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44 BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF PRIMULA. 
Primula seclusa, Balf. fil. et Forrest. 
Herbacea villosa foliis petiolatis. Folia ad 25 cm. longa; 
lamina tenuiter membranacea rotundato-cordata ad 1 
diam. sinuato-lobata margine ciliata hydathodis corneis denti- 
culata sinu basali aperto utrinque pilis mollibus longis vestita ; 
petiolus fere lanatus laminam aequans. Scapus robustus ad 
40 cm. altus villosus verticillos 2-3 distantes 6-g-floros gerens ; 
bracteae membranaceo-foliaceae lineari-lanceolatae acutae vil- 
losae ad 1.5 cm. longae; pedicelli validi villosi bracteis 
longiores. Calyx campanulatus viridis ad 11 mm. longus post 
anthesin accrescens corollae tubum aequans molliter villosus 
ad medium fissus lobis inaequalibus lanceolatis acutis hyda- 
thodo terminatis pluriveniis. Corollae rubrae tubus ad 1m mm. 
longus obliquus tenuiter membranaceus non rugosus annulo an- 
gusto, lobi obovati fimbriati ad 2 mm. longi apice fissi. Stamina 
ad medium tubi corollini inserta antherarum apicibus ab 
annulo circ. 2mm. remotis. Ovarium globosum; stylus calyce 
brevior staminibus aequilongis. Capsula’ calyce lignoso pro- 
minenter venuloso inclusa. 
P. moll, Nutt. proxima foliorum calycisque magnitudine 
distinguenda. 
Yunnan. Shweli-Salween divide. Alt. 10,000 ft. Lat. 25° 
10’ N. In shady thickets. May 1913. G. Forrest. No. 12,059. 
Upper Burma. Near Feng-shui-Ling pass, divide between 
Irrawaddy system and head waters of Shweli. 8000 ft. In 
damp deeply shaded situations in the rain forest (also on a clay 
bank amongst undergrowth by the roadside, less heavily shaded). 
Flowers deep crimson in centre, fading irregularly to paler 
crimson on lobes. Corolla slightly oblique. Flowers June- 
July. F. Kingdon Ward. No. 1632. 4th June IQT4. 
A large coarse-leaved plant with many bright flowers. 
Primula sinomollis, Balf. fil. et Forrest. 
Herbacea rhizomate carnoso ramoso vaginis foliorum prae- 
teritorum obtecto. Folia petiolata ad 15 cm. longa; lamina 
late elliptica cordata vel subrotundato-cordata ad Io cm. diam. 
coriacea margine subrevoluta obscure sinuato-lobata hydathodis 
denticulata sinu basali aperto supra areolato-sulcata breviter 
pilosa subtus intricato-venulosa venis prominulis hirsutis ; 
petiolus lamina brevior crassus erubescens dense hirsutus basi 
expansus. Scapi plurimi ad 30 cm. alti tenues erubescentes 
villosi post anthesin saepe decumbentes umbellam terminalem 
et verticillos plurimos (ad 10) 4-6-floros inter se distantes 
gerens ; bracteae parvae ad 8 mm. longae lineari-lanceolatae 
acuminatae glanduloso-pilosae ; pedicelli horizontaliter patentes 
ad 12 mm. longi stricti filiformes glanduloso-puberuli. Flores 
