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220 FORREST—PRIMULACEH FROM WESTERN 
Plant of 2-4 inches. Flowers appearing before foliage is devel- 
oped. Corolla bright blue, eye pale yellowish-white. Moist, rocky 
situations in beds of mountain streams, and on mountain meadows 
at verge of snow. Eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat: 
27° 12’ N. Alt. 11,500-13,000 ft. May, 1906. N.W. Yunnan, China. 
G, Forrest. No. 2,167. 
Plant of 3-5 inches. Flowers light or dark blue, eye and tube 
green. Moist, shady situations by sides of streams in side 
valleys on the eastern flank of the Tali Range. Lat. 25° 40 N. 
Alt. 11,000-12,000 ft. July-August, 1906. W. Yunnan, China. 
G. Forrest. No. 1,808. 
Plant of 2-4 inches. Flowers pure white, eye orange. Open 
mountain meadows on the edge of the snow-line near the summit 
of the Tali Range. Lat. 25° go’ N. Alt. 13,000 ft. June, 1906. 
W. Yunnan, China. G. Forrest. No. 1,812. A variety with the 
flowers pure white. 
Allied to P. odontocalyx, Franch., but differing in the large, 
densely farinose squamee at base and the broader unequal bracts. 
A charming alpine, and one of the first to show on the dis- 
appearance of the snows. In many instances I found specimens 
which had actually forced their way through the snow. In such 
cases the surrounding white showed to the greatest advantage the 
rich blue of the flowers. Situations very moist. 
Primula (Petiolares) taliensis, G. Forrest. Sp. nov. Plate xxxii. 
Planta tota breviter hispida. Folia obovato-spathulata in peti- 
olum late alatum attenuata 3-3°5 cm. longa 10-15 mm. lata alte et 
irregulariter serrata. Scapus robustus brevis foliis dimidio brevior 
seepiusve minor umbellam simplicem 2-6-floram gerens ; bracteaé 
lanceolatae acutae 3-4 mm. longae; pedicelli validi erecti 12-16 mm. 
longi. Calyx campanulatus vel late infundibuliformis, tubo lobis 
late lanceolatis acuminatis triente longiore. Corollae tubus calycem 
longe superans 8-12 mm. longus basi cylindricus sursum paullo am- 
pliatus fauce luteo ; limbus paullo concavus 15-18 mm. diametiens, 
lobis albis vel pallide coeruleis late obovatis apice trilobatis. Capsula 
globosa calyce brevior. 
Plant of 1-3 inches. Flowers white or very pale blue. Open 
stony pasture-land on the eastern flank of the Tali Range. Lat. a5" 
40° N. Alt. 10,000-11,000 ft. September, 1906. W. Yunnan, China. 
G. Forrest. 1,805. 
Distinct from any other species of the section in its pubescence, 
the smallness of all the parts, and the relatively large flowers. 
