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gamentaceis obscure glanduloso-punctatus ad trientem fissus 
lobis triangularibus obtusis margine ciliatis. Corollae roseae 
vel violaceae tubus cylindricus supra stamina ampliatus in flore 
brevistylo ad 1.4 cm. longus in flore longistylo brevior mem- 
branaceus leviter rugosus luteo-annulatus annulo 10-lobato lobis 
per paria antipetalis, limbi plani discus 1.5 mm. latus, lobi 
obovati profunde et late bifidi subcrenulati. Stamina filamentis 
brevissimis et antheris magnis ad 3 mm. longis in flore brevistylo 
ad orem tubi corollini antheris semiexsertis in flore longistylo infra 
medium antheris calyce inclusis inserta. Ovarium ovoideum 
dimidio supremo incrassato; stylus brevis robustus tubo 
calycis brevior, longus vix exsertus ; stigma discoideum. 
Species P. sibiricae, Jacq. et P. involucratae, Wall. affinis ab 
illa umbella pluriflora bractearum appendice longa, ab hac 
floribus roseis vel violaceis distincta. 4 
Szechwan. Tatsienlu. 9500-11,000 ft. Pratt. No. 657. In 
Herb. Brit. Mus. 
W. China. 11,000—12,500 ft. Marshes. Wilson. No. 4032. 
July 1903. In Herb. Brit. Mus. 
N.W. Yunnan. A-tun-tsu. 12,000 ft. F. Kingdon Ward. 
No. 96. July 1911. Though growing amongst two species 
badly attacked by fungus, this Primula (with mauve flowers) is 
not attacked. Grows in damp meadow land. Only found in 
one locality. In Herb. Edin. 
Central Szechwan. Tungngolo. Soulié. No. 1120. 1893. 
In Herb. Kew. 
N.W. Yunnan. Marsh near A-tun-tsu. 13,000 ft. F. 
Kingdon Ward. No. 777. 12th July 1913. In Herb. Edin. 
Yunnan. Mountains in the N.E. of the Yangtze bend. 
Lat.27°45’N. 12,000ft. G. Forrest. No.10,344. July 1913. 
Plant of 6-15 inches. Flowers blue-eye greenish-yellow. 
Fragrant. Stony moist pastures. In Herb. Edin. 
Pratt appears to have been the first collector to send home 
specimens of this plant. It was found later by Wilson and 
raised from the seed he collected by Veitch, who introduced it 
to horticulture under the name P. sibivica, Jacq. var. chinensis. 
It is a great acquisition, one of the freest of growers and seeders, 
and it is most floriferous. 
Its nearest ally is the widespread Himalayan P. involucrata, 
Wall. which has, however, white flowers, and is thus easily 
diagnosed. From true P. sibirica, Jacq. both P. Wardii, Balf. 
fil. and P. involucrata, Wall. are readily distinguished by the 
long appendages to the bracts—these may be almost as long 
as the bracts. Were we to accept the most recent technical 
description of P. sibirica, Jacq. as given by Pax, we should find 
a diagnostic character from P. sibirica, Jacq. in the large ro-lobed 
