58 BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF PRIMULA. 
subinflatis apice reflexis intus dense luteo-farinosis. Corollae 
violaceae tubus in flore brevistylo ad 1 cm. longus cylindricus 
supra stamina ampliatus in longistylo brevior intus paullo 
transverse rugosus exannulatus fauce puberulus, limbi discus 
concavus 3 mm. latus, lobi breves ad 4 mm. longi obcordati 
leviter emarginati. Stamina filamentis brevibus antherisque 
2 mm. longis in flore longistylo basin tubi corollini versus ovarium 
juxta inserta calycis tubo inclusa, in flore brevistylo fere exserta. 
Ovarium oblongum in dimidio superiore incrassatum ; stylus 
longus exsertus, brevis calycis tubum vix superans; stigma 
globosum. Capsula cylindrica ad 1 cm. longa ultra calycem 
auctum crustaceum quadrante projecta ab vertice valvis 5 
crustaceis brevibus brunneis ad apicem sepalorum dehiscens; 
placenta cylindrica; semina nigro-brunnea saponis aspectu 
oblonga ad 1.5 mm. longa angulata; testa fere laevis. 
Species foliorum inflorescentiae seminisque aspectu P. 
stkkimenst, Hook. persimilis sed corollae calycisque forma longe 
recedit. 
Tibet. Hillsabove Lhasa. Walton. Aug. 1904. In Herb. 
Cale. 
A fine species, to which Sir George Watt has attached this 
name in the Calcutta Herbarium, but without publishing a 
description, and it is not mentioned in his Observations on. 
Indian Primulas in the Journal of the Royal Horticultural 
Society, xxix (1904), 295. Its position is, I think, in the Sikkim- 
ensis Series, where it is one of the exceptional lilac-flowered 
Indian species. There are two sheets of it only in the Calcutta 
Herbarium. Collectors should search for it. 
Primula Wardii, Balf. fil. 
P. sibirica, Jacq. var. chinensis, Hort. Veitch. 
crassiuscula glaberrima. Scapus validus ad 25 cm. altus 
glaber umbellam 2-10-floram gerens: bracteae foliaceae in- 
volucrantes cucullatae ad 1.5 cm. longae ad 5 mm. latae pluri- 
nerviae costa media prominula hydathodo immerso conspicuo 
terminatae basi in appendiculam oblongam bracteae_ ipsi 
fere aequilatam et ea dimidio breviorem obtusam rotundatam 
vel truncatam adpressam vel leviter divaricatam ;_pedicelli 
ad 2 cm. longi obscure glandulosi plus minusve nutantes; 
anthopodium discoideum 5-lobatum. Calyx ad r cm. longus 
corollae tubo brevior tubulosus 5-angulatus intervallis per- 
