42 BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF PRIMULA. 
plerumque minora; lamina membranacea oblongo-lanceolata 
vel anguste obovata vel anguste elliptica ad 3 cm. longa ad 1.5 
cm. lata obtusa margine subsinuata grosse irregulariter dentata 
vel bidentata ciliata deorsum in petiolum alatum laminam 
aequantem vel ea breviorem gradatim attenuata supra molliter 
puberula subtus molliter pubescens praesertim ad venas et 
juventute dense maturitate sparsim aureo-farinosa. Scapus 
ad g cm. altus plus minusve puberulus vel farinosus umbellam 
erectam ad 8-floram gerens ; bracteae lineari-subulatae ad I cm. 
longae basi vaginatae subtusque paullo incrassatae extus sparse 
intus dense luteo-farinosae ; pedicelli bracteis longiores ad 2 
cm. longi graciles stricti plus minusve luteo-farinosi vel puberuli ; 
anthopodium conspicuum obconoideum. Calyx 8-10 mm. 
longus globoso-campanulatus 5-costatus costis intense viridibus 
vel purpurascentibus intervallis pergamentaceis pallidioribus 
extus plus minusve farinosus vel puberulus intus dense luteo- 
farinosus ad trientem vel dimidium fissus lobis lanceolatis acutis 
ciliatis. Corollae roseae (Forrest) flavo-oculatae tubus albidus 
I.2-1.4 cm. longus purpureo-venosus in flore brevistylo cylin- 
dricus supra stamina ampliatus in flore longistylo infundibuli- 
formis extus sparsim farinosus intus pubescens et annulo lobato 
instructus, limbi discus concavus 2 mm. latus pubescens, lobi 
patuli obovati vel obcordati 8 mm. longi bifidi. Stamina 
filamentis brevissimis antheris latis 1.5 mm. longis in flore 
brevistylo in triente superiori tubi corollini ultra calycem 
inserta antherarum apicibus 3 mm. ab annulo remotis, in flore 
longistylo basin tubi corollini versus inserta calycis tubo inclusa. 
Ovarium ovoideum in triente superiore incrassatum; stylus. 
brevis calycis tubum vix superans, longus tubo corollae ihe 
rante brevior; stigma magnum globosum. Capsula ad 
longa cylindrica calyce membranaceo brunneo-punctato sia 
puberulo intus farinoso inclusa ab apice valvis 5 obtusis brunneis 
nitentibus dehiscens; placenta breviter stipitata oblonga. 
Semina vix 1 mm. longa oblonga angulata rufo-brunnea testa 
obscure areolata. 
Species forsan P. Souliez, Franch. affinis. 
Yunnan. Mountains in the N.E. of the Yangtze bend. Lat. 
27° 45° N. Alt. 12,000 ft. Plant of 3-7 inches. Flowers rose, 
eye yellow. On boulders and open stony pastures. G. Forrest. 
No. 10,338. July 1913. In Herb. Edin. 
This is one of the section of Primulas with angular ribbed 
calyx and non-gibbous bracts which have a hardened cushion 
more or less developed. It has also a well-developed annulus. 
For the presént I put it in the Section Souliei. 
