8 BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF PRIMULA. 
floribus inter se inaequaliter remotis vestitum emittente. 
Folia ad 24 cm. longa; lamina ad 10 cm. longa ad 5 cm. lata 
oblonga vel oblongo-elliptica apice obtusa vel rotundata margine 
late crenulato-undulata crenis hydathodo corneo venarum 
denticulatis basi inaequilateralis latere uno subdecurrente altero 
rotundato sinum semi-cordatum formante costa media subtus 
prominula in sectione semicirculari cum venis primariis sub- 
patulis percursa utrinque glandulis capitatis brevissime stipi- 
tatis obsita supra subbullata et pilis albis longis conspersa 
subtus subfavosa elevato-venulosa ad costam mediam et venas 
dense hirsuto-tomentosa; petiolus ad 15 cm. longus lamina 
longior erectus plus minusve pubescens vel tomentosus vel 
sublanatus basi in vaginam parvam expansus. Scapus robustus 
ad 40 cm. longus hirsuto-tomentosus racemum longum cum | 
floribus breviter pedicellatis irregulariter dispositis gerens ; 
bracteae ad 6 mm. longae lineari-subulatae vel anguste ligu- 
latae apice subulatae glanduloso-pubescentes ; pedicelli stricti 
horizontales ad 1.5 cm. longi glanduloso-pubescentes ; antho- 
podium breve. Calyx obconicus ad 7 mm. longus foliaceus 
patens extus venuloso-reticulatus scabriusculus praesertim ad 
venas intus evenulosus vel venulis haud elevatis obscure sub- 
bullatus dense scabriusculo-puberulus ad medium fissus lobis 
late triangularibus ciliatis acutis plus minusve denticulatis. 
Corollae violaceae tubus ad 1.2 cm. longus cylindricus ad in- 
sertionem staminum constrictus extus intusque puberulus 
infra stamina paullo rugosus annulatus lobis 5 antipetalis 
crenulatim conjunctis, limbi discus poculiformis 3 mm. latus 
puberulus, lobi magni puberuli imbricati fere 1 cm. longi late 
obovati membranacei profunde angusteque fissi ciliolati. Sta- 
mina in flore longistylo filamentis conspicuis deorsum expansis 
et. conjunctis pseudo-annulum formantibus antherisque 1.5 cm. 
longis infra medium tubi corollini inserta calyce breviora. 
Ovarium subdiscoideum muro ubique crustaceo ; stylus longus 
tenuis basi tumidus tubo corollino multo brevior; stigma 
oblongum. Capsula globosa muro per totum incrassato stylum 
persistentem gerens calyce accreto ad 2 cm. longo late patente 
viridi foliaceo lobisque prominenter hydathodo corneo denti- 
culatis inclusa, 
Species ex affinitate P. blattariformis, Franch., foliis oblongis 
longe petiolatis subtus subfavosis glandulis capitatis plurimis 
vestitis, pedicellis longioribus, staminum insertione et notis aliis 
facile distinguenda. 
West China. Rocks of Ta-tchai. Alt. 1800 ft. July. E. E. 
Maire. In Herb. Edin 
Quite a distinct gible Sowercd species of the section 
Malvacea. From P. blattariformis, Franch. its nearest ally, 
