BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF PRIMULA. 19 
glanduloso-foveolata deorsum in petiolum brevem late alatum 
attenuata. Scapus ad 10 cm. altus flores 1-8 umbellatim 
erens ; bracteae lineari-subulatae inaequales ad 6 mm. longae 
pedicellis breviores; pedicelli inaequales ad 1.5 cm. longi 
erecti; anthopodium conspicuum parvum. Flos ab apice pedi-. 
celli deflexus. Calyx campanulatus ad 5 mm. longus sub- 
membranaceus rubro-punctatus ad trientem fissus_ lobis 
late triangularibus vel subovatis minutissime fimbriatis nervo 
singulo nigro-rubro percursis hydathodo conspicuo nigre- 
scente terminatis. Corollae purpureae subcrassiusculae tubus 
brevis in flore brevistylo cylindricus circa 5 mm. longus intus 
rugosus exannulatus (?) in flore longistylo infra stamina cylin- 
dricus sursum ampliatus laevis et annulo obscuro praeditus 
in ambobus extus parte calyce inclusa glabra excepta velutino- 
puberulus, limbi concavi campanulati discus extus intusque 
velutino-puberulus, lobi ad 4 mm. longi subrectangulares vel 
subcuneati apice subtruncati vel subconvexi erosi vel denti- 
culati vel crenulati venulis undulatis vix anastomosantibus 
percursi. Staminum filamenta conspicua in flore brevistylo 
2 mm. longa antheraeque I mm. longae ad apicem tubi 
corollini inserta apicibus exsertis, in flore longistylo fila- 
menta I mm. longa antheraeque I.5 mm. longae a basi tubi 
corollini circ. 2.5 mm. inserta apicibus circ. 2 mm. ab annulo 
remotis. Ovarium globosum; stylus longus exsertus calyce 
duplo longior, brevis validus calycem vix aequans ; stigma 
‘ discoideum. 
Species pulchra ex affinitate P. Kingiz, Watt sed minor et 
foliis oblongis obtusis, calyce submembranaceo lobis uninerviis, 
corollae loborum venatione distincta. 
Sikkim. Joloong. Alt. 13,000 ft. Very high, near snow. 
July 1886. Purple. King’s Collector. In Herb. Cal 
We know this plant in one set of specimens pa in the 
Calcutta Herbarium. The collector describes the flowers as 
‘“purple,’’ but their aspect in the dried specimens suggests 
more red than purple and a tint approaching somewhat that 
of the flowers of its ally P. Kingit, Watt. From P. Kingti, 
Watt it is readily distinguished by its foliage. The leaves 
in addition to their oblong obtuse outline never show the 
pale tint when dry to which Sir Joseph Hooker calls attention 
in P. Kingiit, Watt, and then the calyx is very different. The 
ribbing due to the prominent dark veins in the calyx of P. 
Kingii, Watt is absent, and instead there is a single dark vein 
running out into each calyx segment. The corolla shows, but 
in less degree, the velvety puberulousness so characteristic of 
P. Kingii, Watt but the venation is curiously diverse in the 
two plants. The veins in the corolla lobes of P. Kingii, Watt 
