152 BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF PRIMULA. 
placenta circ. 4 mm. longa cylindrica stipite conspicuo circ. 
longo. Semina angulata ellipsoidea nunc complanata 
circ. 0.75 mm. diam. pallide fulva testae vesiculis magnis notata. 
Species ex affinitate P. rotundifoliae, Wall. foliis basi cuneatis, 
calyce tubum corollinum angustum aequante bene distincta. 
Sikkim. Cave. Nos. 1423, 1513. 
There are no particulars of the precise locality in Sikkim 
whence Mr. Cave derived the specimens of this plant. It is 
easily recognised amongst all forms belonging to the immediate 
circle of P. rotundifolia, Wall. by the cuneately-based leaves, 
the copiously branched inflorescence and the large calyx. The 
whole plant is hoary with abundant meal. 
\oy) Primula cardiophylla, Balf. fil. et W. W. Sm. (Rotundi- 
i folia.) 
P. rotundifolia, Hook. fil. in Fl. Brit. Ind. iii (1882), 483, 
pro pte.; Pax Monogr. Primul.jin Engl. Pflanzenr. (1905), 120, p.p. 
Planta robusta rhizomate crasso profuse radicante radicibus 
rubicundis foliorum scaporumque vestigiis siccis dense obtecto 
in siccitate petiolis ligulatis inter se contortis et circum scapos 
strictos plus minusve volutis. Gemmae squamulis utrinque 
sulphureo-farinosis ovato-acuminatis persistentibus imbricatim 
vestitae. Folia plurima redolentia longe petiolata sub anthesi 
circ. 14 cm. longa postea aucta; lamina carnosula cucullata 
cordato-reniformis vel cordato-orbicularis circ. 4-6 cm. diam. 
sub fructu aucta lobis basalibus rotundatis conniventibus sinum 
angustum claudentibus margine dentata dentibus inaequalibus 
triangularibus obtusis hydathodo apiculatis supra laete viridis 
glandulis minutis capitatis subviscidis obtecta subtus dense 
sulphureo-farinosa ; petiolus crassus ad 10 cm. longus in 
juventute plus minusve sulphureo-farinosus deinde glanduloso- 
puberulus canaliculatus exalatus basim versus dilatatus ibique 
subalatus et plus minusve erubescens. Scapus validus sub 
anthesi ad 22 cm. altus sub fructu multo longior plus minusve 
sulphureo-farinosus umbellam ad 16-floram globosam solitariam 
gerens nunc verticillis 1-2 accessoriis inferioribus multifloris 
inter se remotis praeditus; bracteae dense farinosae lineares 
subulatae ad 1.5 cm. longae pedicellis sub anthesi longiores vel 
eos aequantes nunc breviores; pedicelli ad 2 cm. longi plus 
minusve filiformes dense farinosi : anthopodium crassum turbina- 
tum circ. 2.5 mm. longum. Calyx circ. 6 mm. longus crassus 
extus intusque farinosus fere ad basim fissus tubo poculiformi 
lobis trinerviis oblongis obtusis rarius denticulatis. Corollae 
tubus in flore brevistylo 1.4 cm. longus infra cylindricus supra 
calycem erubescens ibique extus glaber supra stamina paulo 
ampliatus ibique extus pallide viridis et farinosus intus 
