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DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM, 5 
purpureae a basi lata lanceolatae pedicellos aequantes vel 
subaequantes ; pedicellicirc.6cm. longi. Calyx atropurpureus ; 
lobi oblongi acuti. Corollae purpureo-cyaneae tubus calycem 
duplo superans. Capsula circ. I cm. longa 2.5 mm. diam. 
pedicellis ad I cm. auctis. Species Sectionis Nivalis ex affinitate 
P. petraeae, Balf. f. et Forrest. 
Western N.W. Yunnan. Mts. north of Atuntzu. Forrest. 
13,986. June I9gI7. 
Primula boreio-calliantha, Balf. f. et Forrest. 
Lacteo-farinosa. Foliorum lamina lanceolata apice attenuata 
regulariter et minute crenulata. Scapus crassus folia dimidio 
superans umbellam secundam 2-3-floram gerens. Calyx circ. 
ad medium fissus; lobi ovati. Corollae limbus imbricatus. 
Species Sectionis Nivalis ex phylo P. callianthae, Franch. 
Eastern N.W. Yunnan. Mts. of Chungtien plateau. Forrest. 
12,571. June 1914. 
Primula burmanica, Balf. f. et Ward. 
Robusta paludicola. Folia oblanceolata ad 30 cm. longa 
5 cm. lata apice rotundata eroso-dentata deorsum in petiolum 
longum alatum attenuata plus minusve rugulosa efarinosa sed 
pilis farinipotentibus conspersa. Scapus crassus ad 60 cm. 
altus pilis farinipotentibus puberulus umbellam terminalem ad 
16-floram et verticillos ad 6 inter se distantes gerens; bracteae 
virides lineari-subulatae pedicellos recurvos ad 2 cm. longos 
puberulos superantes. Calyx viridis circ. 1.2 cm. longus intus 
albo-farinosus extus glanduloso-puberulus; lobi acuminati 
subulati. Corollae rubro-purpureae aurantiaco-oculatae tubus 
calycem superans annulatus ; limbus circ. 1.4 cm. longus planus, 
lobi obcordati integri vel crenulati emarginati. Species P. 
mallophylio, Balf. {. Sectionis Candelabrae valde affinis. 
. Upper Burma. Below Feng-shui-ling. F. Kingdon 
Ward. 1634. 5th June 1914. 
\4\v Primula bryophila, Balf. f. et Farrer. 
Luteo-farinosa rosulata. Rhizoma parvum sub anthesi ad 
collum squamis alabastri vestitum. Folia subligulata ad 15 cm. 
longa acuta deorsum in petiolum alatum vaginatum vix discretum 
attenuata margine recurva subtus dense luteo-farinosa. Scapus 
tenuis circ. 8 cm. longus glaber umbellam 2-3-floram gerens ; 
bracteae parvae ovatae membranaceae glabrae; pedicelli fili- 
formes glabri divergentes. Calyx cupulari-campanulatus circ. 
6 mm. longus ultra medium 5-lobatus tubo angulato 
sinubus inter lobos dense luteofarinosis exceptis; lobi lanceolati 
circ. 4 mm. longi. Corollae plus minusve purpureae tubus 
