176 BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF PRIMULA. 
being on the west side of Sikkim, as is Sandakphu, I have 
little hesitation in identifying the specimens from the two 
localities as of the same species P. tanthina. I hope collectors 
will look for the plant, which ought to have some merit as a 
cultivated form. 
Primula khasiana, Balf. fil. et W. W. Sm. (Candelabra.) 
Efarinosa epilosa foliis plurimis rosulatis. Folia ad 25 
longa ad 3 cm. lata lanceolata acuta margine leviter deritioubytis 
deorsum in petiolum late alatum vaginantem a lamina vix dis- 
tinctum paullo attenuata utrinque saccis tanniniferis in siccitate 
brunneo-punctata venis’ primariis e costa media plus minusve 
acute adscendentibus. Scapus elatus robustus umbellam pluri- 
floram terminalem et verticillos inferos 1-2 gerens; bracteae 
longissimae pedicellis et floribus longiores angustae loriformes 
submembranaceae saepe undulatae vel crenatae et ad apicem 
subfoliatim expansae ; pedicelli capilliformes erecti ad 1.5 cm. 
longi; anthopodium turbinatum. Calyx tubuloso-campanu- 
latus ad 6 mm. longus vix ad medium fissus lobis lanceolato- 
acuminatis hydathodo corneo terminatis. Corollae tubus sub- 
ventricosus ore constricto ad I cm. longus intus prominenter 
transverse rugosus et puberulus annulatus | Iomagnis 
per paria antipetalis, limbi patuli discus 1.5 mm. latus puberulus, 
lobi obovati lati bilobulati. Stamina in flore longistylo supra 
basim tubi corollini 2 mm. inserta filamentis deorsum expansis 
annulum interstaminalem formantibus, in brevistylo supra 
medium tubi corollini inserta filamentis longis quam antherae 
dimidio brevioribus, antheris annulum fere attingentibus, annulo 
interstaminali deficiente. Ovarium globosum; stylus brevis 
calyce brevior, longus fere tubum corollae aequans; stigma 
oblongum 
AP. prolifera, Wall. ee Lac et venatione, bracteis 
longissimis, calyce corollaque majo tione recedit. 
Khasia. S.C. 1850. In Herb. Cale. 
Khasia Hills. Native collectors of Bot. Garden, Calcutta. 
In Herb. Edin. et Herb. Calc 
This is a second Candelabra Primula from Khasia. It has 
been confused with P. prolifera, Wall. Sir George King 
has evidently suspected this identification of the specimen 
in the Calcutta Herbarium, and has written, ‘“‘ The flower of 
P. prolifera is yellow; these appear to have been purple.” 
Were this so, we should have an easily observed diagnostic. 
mark, but yellow-flowered Himalayan Primulas in several 
cases lose altogether the yellow tint when dried—P. prolifera 
is a case in point—and it would be rash to assume purple 
for the flower colour of P. khasiana. Other distinctive marks 
