BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF PRIMULA. 157 
to distinguish it readily. If I give it a name, I do not overlook 
the possibility suggested. 
' Primula conica, Balf. fil. et Forrest. (Muscarioides.) 
Herba rosulata efarinosa pilosa rhizomate parvo rosulis 
sub anthesi gemmae squamis et foliis juvenilibus basi cinctis. 
Folia petiolata ad 17 cm. longa ad 3.5 cm. lata; lamina oblonga 
vel oblanceolata apice obtusa _ vel subrotundata deorsum in 
petiolum alatum vix distinctum subvaginatum i in medio erubes- 
centem gradatim attenuata margine sub-erosa denticulis vel 
crenis paucis irregularibus obtusis vel acutis et hydathodo corneo 
terminatis saepe decurvis utrinque concolor pilis mollibus 
longis albis hirsuta subtus praecipue ad venas vestita. Scapus 
validus ad 30 cm. altus hirsutus efarinosus spicam conicam ad 
3-5 cm. longam multifloram gerens floribus deflexis imbricatis ; 
bracteae ligulatae obtusae basi expansae circ. I cm. longae 
virides vel apice purpurascentes pilis glandulosis ciliatae deflexae 
externae floribus occultae supremae purpureae plus minusve 
erectae et ultra flores prolatae ; pedicelli subnulli. Calyx obliquus 
suburceolatus circ. 4.5 mm. longus tenuis membranaceus extus 
intusque glanduloso-viscidus ad medium fissus tubo viridi 
deflexo lobis inaequalibus pilis longis engi ciliatis pos- 
teriore maximo externo extus purp te rotundato 3.5 m 
lato apice truncato et eroso vel dentato SS oe 
rotundato-ovatis minoribus viridibus vel leviter purpureo- 
striatis antero-lateralibus minimis ellipticis vel late ovatis sub- 
acutis viridibus. Corolla tubuloso-infundibuliformis coeruleo- 
purpurea deflexa 1.5 cm. longa ad faucem ampliata tubo intus 
albescente et minutissime glanduloso-puberulo exannulato limbi 
concavi disco circ. I.5 mm. lato lobis subquadratis vel subrotund- 
atis circ. 2.5 mm. longis emarginatis. Stamina filamentis 
albidis conspicuis latis antheris parvis fl. brevistyli in faucem 
corollae antherarum apicibus vix exsertis longistyli basim versus 
apicibus vix calycem excedentibus inserta. Ovarium globosum 
viride ; stylus brevis calycem aequans pallide viridis, longus 
exsertus ; stigma magnum discoideum margine revolutum. 
Species efarinosa Sectionis Muscarioidis scapo _hirsuto, 
bracteis calyceque pilis glandulosis ciliatis, calyce extus intusque 
viscido-glanduloso, corollae lobis subquadratis emarginatis 
valde distincta. 
“Yunnan. Chungtien plateau. Lat. 27°30’ N. Alt. 11,000 
ft. Open pasture by streams.” Forrest, No. 12,707. July 
IQr4. 
This plant is a typical member of the Muscarioid Section and 
of that division of it, including P. gracilenta, Dunn, in which 
mealiness is absent, and like that species it has a very hairy scape. 
