162 BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF PRIMULA. 
plant must not be mixed up with P. crispata, Balf. fil. et W. W. 
Sm. That is a microform of true P. capitata, Hook. 
Only one native locality is cited here forthe plant. - 
Further examination of the rich material of primulas in the 
Calcutta Herbarium is required before its distribution can be 
ascertained. 
0°” Primula crispata, Balf. fil. et W. W.Sm. (Sphaerocephala.) 
P. capttata, Hort. in Garden (1879), 535, pl. ccx. 
Rosulata epilosa foliis plurimis cum floribus coaetaneis paten- 
tibus rhizomate crasso brevi copiose radicante. Folia mem- 
branacea circ. Io cm. longa late petiolata ; lamina ad 3.5 cm. lata 
anguste oblonga vel oblanceolata deorsum in petiolum alatum 
ad 1.5 cm. latum viridem vix ab lamina discretum basi subam- 
plexicaulem attenuata apice rotundata vel obtusa margine eroso- 
denticulata denticulis hydathodo conspicuo terminatis utrinque 
viridis glandulis stipitatis inconspicuis fariniferis conspersa sed 
tamen efarinosa supra rugosa areolatim venulosa costa media 
venulisque primariis plurimis patulis sulcatis albidis subtus 
pallidior costa media venulisque primariis elevatis venarum 
reti ultimo favoso-reticulato. Scapus validus teres erectus ad 
30 cm. altus cum bracteis pedicellisque dense albofarinosus 
umbellam capitatam discoideam multifloram gerens; bracteae 
infimae sub anthesi recurvatae oblongae obtusae vel subacutae 
integrae vel plus minusve denticulatae circ. 8 mm. longae 4 mm. 
latae nervo medio conspicuo supremae sub floribus inexpansis 
erectae subincurvatae ultra flores haud prolatae ; pedicelli pallide 
virides ad 4 mm. longi plus minusve curvati: anthopodium 
turbinatum ad 2 mm. longum a calyce abstrictum. Calyx 
viridis ad 8 mm. longus infundibuliformis dense albo-farinosus 
tubo intus excepto ad medium fissus lobis aequalibus (vel posteri- 
ore paullo majore) oblongis vel ligulatis obtusis adpressis deinde 
subpatentibus. Corollae tubus in flore brevistylo circ. 1.2 cm. 
longus in longistylo circ. 1 cm. cylindricus 5-costatus membrana- 
ceus supra stamina ampliatus extus erubescens supra calycem 
albo-farinosus intus lilacinus vel pallide purpureus transverse 
rugosus ad faucem rugis lilacinis vel purpureis strumosis sub- 
annulatim notatus, limbi concavi atroviolacei supra glandulis 
plus minusve fariniferis conspersi circ. 8 mm. longi discus 
circ. 3 mm. latus, lobi elliptici vel subrotundati vel subobcordati 
emarginati vel sub-bifidi circ. 5 mm. longi erecti imbricati. 
Stamina filamentis conspicuis purpureis cum antheris circ. 
1 mm. longis purpureis in flore brevistylo ad faucem tubi corollini 
antherarum apicibus circ. 2 mm. ab ore remotis inserta, in longi- 
stylo basim versus supra ovarium inserta calyceque inclusa. 
Ovarium turbinatum vertice stylopodio incrassato coronatum ; 
