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altus umbellas 2-4 superpositas 2-4-floras gerens ; bracteze foliaceze 
ovato-lanceolatae 5-8 mm. longae. Pedicelli 1-2 cm. longi. Calyx 
foliaceus late campanulatus sub anthesi 6-8 mm. longus post anthesin 
accrescens 8-13 mm. longus 9-12 mm. diametiens extus pubescens 
et glandulosus ad medium usque fissus lobis late ovatis irregu- 
lariter dentatis. Corollae tubus calycem superans basi cylindricus 
sursum in dimidio superiore infundibuliformis fauce annulato ; 
limbus 2-2°5 cm. diam. lobis late obovatis bilobatis. Capsula 
globosa calyce multo brevior. 
Open mountain pasture land on the divide between the Hoching- 
cho and Lang-kong Hsien valleys. Lat. 26° 30’ N. Alt. 10,000- 
11,000 ft. August, 1906. N.W. Yunnan, China. G. Forrest. No. 
Allied to P. malvacea, Franch., but differing in the foliaceous, 
- non-accrescent calyx, in the longer and expanded corolla tube, and 
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the larger limb of the corolla. 
Primula (Sinenses) cortusoides, Linn., var. lichiangensis, 
rrest. Var. nov. Plate xxvii. 
Planta 15-35 cm. alta omnino pubescens sed praesertim super 
petiolos scapique partem infimum pube densissime vestita. Folia 
petiolata 5-8 cm. longa 3-5 cm, lata, ovato-oblonga profunde cordata, 
lobata dentataque ; petioli 5-10 cm. longi. Scapus crassus 20-35 cm. 
altus, umbellam unam 5-8 floram rarius umbellas duas superpositas 
gerens; bracteae lanceolatae 5-10 mm. longae; pedicelli validi 1-2°5 
cm. longi tomentosi. Flos fragrans. Calyx campanulatus 8-14 mm. 
longus alte fissus, lobis 8-9 mm. longis lanceolatis conspicue 
costatis foliaceis rigidis derouirentibua glanduloso-pubescentibus 
praesertim versus basin. Corollae roseae faux virido-luteus; tubus 
calycem paullo superans to-15 mm. longus sursum infundibuli- 
formis ; limbus 2-2°7 cm. lobis late obovatis bilobatis. Capsula 
oblonga glabra. F 
Plant of 6-14 inches. Flowers rich rose-red, almost crimson in 
specimens in shady situations; eye greenish-yellow, fragrant. On 
very steep, rocky slopes and ledges of inaccessible limestone cliffs 
in a very shaded side valley on the eastern flank of the Lichiang 
Range. Lat. 27° ro’ N. Alt. 10,000-10,500 ft. June, 1906. N.W. 
Yunnan, China. G. Forrest. No. 2,27 
This plant is very near P. Veitchit, Duthie, from which it differs 
in its inflated calyx-base, fewer flowers in the umbel, and the 
usually simple umbel; only rarely is there another one superposed 
My plant, like P. Veitchit, is, I believe, only a form of the variable 
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cortusoides, Linn. 
