184 BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF PRIMULA. 
lamina ad 4 cm. lata oblongo-obovata vel oblanceolata deorsum 
in petiolum viridem vix ab lamina discretum circ. 2 cm. latum 
vaginantem brevem alatum attenuata apice rotundata margine 
obscure lobulata lobulis irregulariter denticulatis denticulis 
crebris acuminatis hydathodo corneo terminatis supra viridis 
rugosa areolatim venulosa glandulis globosis stipitatis albo- 
fariniferis conspersa sed tamen efarinosa costa media pallide 
viridi venis primariis plurimis patulis sulcatis, subtus dense 
albo-farinosa venis omnibus prominulis ultimis intricatim favoso- 
reticulatis. Scapus ad 4 dm. altus robustus erectus teres dense 
albo-farinosus umbellam capitatam multifloram discoideam 
gerens ; bracteae albo-farinosae ligulatae vel oblongae integrae 
vel apicem versus interdum denticulatae ad 1.5 cm. longae ad 
4 mm. latae ultra flores juveniles prolatae calycem sub anthesi 
aequantes acutae vel acuminatae vel apiculatae exteriores basi 
pulvinatim incrassatae ; pedicelli breves nonnunquam subnulli 
albo-farinosi ad 5 mm. longi plerumque erubescentes sub anthesi 
deflexi anthopodio meniscoideo terminati. Calyx ad 9 mm 
longus campanulatus ad medium vel ultro fissus dense albo- 
farinosus tubo intus excepto, lobis erectis adpressis a basi 
lanceolatis acuminatis aequalibus vel posteriore paullo majore. 
Corollae extus supra calycem albo-farinosae tubus in flore 
longistylo circ. 1.4 cm. longus infra cylindricus sursum subinflato- 
infundibuliformis 5-carinatus in brevistylo circ. 1.2 cm. longus 
subcylindricus ad os inflatus extus erubescens intus viridescens 
basi rubescente excepto transverse rugosus ad faucem rugis 
supremis strumosis quasi annulatus, limbus concavus circ. I cm. 
longus haematoxylo-violaceus glandulis fariniferis conspersus, lobi 
erecti imbricati ad 6 mm. longi ad 6 mm. lati obovati vel sub- 
quadrati vel subrotundati emarginati subpatentes. Stamina in 
flore longistylo basim tubi corollini versus inserta calycis tubo 
breviora in brevistylo medium versus inserta antherarum apicibus 
ab ore 6 mm.remotis filamentis conspicuis plus minusve purpureis, 
antheris luteis connectivo atropurpureo. Ovarium depresso- 
globosum vel turbinatum; stylus longus calycem aequans ; 
stigma magnum depresso-capitatum 5-lobatum viride. Capsula 
ovoidea circ. 5 mm. longa calyce corollaque inclusa membranacea 
ab apice firmiore valvis 5 dehiscens; placenta globosa magna 
brevissime stipitata ; semina minuta 0.5 mm. longa reniformia 
spadicea testa membranacea tuberculata. 
Microforma P. capitatae, Hook. sed robustior et foliis majori- 
bus apice latis rotundatis supra viridibus efarinosis rugulosis, 
umbella floribusque majoribus distinguenda 
East Himalaya :— 
Sikkim. 10,000-16,000 ft. Coll. J. D. Hooker in Herb. Kew. 
(Farina fere omnino delapsa vel detersa.) 
