BALFOUR—NEWwW. SPECIES OF PRIMULA. 161 
utrinque viridis efarinosa sed tamen glandulis parvulis capitatis 
stipitatis fariniferis conspersa supra rugosa costa media venu- 
lisque sulcatis subtus pallidior favoso-reticulata costa venisque 
elevatis. Scapus ad 20 cm. altus validus cum bracteis pedi- 
cellisque aureo-farinosus umbellam capitatam parvam saepe 
obliquam gerens; bracteae erectae anguste ovatae vel a basi 
lanceolatae acuminato-caudatae ad 8 mm. longae integrae vel 
denticulis subulatis paucis praeditae carinatae basi pulvinatim 
incrassatae ; pedicelli ad 2 mm. longi anthopodio 0.5 mm. 
longo turbin ato terminati. Calyx tubulosus circ. mm. 
longus extus intusque aureo-farinosus ultra medium fissus 
lobis viridibus circ. 4.5 mm. longis a basi lanceolatis acutis 
subpatentibus aequalibus. Corollae tubus erubescens extus 
aureo-farinosus in flore brevistylo circ. 9 mm. longus intus 
plus minusve aurantiacus infra stamina tubulosus et rugu- 
losus supra ampliatus et farinosus ad faucem aurantiaco- 
strumosus vix annulatus, limbi concavi extus intusque 
farinosi discus circ. 2 mm. latus, lobi obcordati circ. 4 mm 
diam. emarginati. Stamina in flore brevistylo filamentis 
brevissimis antheris magnis ad 2 mm. longis apicem 
tubi corollini versus inserta antherarum apicibus ad os 
attingentibus. Ovarium viride turbinatum stylopodio lato 
coronatum; stylus brevis calyce multo brevior; stigma 
capitatum. 
Species Sectionis Denticulatae; a P. erosa, Wall. valde 
diversa et foliis carnosulis crispididenticulatis petiolisque rubris 
scapo floribusque aureo-farinosis facile distinguenda. 
Sikkim. Ningbil. Alt. 13,000 ft. W.W.Smith. No. ety 
11th Aug. IgIo. 
This is the P. evosa of the Bot. Mag. (1887), t. 6916.. It 
is not the true P. erosq, Wall. Both this and P. erosa, Wall 
belong to the Denticulata Section, and are easily separated from 
P. capitata, Hook. fil. and its many forms and allies by the in- 
florescence and flower characters. It does not appear to be a 
species common in cultivation. Through the generosity of 
Mr. G. Reuthe a plant of it came to the Royal Botanic Garden. 
Edinburgh, and a prized gift it was, inasmuch as it enabled me to 
solve the problem which had previously baffled me of the identity 
of the plant figured in the Bot. Mag., t. 6916. The Director“ 
of Kew kindly allowed me to have for examination the dried 
specimen of the plant from which this figure was drawn, but, I 
had never met with a plant in cultivation which I could match 
with that shown in the Bot. Mag. until I received the plant from 
Mr. Reuthe. There is no mistaking it. The short fleshy crisp 
blades of the leaf, green on both sides, and the long red petioles 
are in addition to its Denticulata flowers most distinctive. The 
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