BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF PRIMULA. 5 
determine, but one may expect to find it there, and that the 
plant, like its comrades, has the capacity through its guest fungus 
of fixing for itself from the atmosphere its nitrogen supply. 
(203 Primula alta, Balf. fil. et Forrest. 
Multiceps puberula radicibus tenuibus et alabastri squamulis 
parvis vestita, foliis floribusque coetaneis. Foliarosulataad 7 cm. 
longa ad 2.5 cm. lata obovata vel oblonga vel oblanceolata apice 
obtusa vel rotundata integra vel obscurissime denticulata in foliis 
vetustis venarum extremitate hydathodali rigido-setulosa margine 
subciliata utrinque molliter puberula costa media tenui venisque 
primariis inconspicuis deorsum in petiolum alatum lamina 
breviorem sensim attenuata. Scapus elatus gracilis ad 35 cm. 
altus apice plus minusve luteo-farinosus umbellam multifloram 
congestam gerens; bracteae submembranaceae plus minusve 
luteo-farinosae exteriores ad 5 mm. longae infra vaginam latam 
basi gibbosam formantes supra in caudiculam ligulatam obtusam 
purpurascentem subito contractae ; pedicelli bracteis breviores 
3-5 mm. longi luteo-farinosi ; anthopodium turbinatum magnum 
flore abstrictum. Calyx 6 mm. longus poculiformis plus minusve 
luteo-farinosus ; tubus membranaceus tenuis albidus nunc 
purpurascens ultra medium fissus lobis a basi lanceolatis acutis 
ciliatis atropurpureis. Corollae limbus purpureus luteo-oculatus 
tubus flavidus vel rubescens ad 9 mm. longus cylindricus in flore 
brevistylo superne ampliatus extus glaber intus exannulatus 
supra stamina transverse rugosus infra membranaceus, limbi 
patuli vix I mm. lati discus puberulus, lobi ad 6.5 mm. longi 
obovati profunde bipartiti. Stamina filamentis brevissimis 
antheris 2 mm. longis, in flore longistylo basin tubi corollini 
versus inserta antherarum apicibus ab ore circ. 5 mm. remotis 
calycis lobis dimidio-breviora, in flore brevistylo supra medium in- 
serta apicibus ab ore circ. 2.5 mm.remotis. Ovarium ovoideum ; 
stylus longus corollae tubo vix dimidio-brevior, brevis calyce 
dimidio-brevior ; stigma capitatum obconoideum depressum. 
- Capsula ovoidea melichlora calyce inclusa valvis 5 ab apice 
dehiscens ; placenta — globoso-ovoidea. Semina brunnea 
minuta 0.5 mm. diam. ; testa cellulis aeriferis corrugata. 
Species Decniciies Denticulatae ex affinitate P. radzatae, 
Balf. fil. et Forrest sed foliis molliter pubescentibus fere integris, 
scapo elongato, calycis tubo membranaceo, et notis aliis 
segregata 
Viena: Moist pastureland. Hills N.W. of Tengyueh. 
Alt. 6000-7000 ft. Lat. 25° ro’ N. Plant of 9-15 inches. 
Flowers deep purplish blue. G. Forrest. No. 9679. February 
1913. In Herb. Edin. 
