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subobliqui. Calyx ad 6 mm. longus pilis longis glandulosis 
vestitus tubo obconico lineis 5 viridibus nervosis interstitiis 
albo-membranaceis notato ad medium fissus lobis anguste 
lanceolatis acuminatis patentibus pluriveniis membranaceo- 
alatis apice hydathodo terminatis. Corollae annulatae ore 
intense rubro-purpureo lobis pallidioribus linea purpurea central 
tubus calycem duplo superans tenuis 8-10 mm. longus intus 
sub lobis prominulis purpureis annuli viridi-lineatus, limbus fere 
ad basim fissus, lobis ad 9 mm. longis obcordatis integris non 
ciliatis profunde (ad 3.5 mm.) emarginatis. Antherae con- 
nectivo albo lobis purpureis in flore longistylo apicibus ab 
annulo 3 mm. remotis in brevistylo annulum attingentibus. 
Ovarium ovoideum viride apice conicum; stylus longus vix 
tubo corollino brevior, brevis vix calycem aequans; stigma 
discoideum flavo-viride. Capsula calycem vix auctum paullo 
superans stylopodio conico coronata valvis crustaceis dehiscens. 
Species Sectionis Mollis a P. cinerascente, Franch. cui 
_proxima est foliis majoribus rugosis, scapis longis pluri-verti- 
cillatis, calycis pilosi simubus membranaceis differt. A P. moll, 
Hook. scapo tenuiore calyce multo minore notisque altis distincta. 
Yunnan. Western flank of the Salween Valley above Ho-mo- 
chu. Lat. 25° 5’ N. Alt. 7ooo ft. April 1910. G. Forrest, 
No. 5523. Plant of 6-15.inches. Flowers bright rose, faintly 
Yunnan. Hills to the east of Tengyueh. Lat. 25° N. Alt. 
6000 ft. May 1912. G. Forrest. No. 7569. Plant of 6-20 
inches. Flowers magenta-rose with eye greenish-white, fragrant. 
Pasture-land in side valleys. In Herb. Edin. 
Yunnan. Shweli-Salween divide. Salween Valley. Lat. 
25° 5’ N. Alt. 7000-8000 ft. May 1913. G. Forrest. Nos. 
9807, 9855. Plant of 12-20 inches. Flowers rose, eye yellow, 
faintly fragrant. Shady situations in thickets. In Herb. Edin. 
gat Var. alba, Balf. fil. et Forrest. 
Fo 
ms 
rma floribus albis oculo roseo. 
Yunnan. Side valley on the hills to the east of Tengyueh. 
Lat. 25° N. Alt. 6000 ft. May 1912. G. Forrest. No. 7610. 
Sport of and growing with No. 7569. Plant of 18 inches. 
Flowers almost white with a dark rose centre. Pasture-land 
In Herb. Edin. 
Primula sphaerocephala, Ball. fil. et Forrest. 
Primula capitata, G. Forrest in Notes R.B.G. Edin. ix 
(1908), 224. 
Epilosa. Folia floribus coaetanea petiolata ad 12 cm. longa 
ad 2.5 cm. lata; lamina anguste oblonga vel oblanceolata mem- 
