148 PRIMULACE^E. 



venis lateralibus primariis utroque latere 2-3, margine subintegrse sursum 

 utroque latere crenis 3 instructs (crenis brevissimis vel obscuris) ad 

 sinus inter crenas mucronibus instructse, petiolis 2 mm. longis sursum 

 angustissime alatis supra sulcatis basi dilatatis. Flores ignoti. Scapi 

 fructiferi ad apicem ramorum rhizomatum solitarii vel 2-3-fusciculati erecti 

 7 cm. longi aphylli uniflorati versus apicem 3 -4-bracteati basi perulis 

 2 instruct], perulis lineari-ovatis 6 mm. longis apice obtusis, bracteis ovatis 

 vel triangulari-cuspidatis 4 mm. longis. Sepala fractifera accrescentia 

 exteriora ovata 6 mm. longa apice obtusa interiora angustiora 6-7 mm. longa 

 2 mm. lata circ. 10-nervia apice obtusa. Capsula ovoidea 3 mm. longa, stylo 

 simplici, stigmate capitato leviter 3-lobato, lobis globosis facie muricatis. 

 Semina oblique globoso-ovoidea % mm. longa fusco-rubra reticulata, reticulis 

 hexagonis. 



HAB. Montibus centralibus 10000 ped. alt., leg. U. MOBI, Dec. 1908. 



Differs from other species of the genus in its very small form. Here is 

 another species which I could not examine. It is Shortia thibetica FRANCH. 

 N. Arch. m. H. N. Paris 2 ser. X. 54. 



Primulaeese. 



Stimpsonia WRIGHT. 



Stimpsonia chamaedryoides WRIGHT; FORBES et HEMSL. Ind. Fl. 

 Sin. II. p. 46. 



HAB. Formosa: Loco non iiidicato. (Taihoku Museum). 

 DISTRIB. China, Corea and Luchu. 



Primula LINN. 



Primula Miyabeana ITO et KAWAK. in Coll. Bot. Pap. Miyabe (1911) 

 p. 1. 



HAB. Mt. Monison, 12000 ped. alt. 



