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bus hydathodo corneo terminatis intus dense luteo-farinosis. 
Corollae purpureae tubus tubuloso-infundibuliformis in flore 
longistylo ad 1.2 cm. longus supra stamina ampliatus in brevi- 
stylo brevior exannulatus intus infra stamina rugosus, limbi 
concavi luteo-farinosi discus 4 mm. latus, lobi rotundati vel 
oblongi erecti ad 5 mm. longi paullo emarginati. Antherae 
fere sessiles 3 mm. longae in flore longistylo basin tubi corollini 
versus inserta calyce multo breviores, brevistylo ad orem 
corollae inserta. Ovarium ovoideum superne incrassatum ; 
stylus longus exsertus, brevis vix calycis tubum superans ; 
stigma capitatum 
Planta inter speciés himalayenses sectionis Sikkimensis. 
floribus purpureis distincta. 
Tibet. KaroLa. Alt. about 16,500 ft. Capt. H. J. Walton, 
I.M.S. July 1904. In Herb. Calc. 
Sir George Watt recognised the distinctness of this plant as 
a species and named it on the Calcutta sheets P. serrata, sp. 
nov., but he did not publish a description. Unfortunately 
the name he suggested has been absorbed by Gusmus for a 
hybrid P. minima x P. Wulfeniana, which is not uncommon 
in gardens. The plant is the first Indian species as yet known 
of the Sikkimensis Section which has purple flowers, and its 
occurrence is of interest because we have already from China 
both a purple and yellow series of this Section. The only 
specimens known of P. prionotes, Balf. fil. et Watt are 
those collected by Capt. Walton during the Tibet Frontier 
Expedition in 1904. 
Primula pseudomalacoides, L. B. Stewart. 
Perennis multiceps pilosa rhizomate tenui foliis rosulatis 
petiolatis. Folia ad ro cm. longa; lamina ad 4 cm. longa ad 
2.5 cm. lata oblongo-elliptica vel elliptica crassa utrinque pilis 
albis hirtella subtus albo-farinosa costa media et venis primariis 
erubescentibus prominulis apice rotundata margine lobulata 
lobulis serrato-dentatis dentibus hydathodo corneo terminatis 
basi abrupta lateribus symmetricis vel asymmetricis sinum 
vix formantibus vel subcuneatis vel subtruncatis ; petiolus 
lamina duplo-longior erubescens succulentus pilosus evaginans. 
Scapi plurimi graciles deinde decumbentes ad 40 cm. longi 
sparsim albo-farinosi verticillos plurifloros plures et umbellam 
terminalem gerentes ; bracteae parvae ad 5 mm. longae lineari- 
lanceolatae acutae utrinque albo-farinosae ; pedicelli filiformes 
inaequales ad 4 cm. longi albo-farinosi divaricati apice deflexi ; 
anthopodium fere nullum. Calyx ad 5 mm. longus campanu- 
latus dense albo-farinosus tubo intus basi excepto vix ad medium 
fissus, lobis patentibus longe triangularibus acutis. Corollae 
