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- Primula Reginella, Balf. fil. (Auriculata ?) 
Pusilla tenuis efarinosa epilosa paucifolia foliis longe petio- 
latis. Folia circ. 3 cm. longa; lamina crassiuscula circ. I 
cm. longa 6 mm. lata oblonga vel elliptica vel subrhomboidea 
obtusa margine integra basi cuneatim vel plus minusve abrupte 
in petiolum lamina duplo longiorem alatum infra membrana- 
ceum longe cylindrico-vaginantem attenuata utrinque concolor 
pilis capitatis minutissimis sparsim obtecta. Scapus folia sub- 
aequans circ. 2 cm. longus tenuis strictus pallide viridis glaber 
umbellam ad 6-floram gerens; bracteae virides circ. 9 mm. 
longae vix I mm. latae lineares acutae basi pallidae submem- 
branaceae plus minusve longe vaginantes circum pedicellos cucul- 
latae haud productae sed subinflatae; pedicelli subfiliformes 
stricti virides circ. 1.5 cm. longi ultra folia projecti ; anthopodium 
ad 1.5 mm. longum obconoideum subinflatum. Calyx circ. 5 mm. 
longus tubulosus extus obscure pulverulentus tubo extus sepal- 
orum costis obscure angulato viridi et minute purpureo-maculato 
intervallis subpergamentaceis pallidioribus ultra trientem fisso, 
lobis oblongis vel oblongo-triangularibus obtusis vel subacutis 
viridibus purpureo-maculatis. Corollae pallide roseae tubus 
calycem subaequans vel eo longior extus viridi-luteus glaber 
cylindricus supra stamina paullo ampliatus intus infra stamina 
laevis supra transverse aurantiaco-rugosus ad faucem annulo 
subregulari crenulato aurantiaco cinctus, limbi plani postea 
reflexi discus circ. 1 mm. latus intus aurantiacus extus pur- 
pureus, lobi aperti obovati vel cuneati circ. 5 mm. longi ad 
trientem in segmenta elliptica bipartiti. Stamina filamentis 
brevissimis antheris parvis circ. 0,5 mm. longis luteis connectivo 
cinereo in flore longistylo sub os tubi corollini (antherarum 
apicibus circ, 1 mm. ab annulo remotis calycem aequantibus) 
inserta in flore breyistylo ad os inserta apicibus ultra annulum 
exsertis. Ovarium ovoideum vel subturbinatum infra viride 
tenue superne stylopodio incrassato 5-areolato coronatum ; 
stylus longus paullo exsertus brevis calycem subaequans ; 
stigma parvum ovoideum. Capsula circ, 6 mm. longa calyce 
adpresso cincta meee — valvyis 5 nunc bipartitis 
brevibus incrassatis dehisce 
Species aspectu P. ae Watt et P. pumilionis, Maxim, 
ab ambabus bracteis linearibus basi haud productis facile dis- 
tinguenda. 
W. Szechwan, Tungnglo. Soulié. No. 879, 1893. In 
Herb. Kew. : 
W. China. Grasslands, 11,000-13,500 ft. Flowers bright 
mauve. Wilson. No. 4035. May 1904. In Herb. Kew. 
Kansu. Ta-Tung Alps. Highest alpine turf from 14,000- 
15,000 ft. Bright pink. Scentless and very charming, growing 
