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BALFOUR—-NEW SPECIES OF PRIMULA. 25 
Species efarinosa Sectionis Bellae bractea singula subulata, 
corollae tubo extus pubescente, floribus cyaneis facile dis- 
tinguenda. 
Bhutan. Dang-dong. J. C. White. roth July 1906. In 
Herb. Cale. 
An interesting Western extension of the type of P. bella, 
Franch. which hitherto is known only from Yunnan. 
Primula leimonophila, Balf. fil. 
Glabra efarinosa rhizomate brevi. Folia subcoriacea ad 
6.5 cm. longa; lamina 1.4 cm. lata lanceolata acuminata a 
medio deorsum in petiolum dimidio breviorem membranaceo- 
alatum gradatim attenuata margine linea alba cartilaginea et 
in dimidio superiore dentibus firmis remotis recurvis notata. 
Scapus ad 2 dm. altus umbellam 4-6-floram unilateraliter 
subnutantem gerens sub umbella atropurpureus ibique plus 
minusve rugosus et glanduloso-puberulus ; bracteae uninerviae 
atropurpureae exteriores ad 8 mm. interiores saepe 4 mm 
longae basi, expansae auriculatae et dorsaliter tumidae vel 
-subinflatae neque calcaratae sursum anguste acuminatae ; 
pedicelli distincti atropurpurei subscabridi vel asperuli bracteis 
exterioribus vix breviores interioribus duplo longiores ; antho- 
podium ad 1.5 mm. longum. Calyx 5 mm. longus cylindricus 
corollae tubum aequans 5-costatus intervallis pergamentaceis 
atropurpureus punctatus scabriusculus ad medium fissus lobis 
a basi lanceolatis acutis uninerviis §mucronulatis. Corollae 
cyaneae tubus ad 5 mm. longus in flore brevistylo crassiusculus 
intus rugosus in flore longistylo tenuis intus puberulus haud 
rugosus annulo 5-lobato lobis magnis inflatis infra orem instructus, 
in ambobus limbi concavi discus ampliatus circa 5 mm. latus 
plus minusve minute puberulus, lobi circa 5 mm. longi oblongi 
lateribus parallelis fere ligulati subtruncati late emarginati. 
Stamina antheris ad 1.5 mm. longis in flore brevistylo filamentis 
conspicuis fere 1 mm. longis deorsum expansis ad orem tubi 
corollini sine lobulis distinctis interstaminalibus inserta anther- 
isque in cupulam disci corollini longe projectis, in flore longi- 
stylo filamentis brevibus vix 5 mm. longis deorsum expansis et 
lobis purpureis intersepalinis annulatim conjunctis prope basin 
tubi corollini inserta antherisque calyce brevioribus. Ovarium 
globosum parvum ; stylus brevis calycis tubum aequans, longus 
circa 6 mm. longus limbi disco aequilongus ; stigma globosum. 
Species ad P. argutidentem, Franch. et P. amethystinam, 
Franch. spectans sed _foliis lanceolatis acuminatis non ovatis 
vel ovato-oblongis distinguenda. 
Hunan. Pastures of Yo-Chow. Alt. gg00 ft. June. ELE. 
Maire. Flowers Prussian blue. In Herb. Edin. 
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