DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 17 
lobi brunnei obtusi. Species Sectionis Nivalis ad phylum P. 
callianthae, Franch. spectans. 
Yunnan. Forrest. 14,251. July 1917. 
* Primula pygmaeorum, Balf. f. et W. W. Sm. 
a id 
“5 
Herba perennis minuta forsan paludicola rosulata rhizomate 
brevi radices plurimas emittente foliorum vaginis et scapis 
praeteritis marcidis obtecto. Folia petiolata haud 2 cm. longa ; 
lamina ab apice petioli horizontaliter patens crassa carnosula 
oblongo-ovalis ad extremitates attenuata circ. 5.5 mm. longa 
2.5 mm. lata glabra obtusa, margine integra haud cartilaginea, 
basi in petiolum membranaceo-alatum angustata ; petiolus 
lamina longior erectus in dimidio supero ligulatus. Scapus 
foliis immersus ad 6 mm. longus strictus glaber umbellam 3-floram 
gerens ; bracteae glabrae involucratae oblongae vel ovales apice 
rotundatae nunc brevissime apiculatae circ. 1 cm. longae 
stramineae haud gibbosae ; pedicelli stricti divaricati ad 2.5 mm. 
longi superne in anthopodium magnum expansi. Calyx tubulosus 
circ. 4 mm. longus glaber; tubus angulatus in lobos 5 erectos 
elongato-triangulares obtusos virides circ. 1.75 mm. longos fissus. 
Corollae in flore longistylo tubus cylindricus circ. 5 mm. longus 
calycem paullo superans glaber crenulato-annulatus ; limbi plani 
lobi circ. 2.75 mm. longi cuneati profunde bilobulati. Stamina 
medium tubi corollini versus inserta antherarum apicibus ab 
annulo 1.5 mm. remotis. Ovarium oblongo-ovoideum ; stylus 
longus tenuis ruber exsertus ; stigma ovoideum parvum stylo 
paullo latius. 
Tibet. Khambajang. Younghusband. 18, July 1903. 
/ Primula rigida, Balf. f. et Forrest. 
Caespitosa flavido-farinosa. Folia firma oblongo-spathulata 
ad 5.5 cm. longa ad 1 cm. lata acuta integra vel subtiliter 
crenulata ; subtus dense farinosa. Scapus validus rigidus foliis 
vix longior umbellam ad 8-floram gerens: bracteae purpureae 
lanceolatae acuminatae ad 7 mm. longae; pedicelli ad r. 5 cm. 
longi tenues. Calyx purpureus ad 1 cm. longus corollae tubo 
paullo brevior. Corolla pallide purpureo-rosea ad 2 cm. longa, 
lobi ovales crenulati. Capsula ad 1.5 cm. longa 2.5 mm. lata 
pedicello haud aucto. Species Sectionis Nivalis ex phylo P. 
petraeae, Balf. f. et Forrest. 
S.W. Szechwan. Mu-li Mts., valley of the Litang. Forrest. 
16,280. July 1918. , 
Primula russeola, Balf. f. et Forrest. 
Majuscula albo-farinosa hibernaculo sub anthesi disrupto 
_ Squamis vaginalibus fibrosim decompositis. Folia elongata ad 
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