168 BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF PRIMULA. 
Calyx circ. 1.2 cm. longus atropurpureus cylindricus extus 
glandulis fariniferis puberulus farinaque alba conspersus fere 
ad basim fissus lobis ad I cm. longis circ. 2.5 mm. latis elongato- 
oblongis acutis hydathodo terminatis trinerviis intus dense 
albo-farinosis. Corollae tubus atropurpureus cylindricus supra 
stamina paullo ampliatus circ. 1.4 cm. longus in floribus hetero- 
morphis ambobus extus glaber intus supra stamina granulosus 
annulatus annulo atropurpureo conspicuo 5-lobato, limbi discus 
circ. 2 mm, latus intus atropurpureus extus albidus plus minusve 
farinosus, lobi pallidiores obcordati circ. 1 cm. longi et lati apice 
emarginati in sinu mucronati. Stamina filamentis conspicuis 
fere 1 mm. longis antheris magnis circ. 2.75 mm. longis in flore 
brevistylo ad os tubi corollini antherarum apicibus annulum 
attingentibus. in flore longistylo medium versus inserta calyce 
multo breviora. Ovarium globosum; stylus brevis calyce 
dimidio brevior, longus calycem subaequans ; stigma parvum 
cylindricum 
Species Sectionis Nivalis (sensu lato) ab omnibus foliorum 
forma indumentoque recedens. 
“ Kansu. Ta-Tung Alps. Dark cold and damp gullies or 
tight cliff crevices in shade on calcareous or non-calcareous rock 
from 12,000-15,000 ft. Very sweet.’’ Farrer and Purdom. 
F, 560. Primula No. 29. June—July rors. 
A beautiful species by which to commemorate the enterprise 
and endeavour of its name-father. I could have wished that 
the Primula so named had been other then one of the Nivalis 
Section, the members of which have hitherto proved shy in 
cultivation. It seems, however, that these Nivalis forms 
probably want rich feeding. Dr. M‘Watt of Duns has had 
great success with P. Parryi, Gray planted in a rose border, 
and, following him, I have planted several of the section in like 
quarters and so far with success in the way of foliage. Cer- 
tainly if we can hit off the right method for growing P. Farrer- 
tana, the plant will be a noble addition to our cultivated 
Primulas. 
Primula Gammieana, King, ex scheda in Herb. Calc. 
(Sonchifolia ?) 
Fr. obtusifolia, Royle var. Roylet, Hook. fil. in Flora Brit. 
Ind. iii (1882), 489 (ex parte) ; Watt in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
xx (1882), 8 (ex parte). 
P. Griffith, Pax in Eng. Monogr. Primul. (1905), 118 (ex 
parte). 
Epilosa farinosa rhizomate parvo radicibus succulentis 
fibrillis filiformibus copiose suffulto et ad collum squamis 
paucis membranaceis elongatis primo foliorum petiolos vagina- 
