Sb? 
34 BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF PRIMULA. 
crescente elongato-lanceolatae acutae pulverulentae vena media 
prominula interiores minores ; pedicelli validi bracteis multo 
breviores ad 4 mm. longi pulverulenti; anthopodium ob- 
conoideum conspicuum. Calyx ad 5 mm. longus corollae tubo 
longior campanulatus pulverulentus costis 5 vix elevatis notatus 
ultra medium fissus lobis a basi lanceolatis acutis vena media 
notatis. Corollae coeruleae firmae in flore longistylo tubus 
ad 4 mm. longus calyce brevior extus pulverulentus intus 
puberulus haud rugosus ad orem annulo 5-lobato instructus, 
limbi concavi discus ad 3 mm. latus farinosus, lobi ad 2.5 mm. 
longi subrotundati vel oblongi integri vel paullo emarginati. 
Stamina in flore longistylo filamentis brevissimis antherisque 
I-2.5 mm. longis supra medium tubi corollini sine lobis inter- 
staminalibus inserta. Ovarium globosum; stylus longus validus 
limbi corollini discum aequans ; stigma capitatum depressum. 
P. leimonophilae, Balf. fil. affinis sed minor et  bracteis 
pedicellis longioribus, calyce campanulato, annulo ad orem 
corollae, loborum interstaminalium inopia diversa. — 
unan. Rocky plateaux of Yo-Chow. Alt. 10,200 ft. 
Flowers blue. Maire. In Herb. Edin. 
A small species like a miniature P. leimonophila, Balf. fil. 
but it has many points of difference, of which I may note 
specially that of the flower. The corolla tube has a moderate- 
sized annulus which lies quite at the mouth of the corolla tube, 
whilst in P. leimonophila, Balf. fil. there is a very large inflated 
annulus lying a little below the mouth of the tube. The 
corolla lobes are small and rounded and hardly divergently 
emarginate. Then the short stamens—I have only seen the 
long-styled flower—have no interstaminal lobes forming an 
androecial annulus as in P. leimonophila, Balf. fil. Of other 
diagnostic characters note the long bracts, short stout pedicels 
campanulate calyx with the intercostal areas not broad and 
pergamentaceous, and then the small linear foliage. 
It may be this is an alpine microform of P. leimonophila, 
Balf. fil. but by the features to which I have drawn attention 
it may be readily recognised. 
It belongs to the Amethystina Section. 
Primula A grein Balf. fil. et Ward. 
Perennis pygmaea rhizomate tenui ramoso foliis siccis anni 
ineebiors obit, Folia parva petiolata ad 1.2 cm. longa; 
lamina ovata ad 5 mm. longa 4 mm. lata crassa apice rotundata 
margine subintegra revoluta supra minutissime puberula subtus 
albo-farinosa basi subito in petiolum angustum membranaceo- 
alatum lamina longiorem contracta. Scapus 8 mm. longus 
foliis brevior puberulus florem unum pro planta magnum 
