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52 BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF PRIMULA. 
characteristic, with its ridged short sepals. Mealiness extends to 
the corolla, which is dusted with it outside and at the throat. 
Primula Viola-grandis, Farrer et Purdom. 
Efarinosa glanduloso-hirsuta foliis longe - petiolatis rosu- 
latis paucis primo erectis demum patulis floribus coaetaneis sub 
anthesi squamis erectis albidis alabastri basi cinctis. Folia ad 
5 cm. longa post anthesin accrescentia; lamina sub anthesi 
ad 2.5 cm. longa ad 1.5 cm. lata ovato-cordata opaca crassa 
pallide venulosa obtusa margine integra vel obscure et late 
crenulata glanduloso-ciliata utrinque pilis albidis mollibus 
glandulosis vestita et glandulis plurimis capitatis rubris (in fol. 
sicc.) obtenka:; petiolus ine duplo vel triplo longior validus 
alabastri squamas expansus in foliis adultis vix alatus. Scapus ad 
12 cm. longus foliis multo longior dense glanduloso-hirsutus infra 
albidus superne nigro-purpureus ebracteatus uniflorus. Flos 
magnus subzygomorphus. Calyx breviter cupuliformis ad 6 
mm. longus fere ad basin fissus lobis ovato-lanceolatis plerumque 
nigro-purpureus pilisque glandulosis obsitus. Corollae violaceo- 
coeruleae tubus cylindricus ultra 3.5 cm. longus pallide pur- 
pureus strictus angustus orem versus gradatim expansus 
extus glanduloso-hirtus intus ubique glaber ad faucem amplia- 
tus albidus, limbi plani obliqui discus purpureus ad 2 mm. 
latus glanduloso-puberulus, lobi plerumque 6 nunc 5 vel 7 ad 
1.4 cm. longi ad 7 mm. lati aperti subspathulati vel obcuneati 
vel anguste oblongo-obovati basi glanduloso-ciliati emarginati 
segmentis integris. Stamina ut in Omphalogramma sectione 
filamentis purpureis longis ad 5 mm. longis robustis orem tubi 
corollini versus convergentibus supra medium inserta: antherae 
ovoideae subexsertae. Ovarium ovoideum superne conoideum 
stylo longo filiformi glabro albido paullo exserto terminatum : 
stigma parvum lobulatum 
Species P. Engleri, Knuth similis foliis minoribus crassius- 
culis longe petiolatis squamis alabastri sub anthesi cinctis, 
glandulis capitatis foliorum, scapo folia excedente, calyce 
cupuliformi, corollae fauce albida glabra lobisque angustis 
emarginatis haud incisis bene distincta. 
Kansu. Farrer and Purdom. No. 74. 1914. In Herb. 
in. 
The following is Mr. Reginald Farrer’s description of the 
plant as he found it in Kansu :— 
“Primula No. 6 P. Viola-grandis: Sect. Omphalogramma). 
‘Whole plant clothed in whitish glandular hairs. Leaves 
appearing with the flowers, and developing further afterwards, 
