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affinis, bracteis nigro-punctatis, corolla concolore inter notas 
alias distincta. 
“Sikkim. Above Toong. Alt. 10,000 ft. Most distinct 
yellow colour. Never seen but here on sandy stream side. 
R. E. Cooper.”’ No. 349. 25th July 1912. Also Nos. 892, 893. 
16th Sept: 1913. 
This plant we owe to Ronald E. Cooper, collector for Bees, 
Ltd. It is an interesting addition to the East Himalayan 
Candelabra Primulas. At first sight it resembles the yellow- 
flowered P. obliqua, W. W. Sm. and P. elongata, Watt, of 
Sikkim, but apart from its odour, which serves at once as a 
diagnostic mark, the globose operculate fruit separates it from 
the Section of these plants. The only other yellow-flowered 
Candelabra species of the northern area of the East Himalayas 
is P. Smithiana, Craib, a Chumbi plant, which may be readily 
diagnosed by the dense sulphur-yellow meal coating its calyx 
and inflorescence. The Khasian yellow Candelabras P. proli- 
fera, Wall. and P. khasiana, Balt. fil. et W. W. Sm., both of 
which have no meal, have not the aromatic leaves of P. Coopers, 
and have more delicate flower pedicels, shorter calyces, 
and smaller fruits. Perhaps its nearest relation amongst the 
yellow-flowered Candelabras is the Chinese P. serratifolia, Franch. 
but that species has a more Soldanelloid corolla with a central 
lemon-coloured strip on each petaline lobe. 
yt Primula Craibeana, Balf. fil. et W.W.Sm. (Sphaerocephala.) 
Rosulata rhizomate globoso parvo radicibus plurimis foliisque 
plurimis erectis floribus coaetaneis. Folia in rosula 8-14 ad 12 
cm. longa petiolata ; lamina chartacea circ. 1.2 cm. lata anguste 
oblanceolata apice acuta vel apiculata deorsum in petiolum 
subaequilongum anguste alatum basi subamplexicaulem sensim 
attenuata margine denticulis crebris argutis subregulariter 
denticulata supra atroviridis sed tamen glandulis stipitatis 
minutis fariniferis conspersa subrugulosa costa media et venulis 
primariis plurimis oblique ascendentibus plus minusve sulcatis 
subtus luteo-farinosa favoso-reticulata venarum reti eminente. 
Scapus rigidus ad 40 cm. altus cum bracteis plus minusve luteo- 
farinosus umbellam capitatam multifloram plus minusve glo- 
bosam gerens; bracteae 2-4 mm. longae ovato-lanceolatae 
obtusae externae recurvatae, pedicelli subnulli vel ad 0.5 mm. 
longi; flores deflexi. Calyx circ. 6 mm. longus tenuis sub- 
campanulatus luteo-farinosus tubo intus excepto vix ad medium 
fissus lobis erectis lanceolatis vel ovato-lanceolatis inaequalibus 
posteriore aliis majore acutiusculis. Corollae tubus membran- 
aceus erubescens circ. 9 mm. longus 5-carinatus infra cylindricus 
supra stamina paulo inflatus extus aureo-farinosus intus pur- 
