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that had it been present in P. pseudobracteata it must have 
been recorded. 
From seeds sent by Kingdon Ward to Bees, Ltd., and of 
which a portion was presented to us, plants have been raised 
and flowered both at Liverpool and in Edinburgh—the first 
flowering in 1915. The plant is a dainty cushion plant and, 
covered with its relatively large yellow flowers resting on the 
foliage cushion, is a pretty sight. We have not yet tried it in 
the open over a winter. Its aspect seems to tell that it wants 
the same treatment as P. Forresti, Balf. fil. 
Primula radicata, Balf. fil. et W. W. Sm. (Rosea.) 
_“Caespitosa nana polyrhiza farinosa epilosa. Folia ad 2 cm. 
longa ad 1 cm. lata; lamina coriacea elliptica vel oblonga apice 
rotundata margine remote et grosse dentata dentibus hydathodo 
prominulo terminatis utrinque glanduloso-foveolata supra spar- 
sim subtus dense albo-farinosa costa media crassa prominente per- 
cursa venis primariis patulis immersis basi a petiolo constricta; 
petiolus laminam aequans vel ea brevior late membranaceo- 
alatus latitudine uniformis. Scapus nullus. Umbella sessilis 
4—-5-flora inter folia immersa ; bracteae involucrantes vaginantes 
exteriores majores ad 5 mm. longae a basi lata amplexicauli 
acuminatae carinatae basi in sacculum gibbosum parvum rotun- 
datum productae; pedicelli validi bracteas aequantes ; antho- 
podium obconoideum. Calyx crassiusculus 5 mm. longus cam- 
panulatus costatus rubro-punctatus intus sparsim albo-farinosus 
ad trientem fissus lobis triangularibus acutis purpureis. Corollae 
roseae (?) crassiusculae tubus ad I cm. longus anguste cylin- - 
dricus supra stamina subito ampliatus extus glaber intus infra 
stamina plus minusve puberulus in parte ampliata velutino- 
puberulus forsan farinosus ad os constrictus et annulo intensius 
colorato instructus, limbi discus angustus vix I mm. latus, lobi 
coriacel aperti ad 3 mm. longi basi ahadinie vel rectangulares 
saepe emarginatos vel retusos fissi. Stamina filamentis pro- 
minulis antheris magnis 2 mm. longis in flore brevistylo supra 
medium tubi corollini inserta antherarum apicibus 1.5 mm. 
ab annulo remotis. Ovarium ovoideum ; stylus brevis calyce 
multo brevior ; stigma ovoideum 
P. roseae, Royle affinis foliis coriaceis farinosis, umbella ex- 
scapa notisque aliis differt. 
A very distinct species which I have seen only in the few 
specimens in the Calcutta Herbarium, collected by Capt. Young- 
husband in 1894 in Chitral. It is placed as a variety of P. rosea, 
Royle in the Calcutta Herbarium, and I assume from that the 
- flower colour is rose, and there is nothing in the dried form to 
