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In addition to Aitchison’s specimens from Gulmarz there are 
in Kew Herbarium specimens from the same locality and from 
Sumbliali collected on 16th July 1892 by Duthie. An examina- 
tion of them as well as of Aitchison’s specimens and comparison 
with a somewhat fragmentary example of Jacquemont’s type 
in Kew Herbarium received from Paris leads me to the conclusion 
that the Gulmarz and Sumbliali plants are P. elegans, Duby 
which is distinct from P. rosea, Royle, and the Botanical Maga- 
zine figure is therefore a representative of P. elegans, Duby. 
The plants in cultivation which all came from Aitchison’s seed 
would therefore be P. elegans, Duby. Seeds under the name 
P. rosea, Royle have doubtless come to this country frequently 
since 1879, and the true P. rosea, Royle has been and is probably 
in cultivation alongside of P. elegans, Duby. It is likely 
enough that hybrids between them have been raised. This 
may in part account for the differences that appear in cultivated 
’P. rosea, Royle. I have not given special attention to the 
cultivated form—and the standpoint is new ; but it is of common 
observation that some plants are precocious, others coetaneous, 
some have smaller narrower leaves, others larger broader ones, 
and then there are the named forms grandiflora, splendens, and 
probably others. I recollect that the late Mr. Selfe Leonard at 
one time had several more or less marked forms in his collection 
at the Guildford Nurseries. All this points to the need for more 
study of P. rosea, Royle in our gardens. 
P. rhodantha, Balf. fil. et W. W. Sm. collected by Aitchison in 
the Kurrum Valley under No. 462, and by Harsukh under No. 
14,931, is another dwarf form of the P. rosea, Royle aggregate 
with petiolate leaves and a short scape included in the foliage. 
See p. 39. 
P. rosiflora, Balf. fil. et W. W. Sm. found by Harriss (Nos. 
16,334, 16,335), and also by Gilg in Chitral, is a more dwarf 
microform in which there is almost no scape, the pedicels are 
long, and the corolla tube shows a prominently lobed annulus. 
See p. 41. 
P. radicata, Balf. fil. et W. W. Sm.* gathered by Younghus- 
band in Chitral during 1894, is another dwarf alpine of this 
series in which the solitary flowers are also embedded in the 
leaves which are very thick and coriaceous. 
Primula helvenacea, Balf. fil. et Ward. 
Luteo-farinosa epilosa foliis longe petiolatis. Folia ad 10 
cm. longa; lamina elliptica vel obovato-oblonga ad 2.5 cm. 
longa 1.5 cm. lata apice obtusa vel rotundata margine lobulato- 
dentata dentibus subobtusis supra opaca sparsim farinosa subtus 
* This species will be described in a later page in these ‘‘ Notes.” 
