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186 BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF PRIMULA. 
There are other distinct microforms not yet in cultivation, 
e.g. P. atrodentata, W. W. Sm., P. Craibeana, Balf. fil. et W. W. 
Sm., P. sphaerocephala, Balf. fil., but I reserve comments upon 
them for a comprehensive treatment of the whole aggregate. 
Primula moschophora, Balf. fil. et Forrest. (Bella.) 
Herba pusilla caespitosa farinosa stolonifera; stolones ad 
7 cm. longi infra rosulam apicalem nudi albo-farinosi inter 
muscos hepaticasque pervadentes. Folia rosulata petiolata 
ad 1.5 cm. longa ; lamina oblonga vel elliptica vel obovata vel 
subrhomboidea vel anguste subspathulata circ. 7 mm. longa 
circ. 4 mm. lata apice obtusa vel subtruncata vel subrotundata 
margine varie dentato-lobata deorsum in petiolum alatum 
lamina longiorem attenuata supra sordide viridis et glandulis 
fariniferis sparsim pulverulenta subtus dense albido-farinosa 
costa media et venis primariis regulariter ascendentibus subtus 
plus minusve conspicuis percursa. Scapus tenuis circ. I.5 cm. 
longus folia superans vel vix superans minutissime albido-fari- 
nosus florem unum terminalem gerens; bracteae duae alternae 
glandulis fariniferis plus minusve vestitae subcalycinae superior 
major ad 3 mm. longa anguste lanceolata inferior subfiliformis 
minor ; pedicellus nullus vel nunc 1 mm. longus ; anthopodium 
obconoideum. Calyx infundibularis plus minusve albo-farinosus 
ultra medium fissus tubo extus 5-angulato lobis elongato- 
triangularibus vel oblongo-triangularibus subcarinatis costa 
media et venulis duabus lateralibus percursis apice acutis 
- hydathodo verruculoso conspicuo terminatis. Corollae lilacinae 
tubus in flore longistylo tenuis in floribus heteromorphis ambobus 
circ. I cm. longus extus glaber intus ad faucem pulvinato-villosus 
infra in flore brevistylo transverse subrugosus, limbi concavi 
discus circ. 1.5 cm. latus pulvinato-villosus, lobi cuneati circ. o. 5 
mm. longi ad quadrantem bifidi segmentis oblongis divaricatis. 
Stamina filamentis brevissimis in flore brevistylo ad os tubi 
- corollini in flore longistylo basim versus inserta calyce inclusa. 
Ovarium stylopodio incrassato coronatum ovoideum; stylus 
longus tubum corollinum aequans, brevis calycis tubum aequans ; 
stigma parvum subcapitatum. 
Species P. bellae, Franch. proxima, ab ea foliis albo-farinosis 
haud inciso-lobatis lobis calycinis elongato-triangularibus acutis 
recedens et in sectione Bella stolonibus longis recognoscenda. 
Yunnan. Shweli-Salween divide. Lat. 25° 30’ N. Alt. 
11,000 ft. Moist cage — G. Forrest. No. 12,076, 
Aug. 1913. In Herb. E 
This is a distinct ae of the Bella aggregate at sight re- 
cognisable by its stolons. One ought to call them offsets. The 
pompon of the corolla throat is not so dense as in typical Bella. 
