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BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF PRIMULA. II 
seen in P. pinnatifida, Franch. To P. Giraldiana, Pax there 
is a superficial resemblance, but that plant has bright green 
leaves with few hairs and without the lobation seen in P. cepha- 
lantha, Balf. fil. and then the corolla lobes are differently 
shaped. P. cernua, Franch. which is also distinctly recalled 
has spathulate leaves. 
Primula chionantha, Balf. fil. et Forrest. 
Robusta farinosa epilosa radicibus crassis foliorum rosula 
sub anthesi evoluta alabastri squamis plurimis ad 8 cm. longis 
rubris nitidis chartaceis cincta. Folia magna ad 25 cm. longa 
ad 5 cm. lata lanceolata vel oblanceolata vel oblongo-obovata 
vel oblongo-elliptica crassa acuta vel obtusa integra deorsum in 
petiolum alatum costa media prominula sensim attenuata supra 
nuda subtus plus minusve luteo-farinosa. Scapus robustus 
ad 4o cm. altus plus minusve luteo-farinosus umbellam 
plurifloram et®* verticillos inferos 2-3 gerens; bracteae a 
basi 3 mm. lata angustatae obtusae ad 1.5 cm. longae inferne 
extus purpurascentes superne nigro-virides et sparsim luteo- 
farinosae intus dense luteo-farinosae ; pedicelli crassi luteo- 
farinosi reflexi sub anthesi bracteas vix superantes sub fructu 
purpurascentes et multo elongati; anthopodium magnum 
latum. Calyx ad 9 mm. longus vel minor globoso-campanu- 
latus extus nigro-viridis vel purpurascens luteo-farinosus prae- 
sertim ad sinus-segmentorum lobis ligulatis apice angustatis 
obtusis vel subtruncatis intus dense luteo-farinosis. Corollae 
tenuis membranaceae niveae tubus ad 1.2 cm. longus in flore 
brevistylo cylindricus supra stamina ampliatus in flore longi- 
stylo infundibuliformis extus intusque glaber nitidus annulo 
albo lobato instructus, limbi discus ad 2 mm. latus, lobi elliptici 
vel ovati vel rotundati integri ciliati ad 8 mm. longi. Stamina 
filamentis conspicuis antheris 2.5 mm. longis in flore longistylo 
infra medium tubi corollini inserta calyce inclusa, in flore 
brevistylo fere exserta. Ovarium hemisphaeroideum in dimidio 
superiori lobulatim incrassatum; stylus longus calyce duplo 
longior fere corolla exsertus, brevis calyce triente brevior ; stigma 
globosum. Capsula pallida cylindrica calycem triente superans 
ab apice valvis 5 breviter dehiscens; placenta columnaris 
stipitata. Semina complanata testa plus minusve spongiosa. 
Planta magnifica sectionis Nivalis ab microformis omnibus 
orientalibus P. nivalis, Pallas floribus albis verticillatim 
dispositis distinguenda. 
Yunnan. Mountains of the Chungtien plateau. Lat. 27° 
55’ N. Alt. 12,000-13,000 ft. Plant of 14-30 inches. Flowers 
pure snow-white, fragrant. On open alpine meadows. G. 
Forrest, No. 10,686. July 1913. In Herb. Edin. . 
