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gerens; bracteae tres inaequales puberulae virides sparsim 
farina conspersae involucrum subflorale formantes, exterior 
ab insertione lata ovato-acuminata 6 mm. longa interiores 
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duae minores; pedicellus fere nullus. Calyx 6 mm. longus 
late campanulatus vix ad medium fissus viridis vel purpura- 
scens extus farina conspersus lobis oblongis integris margine 
minutissime ciliatis. Corollae violaceae (?) tenuis tubus 9 mm. 
longus calycem superans extus puberulus intus annulatus et 
glanduloso-puberulus erugosus, limbi plani discus ad 2 mm. 
latus, lobi obcordatiad 8 mm. longi ad 7.5 mm. lati. Antherae 
in flore brevistylo breves ad medium tubi corollini insertae 
apicibus circ. 3.5 mm. ab annulo remotis. Ovarium globosum ; 
stylus 2 mm. longus ; stigma discoideum. 
Species foliis et habitu P. dryadifoliae, Franch. sed multo 
minor et scapo unifloro foliis breviore, flore erecto, corollae tubo 
calycem superante, notis aliisque diversa. 
N.W. Yunnan. Mekong-Salween divide near A-tun-tsu. 
15,000 ft. F. Kingdon Ward. 18th July 1913. No. 798. In 
Herb. Edin. . 
A charming dwarf species which is so like P. dryadtfolia, 
Franch. in form of foliage that one might at first regard it as 
a small form of that species. The leaves are however different 
apart from size in this, that their upper surface is covered 
with very short hairs which are absent in P. dryadifolia, Franch. 
The whole flower structure is different. The scape bears but one 
flower and is enclosed in the foliage; in P. dryadifolia, Franch. 
it is pushed out well beyond the leaves. The flower is erect, 
not slightly nodding. The calyx much shorter than the corolla 
suffices to tell this species at once from P. dryadifolia, Franch. 
where the corolla is shorter than the calyx. 
Primula prionotes, Balf. fil. et Watt. 
Epilosa rhizomate P. sikkimensis, Hook. paucifolia. Folia 
petiolata ad 18 cm. longa ad 3 cm. lata; lamina membranacea 
efarinosa elongata oblonga vel anguste elliptica obtusa vel 
acuta margine regulariter dentato-serrata subtus pallidior basi 
cuneatim abrupte vel gradatim in petiolum vix alatum vix 
vaginatum laminam aequantem attenuata. Scapus tenuis ad 
35 cm. longus apice luteo-farinosus umbellam plurifloram 
gerens; bracteae angustae conduplicatae ad 9 mm. longae a 
basi lato sursum attenuatae obtusae vel acutae nunc quasi 
foliaceae carinatae basique subtus incrassatae ; pedicelli fili- 
formes plus minusve farinosi subreflexi. Calyx tubuloso- 
campanulatus ad 6 mm. longus corollae tubo multo brevior 
extus 5-costatus glaber plus minusve purpurascens et lineis 
purpureis striatus ad trientem fissus lobis deltoideo-triangulari- 
