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maximum. The calyx is noteworthy on account of the irregular 
size of the lobes and their tendency to become toothed towards 
the apex. 
Primula melichlora, Balf. fil. et W. W. Sm. 
Caespitosa luteo-farinosa rhizomate lignoso. Folia ad 3.5 
cm. longa ad r cm. lata; lamina oblonga vel anguste elliptica 
acuta margine argute et regulariter denticulata denticulis acutis 
deorsum in petiolum late alatum attenuata subtus dense luteo- 
farinosa supra sparsim farinosa subglauca venulosa. Flos 
solitarius ; pedunculus 1 cm. longus farinosus bracteam singulam 
infra medium gerens ; bractea ligulata membranacea uninervia 
farinosa ad 1.3 cm. longa pedicello longior. Calyx 6-7 mm. 
longus extus intusque farinosus ultra medium fissus lobis oblongis 
apice rotundatis vel subtruncatis mucronulatis vel obscure 
3-denticulatis rarissime plus minusve acutis. Corollae crassae 
tubus 9 mm. longus extus glaber intus exannulatus fauce et 
limbi basi granulosus, lobi 4-5 mm. longi emarginati. Stamina 
floris longistyli basin tubi corollini versus brevistyli circa 
medium inserta. Stylus longus corolla dimidio brevior, brevis 
vix calycis tubo longior; stigma pyriforme. Capsula infra 
membranacea supra crustacea calyce lobis adpressis inclusa, a 
basi styli valvatim dehiscens. . 
P. spathulifolia, Craib  foliis ellipticis, pedunculo farinoso 
longiore, bractea singula, calyce majore, corollae limbo minore 
differt. 
Sikkim. Tosa. Alt. 14,000-15,000 ft. W. W. Smith. No. 
4071. 3rd August 1910. In Herb. Calc. 
This plant is known only in a set of specimens collected 
under No. 4071 by Mr. W. W. Smith in August Igro at Tosa in 
Sikkim at an altitude of 14,000-15,000 ft. It is in the way of 
P. spathulifolia, Craib but has characters which point to its 
distinctness as a species, and its description as such may lead 
to special search for more specimens of it through which a clearer 
;dea of it will be obtainable than the material now available 
affords. Mr. Smith’s plants collected late in the year show but 
a few passed flowers and some bruised capsules. 
The plant differs from P. spathulifolia, Craib in the following 
points :—longer narrowly elliptic not spathulate leaves which 
are more definitely and acutely cut, the longer farinose flower- 
pedicel, single bract longer than the pedicel, larger calyx, smaller 
corolla limb. 
Primula minor, Balf. fil. et Ward. 
Epilosa. Rhizoma tunicatum foliis praeteritis siccis contortis 
‘obtectum. Folia petiolata floribus coetanea sed post anthesin 
