Plants of the Punjab. 



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Hbrbs, Unbbanched, with Oppobite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals united. , 



calyx, mouth not ringed, lobes flat, narrow, deeply cleft, 

 capsule cylindric, protruding from calyx, seeds -^ in., 

 pale, smooth, angular ; for other characters see the last 

 Bpeoles. 



Primula Involuerata, hke the last species, but larger, leaves broader, longer 



Phimulace.5:. stalked, main flower stalk longer, stouter, flowers white, 



P. B. I. iii. 488. larger, mouth of corolla tube ringed, shorter capsule, larger 



Himalaya, seeds. 



18.15,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



Primula elliptiea, 



Primulace^b. 

 F.B.I, iii. 488. 

 Himalaya, 

 8-12,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 

 Lahul. 



Primula rosea, 



Peimulacb^. 

 F.B.I, iii. 488. 

 Himalaya, 

 10-12,000 ft. 

 Kulu, Kashmir. 



Primula Stuartii, 



Primulaob^. 

 F.B.I, iii. 490. 

 Hinft.laya, 

 12-16,000 ft. 

 Maralkund. 



like P. sibirica above, but leaves sharply toothed, 

 main flower stalk longer, calyx bell-shaped, deeply cleft, 

 corolla purple, lobes broad. 



like the last species, but leaves more dense, nearly 

 sessile, main flower stalk short, stout, corolla rose-red. 



much larger than any of the above species, mealy or 

 not ; leaves 5-10 in., leathery, nearly erect, broadly or 

 narrowly lanceolate with a broad tip, minutely round or 

 sharp-toothed, mid-rib very broad, leaf stalk broad and thin 

 below ; flowers loosely umbelled, calyx teeth linear or lan- 

 ceolate, corolla yellow or purple, mouth contracted, seeds 

 very rough. 



Primula petiolaris, 



Pbimulace^. 

 F.B.I, iii. 493. 

 Himalaya, 

 4-12,000 ft. 

 Simla, Matiana, 

 Mahasu, Narkanda 

 (Collett). 

 Maral. 



mealy or not, generally on buds ; leaves 2-6 in., oblong 

 or ovate, thin, sessile or narrowed into a winged stalk, 

 sharply or irregularly toothed ; flowers |-1 in., purple 

 to white, solitary on slender distinct radical stalks, corolla 

 funnel-shaped, lobes toothed, sometimes rounded, mouth 

 not ringed ; capsule round, sunk in the broad calyx tube, 

 seeds large, black, nearly round. 



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