28 BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF PRIMULA. 
Primula meiantha, Balf. fil. et W. W. Sm. 
Monocarpica annua foliis rosulatis petiolatis. Folia ad 3.5 
cm. longa; lamina oblonga ad 2 cm. longa ad 1 cm. lata vel 
multo minor obtusa sinuato-lobata lobis acutis utrinque pilis 
longis articulatis hispida basi lateribus rotundatis vel subtrun- 
catis in petiolum breviter cuneatim contractis ; petiolus laminam 
aequans vel ea brevior vix alatus. Scapi plures ad 10 cm. alti 
stricti tenues basi -hirsuti superne plus minusve albo-farinosi 
umbellam plurifloram (ad 15-) unam nunc verticillo accessorio 
inferiori gerentes; bracteae ad 4 mm. longae virides angustae 
ligulatae acutae puberulae ; pedicelli ad 1.5 cm. longi filiformes 
stricti inaequales puberuli. Calyx ad 2.5 mm. longus anguste 
campanulatus membranaceus puberulus plus minusve albo- 
farinosus vix ad medium fissus lobis inaequalibus lanceolatis vel 
oblongis triangulari-deltoideis acutis vel obtusis integris vel 
dentatis. Corollae violaceae tubus 4 mm. longus cylindricus 
extus flavidus glaber intus fauce lineis strumosis annulatim 
obscure instructus, lobi 2 mm. longi obcuneati apice eroso- 
crenulati. Stamina filamentis brevissimis in flore longistylo 
infra medium tubi corollini in flore brevistylo supra medium 
antherarum apicibus I mm. ab ore inserta. Ovarium ovoideum ; 
stylus longus non exsertus, brevis tubum calycis aequans ; stigma 
capitatum lobulatum. Capsula globosa calyce inclusa ab apice 
valvis 5 crustaceis dehiscens. Semina parva 0.5 mm. diam. 
nigro-brunnea angulata rhomboidea obscure scrobiculata. 
Microforma P. Forbesii, Franch. floribus minutis distincta. 
Burma. Shan Hills. General Sir Henry Collett, K.C.B., 
No. x." 1889. ‘In Herb. Calc. 
Shan States. Mones. Alt. 3500 ft. January 1888. Coll. 
Manders. In Herb. Kew. 
Shan Hills. Hepo. 3000 ft. 8th February 1888. Collett, 
No. 1. In Herb. Kew. 
Upper Burma. Maymyo. Nadal Khan. No. 335. Janu- 
ary 1889. In Herb. Calc. 
Upper Burma. Southern Shan State Saga. Abdul Khalil. 
1894. Flowers pink. In Herb. Calc. 
Upper Burma. Shan Hills. E. Candler. 1897. In Herb. 
Calc. et Kew. 
Upper Burma. Maymyo plateau. Alt. 3500 ft: Lace. 
No. 3143. _I7th April 1908. In Herb. Edin., Calc. et 
ew. 
Upper Burma. Southern Shan States. Phillimore. No. 
26. In Herb. Edin., Calc. et Kew. 
This is the Burmese form of the Chinese Malacoides series. 
Its small flowers are a distinguishing feature. The leaves vary 
greatly in size from less than a centimeter upwards to the 
