BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF PRIMULA. 167 
white, reflexed corolla. Growing among peaty turf and glacial 
debris by streams.”” R. E. Cooper. No. 4236. 31st July 
IQI5. 
The charming P. Reidii, Duthie is a plant of the N.W. 
Himalaya, with, as far as we know, limited distribution there. 
In P. eburnea, Balf. fil. et Cooper we have a similar plant from 
the Eastern end of the Himalayas—no less charming. The 
fact of distribution is most interesting. P. Reidii is the onl 
West Himalayan species known of the Section Soldanelloides. 
The other Indian species, P. sapphirina, Hook. fil., P. soldanel- 
loides, Watt, P. Wattit, King, and P. uniflora, Klatt, are all 
Sikkim plants ; and it is remarkable that from Bhutan we should 
now get not merely one of the Soldanelloides—that we might 
expect for the Section has several representatives further East 
in China—but a form of the Section which one might be excused 
for mistaking at first glance for P. Reidii itself. There are 
no seeds on Mr. Cooper’s specimens, but one hopes there may 
be some in the seed collection he has sent home. The plant 
may contest with P. Reidii its place in our collections. 
Mr. Cooper says nothing of mealiness in the flower, and I am 
unable from the dried material to describe with certainty the 
extent to which the flowers are meally, for in these Soldanelloid 
forms the meal is easily removed in process of preservation. 
Certain is it that glands which may be meal glands occur all 
over the flower. 
Primula Farreriana, Balf. fil. (Nivalis.) 
Robusta farinosa epilosa rhizomate parvo floribus foliisque 
coaetaneis. Folia spathulata longe petiolata ad 2.2 dm. longa 
rosulata sub anthesi squamis alabastri haud cincta ; lamina ad 
10 cm. longa ad 4 cm. lata oblongo-elliptica vel lanceolata vel 
elliptica apice obtusa vel subacuta margine obtuse et irregu- 
lariter denticulata denticulis hydathodo parvo terminatis basi 
gradatim vel plus minusve abrupte in petiolum latum (ad 1.2 
cm.) tenuiter membranaceum vaginantem plus minusve sub- 
terraneum attenuata supra claro-viridis pilis brevibus albidis 
conspersa (costa media lata plana) infra dense albo-farinosa 
(costa media lata leviter prominula plus minusve excepta) venis 
primariis plurimis pinnatim ascendentibus venulis ultimis pluri- 
mis intricato-anastomosantibus. Scapus validus ad 24 cm. 
altus praesertim apicem versus plus minusve albo-farinosus ~ 
umbellam 4-6-floram gerens; bracteae plus minusve albo- 
farinosae circ. 1.5 cm. longae circ. 1 mm. latae lineares acutae 
basi in vaginam latam haud gibbosam abrupte expansae ; pedi- 
celli dense albo-farinosi validi bracteis paullo breviores vel 
eas aequantes in anthopodium conspicuum gradatim expansi. 
