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178 CRAIB—NEW SPECIES OF PRIMULA. 
Primula praticola, Craib (Petiolaris), species nova ab affini 
P. taliense, G. Forrest, floribus maioribus inter alia dis- 
tinguenda. 
Herba’ nana, squamis basalibus sub anthesin fere omnino 
delapsis. Folia sub anthesin erecta vel erecto-patentia, pauca 
vel satis numerosa et subdense aggregata, apice rotundata, 
spatulata et basi in petiolum cuneatim angustata ovatave et 
basi latissime cuneata vel fere truncata, usque ad 3 cm. longa 
et 1.5 cm. lata, membranacea, viridia, pagina utraque pilis 
flaccidis albis transverse septatis laxe tecta, nervis lateralibus 
utrinque 5 patentibus pagina utraque obscuris vel inferiore 
subconspicuis, margine crassius dentata vel duplicato-dentata, 
dentibus hydathodo-apiculatis, ciliata, petiolo vix distincto 
vel alato ad 2 cm. longo pilis iis paginae similibus tecto suffulta. 
Pedunculus communis solitarius, brevis vel foliis fere aequialtus, 
cum pedicellis pilis albis flaccidis transverse septatis tectus, 
I-5-florus; bracteae elongato-lanceolatae, virides, albo-pilosae, 
circa 5 mm. longae ; pedicelli 10-15 mm. longi. Calyx viridis, 
campanulatus, 6.5 mm. longus, dorso subsparse albo-pilosus, 
lobis ovatis obtusiusculis vel interdum obtusiuscule acuminatis 
2.5 mm. longis 2 mm. latis ciliatis integris vel pauci-dentatis. 
Corolla extra sparse albo-pilosa; tubus exannulatus, in flore 
longistylo 10 mm. longus in brevistylo 12 mm. longus ; limbus 
I.3-1.4 cm. latus, disco 2.5-3 mm. lato: lobi late obovato- 
cuneati, 8 mm. longi, circa 8 mm. lati, apice 3-dentati, dentibus 
medianis deltoideis circa 1.75 mm. longis obtusis, lateralibus 
latere interiore rectis exteriore rotundatis et undulatis. Antherae 
vix 1.75 mm. longae, filamentis circa 0.3 mm. longis antheris 
omnino vel vix obtectis in flore longistylo circa 4 mm. supra 
corollae basem insertis suffultae, in flore longistylo in calyce 
inclusae. Ovarium circa 1 mm. altum: stylus cum stigmate 
globoso longus 8.75 mm. longus, brevis calyce brevior, 4 mm. 
longus.—P. taliensis, Craib in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edin., 
Vi, p. 270, p.p. non G. Forrest. 
Yunnan. Shweli-Salwin divide, 11,000 ft. Lat. 25° 30’ N. 
Plant of 2-3 inches. Flowers purplish-rose. Open moist 
pasture. G. Forrest, 15,707. Fl. July 1917. 
Shweli-Salwin divide, 10,000 ft. Lat. 25° 30’ N. Plant of 
2-3 inches. Flowers purplish-blue. Open stony moist pasture. 
G. Forrest, 11,942. Fl. April 1913. 
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