BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF PRIMULA. I5I 
Flowers blue, eye purplish-yellow, fragrant. Moist limy pasture 
and the ledges of limestone cliffs.” G. Forrest. No. 10,405. 
July 1913. 
Mr. Forrest obtained this plant in course of his second ex- 
ploration of Yunnan, but only in fruit, Specimens in his 1913 
and 1914 collections with flower enable a determination of 
the species to be made. It is one of the Pulchella series, but 
is distinguished alike from P. pulchella, Franch. and P. minor, 
Balf. fil. et Ward by the copious white mealy covering. It has 
flowered at Edinburgh and seems to be thoroughly hardy. Its 
glossy foliage marks it at sight as distinct from P. minor. 
+ Primula cana, Balf. fil. et Cave. (Rotundifolia.) 
Planta cana rhizomate longo breviter ramoso profuse radi- 
cante foliorum scaporumque vestigiis siccis intertextis involutis 
densissime obtecto. Gemmae squamis elongatis crustaceis 
margine membranaceis imbricatis dense sulphureo-farinosis 
circumdatae. Folia longe petiolata ad g cm. longa; lamina 
oblonga vel elliptico-oblonga vel subrotundata ad 5 cm. longa 
ad 3.5 cm. lata crasse coriacea subaequaliter dentata dentibus 
obtusis vel acutis hydathodo terminatis nonnunquam denti- 
culatis basim versus in petiolum erubescentem anguste alatum 
longe vaginantem cuneatim attenuata nec cordata supra 
viridis puberula subtus dense sulphureo-farinosa. Scapus circ. 
to cm. longus plus minusve farinosus umbellam ad 16-floram 
gerens ; bracteae lineari-subulatae circ. 1,2 cm. longae dense 
-sulphureo-farinosae basi extus leviter pulvinatim incrassatae ; 
pedicelli sub anthesi circ. 2 cm. longi filiformes sulphureo-farinosi 
plus minusve divaricatim nutantes sub fructu stricti et inaequali- 
ter elongati fere ad 5.5 cm. spadiceo-brunnei glabri; antho- 
podium conspicuum anguste obconoideum. Calyx circ. I cm. 
longus extus intusque dense sulphureo-farinosus late infundi- 
buliformis ultra medium fissus, lobis a basi angusta lanceolato- 
acuminatis circ. 7 mm. longis subpatentibus. | Corollae in flore 
longistylo tubus aiedates cylindricus circ. 1 cm. longus infra 
staminum insertionem constrictus supra vix ampliatus mem- 
branaceus extus plus minusve farinosus intus erugulosus laevis 
ad faucem annulo flavo 5-lobato parvo cinctus, limbi plani 
discus angustus circ. r mm. latus, lobi angusti obovati circ. 8 
mm. longi vix 5 mm. lati leviter crenulati. Stamina inframedium 
tubi corollini inserta calyce breviora filamentis distinctis 0.5 
mm. longis antheris circ. 2 mm. longis apiculatis. Ovarrum 
ellipsoideum stylopodio coronatum ; stylus longus filiformis fere 
exsertus ; stigma capitatum. Capsula spadicea calyce omnino 
inclusa oblonga circ. 8 mm. longa vix 3 mm. diam. valvis 5 
saepe fissis crustaceis Brevibas reflexis ab apice dehiscens ; 
