48 BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF PRIMULA 
8200 ft. Plant of 6 to 9 inches. Flowers pale rose-lilac, eye 
orange, fragrant. G. Forrest. No. 2037. May 1906. In 
Herb. Edin. | 
Yunnan. Marshy ground on the hills of La-Mey. Alt. 
7350 ft. Flowers violet. E. E. Maire. March. In Herb. 
in. 
No other species of the aggregate S. denticulata, Sm. shows 
the robust naked stolons of this plant. 
\W52 Primula tanupoda, Balf. fil. et W. W. Sm. 
Parva farinosa pulverulenta foliis petiolatis. Folia ad 2 
cm. longa; lamina subcrassiuscula anguste ovata ad I cm. 
longa ad 7 mm. lata obtusa margine subcartilaginea eroso- 
crenulata utrinque pulverulenta infra in petiolum laminam 
subaequantem attenuata. Scapus brevissimus circ. 5 mm. 
longus validus umbellam 4-floram gerens; bracteae ad 1 cm. 
longae membranaceae vaginantes rufo-glanduloso-punctatae 
cucullatae acuminatae basi saccato ~gibbosae; _ pedicelli 
longissimi 5 cm. longi rigidi; anthopodium discoideum. 
Calyx ad 8 mm. longus tubulosus 5-costatus  intervallis 
pergamentaceis subpuberulus in trientem fissus lobis elon- 
gatis triangularibus minutissime ciliatis. Corollae tubus in 
flore longistylo cylindricus exannulatus intus sparsim puberulus, 
limbi discus 2 mm. latus, lobi obovati 7 mm. longi profunde 
emarginati segmentis divaricatis. Stamina filamentis brevis- 
simis antheris 2 mm. longis ad medium tubi corollini inserta 
calyce inclusa. Ovarium oblongum; stylus longus validus 
exsertus ; stigma capitatum. 
Ex affinitate P. involucratae, Wall. et P. tibeticae, Watt 
ab hac foltis, floribus majoribus, et annuli inopia, ab illa foliis 
pulverulentis crenulatis, scapo foliis breviore differt. 
W. Himalaya, Kumaon. Ralam Valley. Inayat. No. 
24,647/b. 18th August 1900. In Herb. Kew. 
A single specimen in Mr. Duthie’s herbarium now at Kew 
is so different from all other Indian Primulas that it is 
described here as a new species. At first sight it looks some- 
thing like P. involucrata, Wall. but its leaves are farinose 
and are distinctly cut on the edge. The aspect of the flower 
is quite that of P. involucrata, Wall. but there is no annulus 
in the corolla tube. It resembles P. sibirica, Jacq. in the 
shortness of the basal sac to the bracts, which is quite unlike 
that of P. involucrata, Wall. From both of these species 
it is separated by the long flower pedicels arising from a 
.Scape so short as to be included in the leaf sheaths. By this 
it recalls P. tibetica, Watt and like that species it is farinose 
(the books erroneously refer to P. tibetica, Watt, as “‘ not 
