18 BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF PRIMULA. 
white meal is a ready mark of separation. The meal is not 
always present on the leaves, but invariably is upon the bracts, 
pedicels, and calyx. In fruit the calyx is densely farinose, both 
outside and in, excepting on the inside of the cup. I have not 
seen the fruit of P. Souliei, Franch., which is described by 
Franchet as ovate, by Pax as ovoid. In P. florida, Balf. fil. et 
Forrest, it is cylindric but short, exceeding by but little the calyx 
tube, and shorter than the lobes. The seeds are extremely 
small. 
VU Primula fragilis, Balf. fil. et Ward. 
Pusilla stolonifera luteo-farinosa epilosa rhizomate tenui 
foliis desiccatis vetustis obtecto radicibus filiformibus. Folia 
membranacea ad 1.4 cm. longa 6 mm. lata spathulata obtusa 
superne dentata deorsum integra cuneatim in petiolum laminam 
aequantem anguste alatum evaginantem attenuata utrinque 
luteo-farinosa. Scapus filiformis ad 2.5 cm. altus plus minusve 
luteo-farinosus uniflorus ; bracteae duae herbaceae luteo-fari- 
nosae subulatae alternae inaequales superior major 2 mm. 
longa pedicellum aequans; pedicellus erectus  luteo-fari- 
nosus bracteae superiori aequilongus. Calyx luteo-farinosus 
minutus aperte campanulatus 2.5 mm. longus ad vel ultra 
medium fissus lobis elongato-triangularibus acutis. Corollae 
violaceae tenuis tubus 6 mm. longus cylindricus supra stamina 
in flore longistylo expansus erugosus exannulatus, limbi discus 
I mm. latus, lobi 3 mm. longi obcuneati divaricatim bifidi. 
Stamina filamentis brevissimis antheris 1.5 mm. longis in flore 
brevistylo fere exserta, in longistylo calyci aequilonga. Ovar- 
ium sphaeroideum ; stylus brevis calyce brevior, longus tubum 
corollae aequans ; stigma capitatum. 
Species sectionis Yunnanensis forma pusilla distincta. 
Upper Burma near Feng-shin-ling pass. Alt. gooo—10,000 
ft. On limestone cliffs where it forms moss-like patches in 
half-shade. Flowers pale purple. F. Kingdon Ward. No. 
1644. 7th June 1914. In Herb. Edin. 
A minute stoloniferous plant which by its characters fully 
confirms the description given by Ward of its habitat. It 
has the assemblage of persistent dried brown leaves coating 
the thin stolonoid rhizomes which are so conspicuous in plants 
like P. membranifolia, Franch. and P. yunnanensis, Franch. 
Primula Gageana, Balf. fil. et W. W. Sm. 
Paludicola efarinosa epilosa (corolla excepta). Folia bre- 
viter petiolata ad 7 cm. longa 2 cm. lata; lamina oblonga 
vel anguste elliptica vel subobovata obtusa margine carti- 
laginea remote leviter denticulata utrinque concolor subtus 
