BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF PRIMULA. 39 
N.W. Yunnan. A-tun-tsu. 13,000 ft. July rgrr. F. 
Kingdon Ward. In Herb. Edin. 
A plant now in cultivation from seeds sent by Ward to 
Bees, Ltd. It is quite a good plant, but not the equal of P. 
pulchella, Franch. in depth of colour of foliage or flower. It 
is a smaller species than P. pulchella, with which it has many 
points of resemblance. The narrower smaller leaves easily 
distinguish it. 
Primula rhodantha, Balf. fil. et W. W. Sm. 
Efarinosa epilosa radicibus ramosissimis gracillimis foliisque 
petiolatis rosulatis erectis vel subpatulis sub anthesi squamis 
elongatis paucis alabastri cinctis. Folia floribus coaetanea ad 
7 cm. longa saepe in rosulis parvulis multo minora ; lamina 
crassiuscula elliptica vel oblongo-elliptica vel anguste obovata 
vel oblanceolata ad 3 cm. longa ad 1 cm. lata apice obtusa vel 
rotundata margine subcartilaginea plus minusve denticulata 
subtus pallidior utrinque minute foveolato-glandulosa et saccis 
tanniniferis punctata basi in petiolum ad 5 cm. longum anguste 
alatum et longe vaginantem cuneatim breviter contracta vel 
in petiolum brevem vix distinctum attenuata. Scapus foliis 
brevior et immersus vel ea subaequans ad 6 cm. altus robustus 
umbellam ad 8-floram (rarius I-) gerens; bracteae ad 3.5 mm 
longae a basi lata rotundata et subinflata cucullata rugosa 
lanceolato-acuminatae vel caudato-acuminatae saccis tannini- 
feris punctatae infra carinatae et sacco brevi vix I mm. longo 
rotundato appendiculatae ; pedicelli stricti erecti graciles ad 
1.3 cm. longi; anthopodium longum obconoideum. Calyx ad 
mm. longus cylindrico-campanulatus sparsim punctatus et 
erubescens ad trientem fissus, lobis elongato-triangularibus 
acutis. Corollae roseae tubus infra anguste cylindricus supra 
stamina expansus ad g mm. longus extus glaber intus supra 
stamina puberulus obscure rugosus ad orem strumis anti-petalinis 
notatus limbi concavi discus ad 2 mm. latus, lobi obovati ad 5 mm. 
longi ad medium fissi. Stamina filamentis conspicuis et antheris 
1.5 mm. longis in flore brevistylo apicem tubi corollini versus 
antherarum apicibus ab ore I.5 mm. inserta, in flore longistylo 
in triente infimo tubi corollini calyce inclusa inserta. Ovarium 
oblongo-ovoideum in triente superiore incrassatum; stylus 
brevis tubum calycis subaequans, longus tenuis tubo corollino 
dimidio-brevior calyce dimidio-longior ; stigma ovoideum. 
latis, scapo vix 
P. roseae, Royle affinis, habitu, foliis petio 
foliis longiore, pedicellis tenuibus et notis aliis distinct 
Afghanistan. Kurrum Valley. Shéndtoi, ravine at 9g000- 
10,000 ft. Very local. Aitchison. No. 462. 1879. In Herb. 
Kew. et Calc. 
