BALFOUR—NEW SPECIES OF PRIMULA. 203 
Primula vernicosa, F. K. Ward. (Petiolaris.) 
Pusilla efarinosa foliis vix petiolatis rosulatis glandulis clavatis 
dense obsitis secretione viscida saepe vernicosis, rosula poculi- 
formi basi squamis parvis submembranaceis circumcincta. Folia 
crassiuscula squamas gradatim sequentia ad 3 cm. longa ad 1.5 
cm. lata oblanceolata vel oblonga apice obtusa margine quasi sub- 
erosa dentilk inatisinaequalil vis hydathodo termin- 
atis glanduloso-ciliolatis ci incta basi integra deorsum paullo 
attenuata late inserta evaginata utrinque concoloria costa media 
lata pallidiore supra plana subtus elevatavenis primariis penniner- 
vatim adscendentibus percursa. Scapus brevissimus crassus saepe 
vix 3 mm. longus sub fructu ad 6 cm. elongatus viridis umbellam 
2~3-floram inter folia immersam gerens ; bracteae 3-4 a basi sub- 
amplexicauli liguliformes apice acuminatae circ. 7 mm. longae 
1.25 mm. latae virides utrinque et margine glandulis elevatis 
viscidis obtectae; pedicelli sub anthopodio fere nulli circ. 2 mm. 
longi crassi virides glandulosi in anthopodium magnum cire. 
3 mm. longum et latum expansi. Calyx ventricoso-poculiformis 
crassus viridis circ. 1 cm. longus (sub fructu auctus) extus dense 
viscide glandulosus intus glandulis longioribus conspersus lobis 
circ. 3.5 mm. longis imbricatis subrotundatis concavis vertice 
3-5-dentatis (dentibus subpatentibus triangularibus hydathodo- 
terminatis glanduloso-ciliatis) venulis 7-9 translucentibus flabel- 
latim divaricatis percursis. Corollae albae ubique plus minusve 
glandulosae tubus basi cylindricus sursum ventricosus ad os 
constrictus calyce inclusus et eo brevior subcarnosulus annu- 
latus annulo albo dense glanduloso ro-lobo in faucem protruso, 
limbi discus concavus circ. 1 mm. latus glandulosus, lobi 
circ. 5 mm. longi 2.5 mm. lati oblongi basi subconstricti apice 
obtusi vel subtruncati. Stamina fl. longistyli filamentis con- 
-spicuis circ. 1 mm. longis deorsum expansis prope basim regionis 
corollinae ventricosae inserta antheris linearibus apiculatis circ. 
1.25 mm. longis. Ovarium globosum viride ; stylus longus tubum 
corollinum aequans ; stigma ovoideum bilobum. Capsula con- 
vexa discoidea circ. 8 mm. lata quoad dimidium inferius tubo 
calycis membranaceo inclusa supra subcrustacea pseudo-opercu- 
lata irregulariter rupta ; placenta late discoidea stipite crasso. 
Semina spadicea subcuboidea circ. I mm. diam.; testa vesi- 
culoso-tuberculata. ae 
Species P. taliensi, G. Forrest affinis sed minor, pilorum inopia 
floribusque inter folia immersis valde diversa. 
Yunnan. Mekong-Salween Divide, W. slope. 12,000 ft. 
F. Kingdon Ward. No. 94. June ro11. “ Growing in open damp 
situations in Abies forest. The immense root system and closely 
packed leaves may be due to the coldness of the soil on this shaded 
north slope where snow was still lying.” 
