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14 BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF PRIMULA. 
Ex affinitate P. minoris, Balf. fil., calyce viridi, corolla 
exannulata facile distinguenda. 
Yunnan. Open stony pasture. Mountains in the N.E. of 
the Yangtze bend. Lat. 27° 45’ N. Alt. 11,000 ft. Plant of 
3-5 inches. Flowers rose with greenish-yellow eye. Fragrant. 
G. Forrest. No. 10,567. July 1913. In Herb. Edin. 
A small Chinese species of which we do not know the fruit, 
and its position is therefore not yet certain. It recalls in many 
ways P. minor, Balf. fil. et Ward but the absence of the con- 
spicuous annulus of that species is a strong diagnostic mark. 
Instead of an annulus the throat has a fairly dense assemblage 
of minute hairs at the eye which according to Mr. Forrest is 
greenish yellow. It is altogether a more delicate species than 
P. minor, Balf. fil. et Ward and has a flower that is large for 
the size of the plant, the corolla, Mr. Forrest says, being rose- 
coloured. 
Primula conspersa, Balf. fil. et Purdom. 
Herba foliis petiolatis rosulatis epilosis subtus farina alba 
een Folia ad 5 cm. longa; lamina ad 3-5 cm. longa ad 
1.5 cm. lata oblongo-lanceolata coriacea paginis concoloribus 
apice obtusa margine dentibus brevibus subapiculatis dispariliter 
sectilis basi in petiolum subalatum ad 1.5 cm. longum sub- 
cuneatim attenuata. Scapus pro planta elatus ad 2.5 dm. altus 
plus minusve albo-farinosus umbellam multifloram nunc verti- 
_cillo inferiori gerens; bracteae cum pedicellis albo-farinosae 
circa 7 mm. longae 1.5 mm. latae pedicellis multo breviores a 
basi lata subtus pulvinatim convexa vix gibbosa sursum at- 
tenuatae acutae subcarinatae ; pedicelli ad 1.5 longi stricti; an- 
thopodium turbinatum 0.5 mm. longum. Calyx extus intusque 
plus minusve farinosus 5 mm. longus subfusiformis 5-angulatus 
ultra medium fissus lobis sinu membranaceo elongato-tri- 
angularibus acutis ad tubum corollae applicitis brevissime 
ciliatis interdum purpurascentibus. Corollae pallide lilacinae 
aurantiaco-oculatae tubus luteus cylindricus 8.5 mm. longus 1.5 
mm. latus extus sparsim albo-farinosus intus lobato-annulatus 
supra stamina aurantiaco-rugosus in flore brevistylo per trientem 
superiorem ampliatus, in longistylo non ampliatus, limbi plani 
discus 0.5 mm. diam., lobi subtus farina conspersi g mm. longi 
bifidi crenulati. Stamina in flore longistylo ad medium tubi 
corollini inserta filamentis circa 0.5 mm. longis vix basi dilatatis 
antherarumapicibus ab annulo circ.2.8 mm.remotis, in brevistylo 
annulum juxta inserta apicibus subexsertis. Ovarium ovoideum; 
stylus longus exsertus, brevis ad 2 mm. longus calyce brevior : 
stigma discoideum pallide flavo-viride. Capsula subcylindrica. 
