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mensis, Hook, in the group of forms within his Section Pur- 
purea, which have petals entire or partly emarginate and the 
throat of the corolla exannulate. In ascribing to P. Traiilii, 
Watt an exannulate corolla Sir George Watt’s recollection of 
the plant as he found it ten years previously has not served 
him well or perhaps he was misled by a somewhat faulty draw- 
ing by a native artist of dissected flowers attached to his her- 
barium sheets. No annulus is shown in these. But I find a 
conspicuous ten-lobed annulus in the flowers of the dried 
specimens. It may be that the affinity suggested is correct, 
but I am not satisfied about it. The form of calyx and corolla 
seems different—there is the annulus—and then the placental 
column tends to the globular. Unfortunately the critical 
seeds are wanting in all the specimens. 
Primula Umbrella, Forrest. 
Herba parva luteo-farinosa. Folia oblonga ad 3.5 cm. 
longa 1.5 cm. lata in petiolum brevem latum planum cuneatim 
attenuata margine infra medium integra supra medium re- 
curvata sursum eximie dentato-serrata dentibus corneo-apicu- 
latis, subtus dense supra sparsim luteo-farinosa. Scapus 5 
cm. altus folia longe superans plus minusve luteo-farinosus 
umbellam 6-8-floram gerens; bracteae 5 mm. longae lanceo- 
latae obtusae margine subinvolutae luteo-farinosae cucullatae 
pedicellos amplectantes ; pedicelli circa 10 cm. longi ab umbone 
umbellae perinde ac costae umbraculi radiatim subdependentes. 
Calyx 5-7 mm. longus campanulatus intus viridis dense luteo- 
farinosus vix ad medium fissus tubo a basi prominenter 5- 
costato, lobis obtusis coroliae adpressis. Corollae lilacinae 
tubus 10 cm. longus extus farinosus albus vel lilacino-striatus 
calycem duplo superans, fauce albido-farinosa; limbus ad 2 
cm. diametiens, lobis latis obcordatis. 
P. kialensi Franch. affinis bracteis cucullatis farinosis 
calyce costato distinguenda. 
N Yunnan. tIgto. G. Forrest. Collected with P. 
membranifolia. 
A species which appears to be a near neighbour of P. 
kialensis, Franch. P. Umbrella, Forrest differs from P. kialensis, 
Franch. as described in the much longer scape, obtuse bracts 
sheathing the pedicels, densely farinose bracts, pedicels, and 
calyx, costate calyx tube. This dainty species is in cultiva- 
tion, but is not a rapid grower. The abundance of golden meal 
all over the plant is characteristic, but the most differentiating 
mark is found in the inflorescence. The bracts radiate from 
the top of the scape, each one forming a channel in which a 
pedicel, twice the length of the bract, lies. The calyx too is 
