Ovary 

 globose, tip acute, etigma capitate. 



VAR. ? tenuiloba ; leaves with short petioles, corolla-tube narrower slightly hairy, 

 lobes very narrow deeply cleft with narrow lobules. Sikkim Himalaya; Yeumtong, 

 alt. 14,000 ft., J. D. H. ; (Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. $ T. Prim. 22). I have very few 

 specimens of this, which may prove a distinct species. 



42. P. Stirtoniana, Watt in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. ined. ; not mealy, 

 gland ularly puberulous, tufted, leaves in. obovate-spathulate tip rounded mar- 

 gins flat sharply closely toothed, midrib slender, scape 0, flowers solitary on 

 slender pedicels sunk amongst the leaves, calyx cleft to the middle, teeth lanceo- 

 late acute entire or toothed, corolla-tube twice as long as the calyx, mouth 

 funnel-shaped, lobes deeply cleft entire or crenate. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA; Kanglanamo Pass, alt. 14-16,000 ft., Watt. 



In size this much resembles P. Hookeri, but it differs entirely in the shape of the 

 leaves, calyx, and corolla tube. Bracts or 1-2 very slender ones on the pedicel. 

 Corolla bright purple, -f in. diam., glabrous. Ovary obovoid, tip thickened retuse ; 

 stigma capitate. 



C. Leaves narrowed into a broad winged petiole, complicate in vernation. 

 Scapes many, longer than the leaves. Flowers in superimposed whorls. Bracts 

 few, leafy, toothed. 



43. P. floribunda, Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. t. 33; Cat. 1825; glandular- 

 pubescent, leaves elliptic acute or obtuse narrowed into a broad winged petiole 

 coarsely irregularly toothed, whorls 2-8, pedicels very unequal, bracts ovate or 

 elliptic, acuminate toothed, calyx campanulate, lobes acute, corolla yellow, tube 

 long, limb small, lobes obcordate. Duby in DC. Prodr. viii. 35. P. obovata, 

 Wall. Cat. 610. Androsace obovata, Wall. mss. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA; from Kumaon to Kashmir, alt. 2500-6500 ft. DISTRIB. 

 Afghanistan. 



Leaves 2-4 in. Scapes numerous, stout, 4-8 in. ; pedicels -1 in. ; bracts shorter. 

 Calyx glandular, hemispheric in fruit, cleft to the middle ; lobes ovate, acute. 

 Corolla-tube \-% in., pubescent, throat more or less dilated, mouth annulate ; limb 

 | in. diam. Ovary globose, top rounded ; stigma globose. Capsule globose, in- 

 cluded in the hemispheric calyx. Seeds ~ in., black, angled, minutely papillose. 

 Closely allied to the Arabian and Abyssinian P. verticillata and P. simensis. 



2. ANDROSACE, Linn. 



Perennial rarely annual low herbs. Leaves various, rosulate or imbricate on 

 the branches. Flowers small, w'hite or red. Calyx 5-lobed or -partite. Corolla 

 salver-shaped with a very short tube, or funnel-shaped, limb 5-lobed, mouth 

 annulate or with folds opposite the lobes. Stamens 5, anthers subsessile, in- 

 cluded in the tube, obtuse. Ovary globose, style short. Cajjsule ovoid or 

 globose, 5-valved. Seeds 2, rarely more, angular or subglobose, embryo trans- 

 verse. Species about 40, chiefly mountain plants, all of N. temperate or 

 Arctic reaions. 



