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BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF PRIMULA. 19gI 
os corollae antherarum apicibus exsertis, longistyli basim versus 
apicibus calycem vix superantibus inserta. Ovarium globosum ; 
stylus brevis calycis tubo brevior; stylus longus exsertus ; 
stigma parvum. 
Species Sectionis Petiolaris ex affinitate P.- taliensis, G. 
Forrest et P. odontocalycis, Pax ; ab hac foliis longe petiolatis, 
scapo longiore pedicellisque brevioribus, calycis lobisedenticulatis, 
ab illa foliis calyceque epilosis facile distinguenda. . 
Valleys of Tse-tshou-pa. Alt. 8700 ft. Flowers rose. May. 
E. E. Maire. 
A well-distinguished species amongst the Chinese members 
of the Section Petiolaris. 
Primula prenantha, Balf. fil. et W. W.Sm. (Candelabra.) 
Vix rhizomatica. Folia chartacea opaca pauca rosulata 
petiolata ad 10 cm. longa (rarissime 12 cm.) ad 3 cm. lata, ob- 
longo-obovata apice rotundata margine eroso-dentata denticulis 
hydathodo corneo terminatis, deorsum in petiolum lamina 
duplo breviorem alatum vaginantem sensim attenuata, supra 
areolatim sulcata subtus pallidiora subcinerea intricatim venu- 
loso-reticulata venis primariis patulis obscure pulverulenta. 
Scapus tenuis rufus ad 15 cm. altus (sub fructu ad 25 cm.) um- 
bellam solitariam 4-7-floram gerens rarius verticillo infero in- 
structus nodos versus puberulo-pulverulentus ; bracteae infimae 
ligulatae ad 7 mm. longae pedicellis dimidio breviores saepe 
denticulatae et ad apicem subexpansae, superiores a basi lan- 
ceolatae acuminatae plus minusve pulverulentae ; pedicelli ad 
1.4 cm. longi validi deflexi (sub fructu erecti stricti) pube- 
rulo-pulverulenti; anthopodium inconspicuum. Flores parvi 
nutantes. Calyx campanulatus circ. 4.5 mm. longus crassus 
extus costatus inter costas tenuior rubro-striatus glandulis 
globosis sparsim pulverulentus breviter fissus lobis inaequalibus 
deltoideis vel elongato-triangularibus vel liguliformibus plus 
minusve denticulatis vena media prominula hydathodo verru- 
culoso terminata. Corollae flavae (fid. Gammie) tubus circ. 
magnum. Capsula subglobosa 5 mm. iam. rufa calycis 
tubo semi-inclusa stylopodio inconspicuo. Semina (matura ?) 
complanata. 
Species P. proliferae, Wall. affinis sed omnino minor et foliis 
