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166 BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF PRIMULA. 
dantly poisoned, so much so that layers of crystals of corrosive 
sublimate are to be found on. the surface of the capsule under 
the calyx lobes. This poisoning may account for the absence 
of actual meal—excepting on the inside of the calyx lobes in 
fruit—on all the specimens, although the capitate glands from 
which meal comes are abundant. In nature the plant is, I 
expect, covered more or less with yellow meal. 
We know it only as a North-West Himalayan form, but from 
none of the localities recorded for P. Stwartiz. 
Primula eburnea, Balf. fil. et Cooper. (Soldanelloides.) 
Rosulata rhizomate minuto foliisque membranaceis paucis 
floribus coaetaneis. Folia petiolata sub anthesi magnitudine 
variabilia nunc 5 cm. longa nunc ad 18 cm.; lamina in foliis 
minoribus elliptica vel oblongo-elliptica 3 cm. longa 1.5 cm. lata 
in majoribus ad 9 cm. longa ad 3.5 cm. lata in omnibus apice 
rotundata vel obtusa margine denticulata in foliis maximis 
nonnunquam paulo lobulata lobulis denticulatis denticulis 
triangularibus minute glanduloso-ciliatis semper venulae mediae 
apiculo prolato terminatis basi in petiolum aequilongum vel 
longiorem paulo alatum basique vaginantem longe cuneatim 
attenuata utrinque concolor pallide viridis glandulis stipitatis 
plus minusve viscida costa media subtus prominula venisque 
primariis acute adscendentibus et superne flabellatim divaricatis. 
Scapus tenuis ad 20 cm. altus albo-farinosus capitulum globosum 
multiflorum floribus deflexis gerens; bracteae parvae circ. 
6 mm. longae vix 1 mm. latae a basi ligulatae acutiusculae ; 
pedicelli nulli. Calyx magnus laete viridis membranaceus late 
crateriformis ad 9 mm. longus extus intusque glandulis fariniferis 
stipitatis obtectus ad trientem fissus lobis inaequalibus patentibus 
latis subrotundatis vel late triangularibus vel oblongo-ovatis 
semper denticulatis obtusis vel acutis margine glanduloso- 
ciliatis. Corollae floris longistyli magnae circ. 2 cm. longae 
eburneae extus intusque glandulis stipitatis obtectae tubus 
circ. I cm. longus basi circum ovarium globosus firmus supra 
infundibuliformis erugulosus exannulatus tenuiter membranaceus 
obliquus, limbi ampliati discus concavus circ. 4 mm. latus in 
lobos circ. 6 mm. longos et 1 cm. latos semi-lunatos fimbriatos 
expansus. Stamina in flore longistylo basim tubi corollini versus 
supra ovarium inserta filamentis brevibus antheris circ. 2 mm. 
longis connectivo fulvo. Ovarium globosum stylopodio punctu- 
lato coronatum; stylus longus tenuis tubum corollinum aequans; 
stigma discoideum lobulatum. 
Species ex affinitate P. Reidii, Duthie foliis evillosis, bracteis 
angustis, corollae lobis tenuioribus fimbriatis distinguenda. 
“ Bhutan. Narim Thang Kurted. Alt. 14,000 ft. Flowers 
