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stylus brevis ovarium vix aequans longus tubo corollino brevior ; 
stigma albidum late discoideum lobulatum ab ore tubi corollini 
circ. 2 mm. remotum. 
Microforma P. capitatae, Hook. sed robustior et foliis utrinque 
efarinosis petiolisque viridibus distinguenda. 
“Sikkim. Laghep. Alt.11z,ooo ft. Fine showy blue among 
mixed herbage. Meal only on head.” R.E. Cooper. No. 96r. 
27th Sept. 1913. ¢ 
This is one of the plants that has been for long in culti- 
vation under the name P. capitata, Hook. The figure in the 
Garden for 1879 (pl. ccx) represents it. In size of all its parts 
it is a little smaller than P. Mooreana, Balf fil. et W. W. Sm., 
which it resembles somewhat in habit, but it is readily recognised 
as distinct from P. Mooreana by the absence of meal from 
both sides of the leaf. P. crispa, Balf. fil. et W..W. Sm. 
resembles it somewhat in the erosion of the Jeaf margins, 
but that species has leaves with narrow red petioles, and then 
its inflorescence is that of the Denticulata Section, with 
erect or only patent bracts, and it has golden meal. I have 
only cited native specimens from one locality in Sikkim. Of 
these there is no doubt, but I think we shall find that other 
specimens, particularly in the Calcutta Herbarium, belong to 
the species, and the area of distribution will prove to be wider 
than is suggested by the solitary citation here given. 
Primula Dianae, Balf. fil. et Cooper. (Amethystina.) 
Efarinosa epilosa rhizomate brevi radicibus erubescentibus 
foliorum rosulis sub anthesi gemmae cataphyllis ligulatis elongatis 
erectis erubescentibus plus minusve membranaceis circumcinctis. 
Folia glabra longe petiolata ad 12 cm. longa; lamina mem- 
branacea oblonga vel elliptico-oblonga vel elliptica ad 6 cm. 
longa ad 3 cm. lata apice rotundata margine subcartilaginea 
denticulis minutis triangularibus hydathodo conspicuo terminatis 
notata basim versus integra et cuneatim in petiolum attenuata 
utrinque fere concolor laevis costa media venisque primariis 
plurimis pinnatim patulis plus minusve conspicuis; petiolus 
ruber ad 6 cm. longus anguste alatus basi subamplexicaulis. 
Scapus ad 20 cm. altus pilis fariniferis infra sparsissime supra 
dense obtectus erubescens umbellam 3-8-floram gerens ; bracteae 
atropurpureae coriaceae involucratae parvae circ. 3 mm. longae 
a basi lanceolatae obtusae farinosae uninerviae extus basi sub- 
incrassatae ; pedicelli atropurpurei filiformes ad 1 cm. longi 
farinosi subnutantes; anthopodium crassum turbinatum ad 
2 mm. longum. Calyx atropurpureus extus intusque farinosus 
subcampanulatus ad 4 mm. longus crasse coriaceus ultra medium 
fissus tubo 5-angulato intervallis pallidioribus lobis oblongis 
