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38 BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF PRIMULA. 
smaller. As yet the thrum-eyed plant only of P. pseudomalacoides, 
L. B. Stewart has been seen, and no seed has been obtained from 
it except by crossing with true P. malacoides, Franch. It is readily 
propagated by division. The fact that it crosses easily with 
P. malacoides, Franch. means that already in cultivation 
numerous progeny exist which must be the result of such 
crossing, and the distinction between the forms easily made 
when the true forms are seen side by side may not be generally 
recognised. | 
Primula pulchelloides, F. K. Ward. 
Epilosa foliis floribusque coaetaneis. Folia ad 3.5 cm. longa 
ad 10 mm. lata lineari-lanceolata subcrassa supra smaragdina 
subtus dense luteo-farinosa apice obtusa margine vix revoluta 
subtiliter et late serrato-crenata basi longe angustata et sub- 
petiolata. Scapus rigidus ad 18 cm. altus saepius minor farina 
lutea conspersus umbellam multifloram (ad 8) erectam gerens ; 
bracteae virides plus minusve luteo-farinosae exteriores a basi 
lata acuminatae vel lineari-subulatae ad 1 cm. longae auri- 
culatim vaginatae pedicellum amplectantes ; pedicelli rigidi ad 
2.5 cm. longi saepius breviores sparsim luteo-farinosi; antho- 
podium obconoideum 1 mm. longum viride ab flore subtiliter 
constrictum. Calyx viridis ad 8 mm. longus fere ad medium 
fissus, tubo angulato intus efarinoso extus luteo-farinoso costis 
exceptis lobis lanceolatis vel elongato-triangularibus aequalibus 
acutis carinatis crassis corollae tubo adpressis intus ac extus 
carina excepta luteo-farinosis. Corollae pallide violascentis 
fauce aurantiaca tubus cylindricus in flore brevistylo supra 
stamina ampliatus I cm. longus stramineus efarinosus vel farina 
lutea conspersus intus minutissime puberulus transverse rugosus 
annulatus annulo r1o-lobulato, limbi patentis discus vix r mm. 
latus, lobi ad 7 mm. longi obcordati vel oblongo-obovati firmi 
bilobatuli segmentis integris extus plus minusve luteo-farinosi. 
Stamina filamentis brevissimis et antheris 2 mm. longis floris 
longistyli prope basin tubi corollini inserta apicibus antherarum 
ab annulo 6 mm. remotis, brevistylii mm. ab annulo. Ovarium 
magnum dolioforme 2.5 mm. longum stylopodio umbraculiformi 
incrassatum ; stylus longus fere tubum corollae aequans brevis 
calyce brevior ; stigma discoideum umbilicatum vix crenulatum 
pallide viride. Capsula 8 mm. longa 1.5 mm. lata ultra calycem 
haud auctum extensa cylindrica pallide brunnea laevigata 
ab apice calyptratim incrassata valvis 5-10 ad medium 
dehiscens ; columna placentifera angusta. Semina plana ellip- 
soidea 0.75 mm. longa minute tuberculata. 
Ex affinitate P. pulchellae, Franch. sed minor foliis angusti- 
oribus et floris colore distincta. 
