160 BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF PRIMULA. 
pureus transverse tenuiter rugulosus minute annulatus, limbi 
concavi discus circ. 1.5 mm. latus, lobi circ. 3 mm. longi sub- 
quadrati erecti emarginati. Stamina filamentis conspicuis 
antheris 1.5 mm. longis connectivo purpureo in flore brevistylo 
ad faucem inserta antherarum apicibus vix exsertis. Ovarium 
ovoideum stylopodio coronatum ; stylus brevis ovario brevior ; 
stigma depresso-capitatum. . Capsula oblongo-ovoidea calyce 
inclusa infra tenuiter crustacea supra incrassata vulis 
integris apice tantum dehiscentibus ; placenta ovoidea stipite 
brevissimo. Semina atrobrunnea cuboidea vesiculoso-tuber- 
culata. 
Microforma P. capitatae, Hook. foliis anguste lanceolatis 
acutis supra efarinosis subtus luteo-farinosis inflorescentia 
globosa distinguenda. 
Sikkim. Alt. 10,000-16,o00 ft. J. D. Hooker. 
This species was first noted in the herbarium at Kew by Mr. 
W..G. Craib,and he refers to it in his paper read before the Primula 
Conference. It differs from all other forms of the Aggregate 
P. capitata, Hook. by having yellow meal. Its nearest Indian 
ally is P. lacteocapitata, Balf. fil. et W. W. Sm. The rhizome 
and the form of the leaves in the two species is similar, as is also 
the globose inflorescence. But P. lacteocapitata has cream- 
coloured meal and is mealy on both leaf surfaces. This plant 
has quite yellow meal and only on the under surface. The dried 
specimens do not allow of a certain decision upon the colour of 
the petioles, but there is a suggestion of redness—one of the 
features of P. lacteocapitata. So far as I know this plant is not 
yet in cultivation. 
Of the distribution of the species in Sikkim I cannot speak 
here. Two sheets of specimens in Kew Herbarium collected by 
Sir Joseph Hooker show the plant—mixed in each case with another 
species. In the Calcutta Herbarium and in that of Edinburgh 
are several sheets of specimens which evidently belong to the 
species, and these will be dealt with in an account of the whole 
Capitate Aggregate. 
Primula crispa, Balf. fil. et W. W.Sm. (Denticulata.) 
P. capitata, var. crispa, Hort. 
P. capitata, var. erosa, Hort 
P. erosa, Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. (1887), = 6916 A. (non Wall.). 
Epilosa rhizomate parvo foliis circ. 16 in rosula dispositis 
fioribus coaetaneis. Folia circ. 8 cm. longa petiolata; lamina 
carnosula ad 4 cm. longa ad 1.5 cm. lata oblonga vel oblanceo- 
lata vel obovata spathulata apice rotundata circumcirca erosa 
vel sublobulata et crispidenticulata deorsum in  petiolum 
aequilongum vel longiorem alatum rubrum gradatim attenuata 
