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be interesting garden plants on account of their flower 
colour, and I expect that they will prove to be as hardy and . 
resistant as that hardiest of all Candelabras, P. Poissonii. 
They will certainly do much by hybridisation for colour tint 
in Primula. 
Primula aureostellata, Balf. fil. et Cooper. (Amethystina.) 
Rhizoma parvum radicibus erubescentibus foliis floribusque 
coaetaneis. Folia crasse coriacea redolentia ad 7 cm. longa 
ad 1.5 cm. lata vix distincte petiolata lanceolata vel oblanceo- 
lata vel oblonga acuta margine rigide cartilaginea denticulis 
firmis paucis triangularibus subaculeatim praedita deorsum 
gradatim in basim ligulatam membranaceo-alatam integram 
attenuata utrinque epilosa glanduloso-foveolata supra pallide » 
viridia subtus pallidiora nunc subglauca. Scapus elatus ad 
3-5 cm. altus glaber umbellam subsecundam parvam ad 6-floram 
gerens ; bracteae sublineares subulatae subfoveolatae ad 6 mm. 
longae basi extus pulvinatim incrassatae pedicellos adhaerentes ; 
pedicelli breves ad 6 mm. longi subglandulosi; anthopodium 
parvum. Calyx coriaceus viridis tubulosus circ. 8 mm. longus 
5-costatus extus glanduloso-foveolatus lobis circ. mm. 
longis sublanceolatis obtusis margine membranaceis. Corollae 
coriaceae tubus in flore longistylo calycem subaequans circ. 
8 mm. longus cylindricus supra stamina paulo ampliatus flavidus 
intus puberulus exannulatus, limbus subplanus aureus albido- 
marginatus disco circ. 2 mm. lato extus intusque glanduloso- 
puberulo lobis ad 9 mm. longis anguste obovatis basi contractis 
emarginatis. Stamina basim tubi corollini versus inserta 
filamentis conspicuis strumis corollinis pseudo-annulatim con- 
junctis antheris angustis ad 2 mm. longis. Ovarium ovoideum ; 
stylus longus fragilis corollae tubum subaequans ; stigma parvum 
globosum. Capsula circ. 9 mm. longa 4 mm. lata calyce omnino 
inclusa ab apice valvis 5 brevibus incrassatis dehiscens ; placenta 
cylindrica breviter crasseque stipitata circ. 5.5 mm. longa. 
Semina grisea elongata circ. 1.5 mm. longa .75 mm. lata com- 
planata (ac tamen angulata) laevia nec prominenter vesiculos@ 
tuberculata. 
Species ex affinitate Sectionis Amethystinae foliis glanduloso- 
foveolatis floribus subsecundis corollae limbo aureo-stellato 
“Bhutan. Kempé La, Pumthang. Alt. 11,000 ft. In 
marsh. Flower open, white, yellow star-blotch on centre, 
glistening hairs in mouth.” R.E. Cooper. No. 4173. 23rd 
July 1915. 
: This species has the appearance of P. Faberi, Oliv., a yellow- 
flowered member of the Amethystina Section, but is readily 
