50 BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF PRIMULA. 
amplexicauli instructum attenuata, subtus dense albo-fari- 
nosa costa media prominula percursa. Scapus robustus ad 
25 cm. altus plus minusve albo-farinosus umbellam pauci- vel 
pluri-floram solitariam gerens nunc florum verticellis I-2 in- 
ferioribus praeditus ; bracteae inaequales exteriores ad 1.5 cm. 
longae lineari-lanceolatae ; pedicelli inaequales validi erecti 
sub anthesi ad 5 cm. longi sub fructu longiores ; anthopodium 
turbinatum. Calyx ad 8 mm. longus campanulatus membrana- 
ceus venulosus ultra medium fissus lobis lanceolato-acuminatis 
margine intusque albo-farinosis. Corollae pallide coeruleae 
tubus cylindricus membranaceus in flore longistylo ad 1.2 cm. 
longus intus puberulus annulo 10-lobato prominulo instructus, 
limbi discus angustus, lobi obovati integri ad 7 mm. longi. 
Stamina filamentis conspicuis 0.75 mm. longis antherisque 2 mm. 
longis in flore longistylo infra medium tubi corollini inserta 
ultra calycem prolongata. Ovarium pyriforme ; stylus longus 
exsertus ; stigma ovoideum. Capsula cylindrica rufo-brunnea 
crustacea I cm. longa calyci aucto tamen membranaceo aequi- 
longa et eo inclusa valvis 10 ab apice deorsum plus minusve 
dehiscens ; placenta subcolumnaris stipitata. 
Species distincta a Cl. Watt P. sikkimensi, Hook. collocata. 
N.W. Himalaya. Kangra, Kulu. Sharran Glaciers. Alt. 
16,000 ft. Watt. No. 13,495. 18th Oct. 1894. A large, hand- 
some Primula growing in the deep shade of large rocks in rich 
black soil,—dry. Seedlings with rotund leaves. Adult plants 
about 15-20 inches in height. All the under surfaces densely 
coated with white farina. It appears to flower in spring and again 
in autumn. Inflorescence with two or three whorls of flowers 
borne on long pedicels. Involucre of bracts not spurred linear- 
lanceolate. Calyx linear-lanceolate acuminate. In Herb. Edin. 
This species, named by Sir George Watt in honour of the 
Rev. J. Traill of Jaipur, is briefly diagnosed by him in the 
Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, xxix (1904). A 
figure and description of P. tnvolucrata, Wall. are given under 
the name P. Trai//i.: in the Gardeners’ Chronicle, xxii (1897), 
263, from plants grown by Mr. George Wilson. The origin of 
the confusion Sir George Watt thus explains :—‘‘ The seed I 
collected of it [P. Tvaillii] was mixed with the only other Primula 
found in Kulu during that expedition, namely, P. involucrata, 
Wall. on account of the necessity that existed to economise 
my collecting materials. On the mixed seed reaching Europe 
it was found that only P. imvolucrata, Wall. germinated, and 
thus got talked of as P. Traillit, Watt.”’ P. Trailliai, Watt has 
not yet come into cultivation. The dried specimens promise 
a good garden plant when it does come. 
Sir George Watt finds the affinity of his species in P. sikki- 
