BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF PRIMULA. r8r 
erect scapes. The old petioles might be readily mistaken 
for tendrils. 
As a species in its series, the yellow colour of the flowers to 
which Sir George Watt alludes is in the state of our present 
knowledge diagnostic. The short fruits tell the species at once 
from P. rotundifolia and P. cana, Balf. fil. et Cave. 
Uo Primula mallophylla, Balf. fil. (Candelabra.) 
Glabra efarinosa. Folia 12-18 cm. longa 4-6.5 cm. lata; 
lamina oblonga vel oblongo-obovata apice rotundata vel obtusa 
margine argute denticulata vel erosa basi in petiolum brevem 
alatum basi vaginantem attenuata costa media lata prominente 
rubra. Scapus robustus ad 30 cm. altus superne subtiliter pub- 
escens umbellam terminalem et verticillos 2-3 multifloros (ad 15) 
gerens ; bracteae longissimae 2.5—3 cm. longae pedicellos caly- 
cemque superantes exteriores foliaceae petiolatae lamina oblongo- 
elliptica inciso-dentata 1 cm. longa 7 mm. lata petioloque anguste 
alato, interiores lineares vix dentatae, omnes brunneo-lineatae 
late insertae saepe pedicellis basi concrescentes ; pedicelli circ. 
1.2 cm. longi anthopodio conspicuo. Calycis cupulari-tubulosi 
I-1.4 cm. longi tubus inter segmenta pallidus, lobi g-10 mm. 
longi anguste lanceolati saepe denticulati brunneo-venulosi et 
ad basim subgibbosi brunneo-striati apice hydathodo tuberculari 
terminati. Corollae lilacinae in floribus longistylis tubus mem- 
branaceus circ. 1.3 cm. longus calyce inclusus ruber intus supra 
stamina sparsissime puberulus annulatus annulo aequaliter 
lobato, limbi discus puberulus, lobi obovati g mm. longi retusi 
sinu mucronulato margine crenulato-erosi. Antherae apici- 
bus ab annulo circ. 3 mm. remotis. Ovarium ovoideum ; stylus 
longus exsertus; stigma globosum. Capsula 6 mm. longa 
ovoidea calyce semi-inclusa stylopodio lobulato inconspicuo 
coronata primo circumscissim dehiscens postea irregulariter 
fissa. Semina nigra subcubicalia circ. 1 mm. diam. foveolata. 
Ab omnibus speciebus purpureis Sectionis Spares 
bracteis et calycis segmentis longissimis dignoscen 
Eastern Szechwan. District of Nictetetedstin: Farges. 
No. 1181. In Herb. Kew, Edin., and Bonati. 
A distinct and easily recognised species hitherto confused 
with P. japonica, A. Gray. In foliage the plant has the facies 
of other members of the Candelabra Section, with venulose 
leaves, most nearly those of P. japonica. From the few 
specimens I have seen I think it is likely that the plant has in 
general broader leaves than other species. Perhaps its nearest 
ally is P. stenodonta, Balf. fil. Its distinctive characters lie in 
the bracts and the calyx. The former are very long, reaching 
in the case of each flower beyond the calyx, and at its end each 
