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dense supra sparsim farinosa. Scapus tenuis 1°5-4 cm. altus 
farinosus umbellam simplicem 1-5-floram gerens; bracteae lineari- 
lanceolatae; pedicelli 2-8 mm. longi farinosi bracteolas paucas 
gerentes. Calyx campanulatus 3-5 mm. longus dense farinosus 
alte fissus lobis lanceolatis acutis. Corollae tubus flavido-viridis 
anguste infundibuliformis 1-1'4 cm. longus calycem multoties 
superans ; limbus coeruleo-roseus paullo concavus 14-16 mm. 
diametiens lobis obovatis paullo emarginatis. Capsula ovoidea 
parva calycem paullo superans. 
Plant of 14-24 inches. Flowers bluish-rose, eye and tube green, 
fragrant. Moist, shady situations on moss—covered rocks and cliffs 
in side valleys on the eastern flank of the Tali Range. Lat. 
25° 40. N. Alt. 10,000-11,000 ft. August-September, 1906. W. 
Yunnan, China. G. Forrest. No. 1,809. 
Allied to P. yunnanensis, Franch., but differing in the broader 
and densely farinose leaves, the farinose scape and inflorescence, in 
the short bracteoles, and much shorter pedicels, the smaller and 
more numerous flowers, and the slightly emarginate lobes of the 
corolla, ° 
Primula (Nivales) sikkimensis, Hook. Pax, Monog., p. 100. 
Mekong-Salwin divide to the west of Tsekou mission. Lat. 
28° 10’ N. Alt. 10,000-11,000 ft. S.E. Tibet, July, 1904. G. 
Forrest. No. 400. 
Plant of 12-18 inches. Flowers bright canary-yellow, fragrant. 
Crevices and ledges of limestone cliffs on the eastern flank of the 
Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 20’ N. Alt. 11,000-12,000 ft. July; 
‘1906. N.W. Yunnan, China. G. Forrest. No. 2,642. 
Primula (Nivales) nivalis, Pallas, 
var. macrophylla (Don) Pax, Monog., p. 103. 
Plant of 4-9 inches. Corolla deep rose-lavender, eye and tube 
green, thick and fleshy; fragrant. Moist, open situations on moun- 
tain meadows on the summit of the Tali Range. Lat. 25° 40’ N. 
Alt. 12,000-13,000 ft. September-October, 1906. W. Yunnan, 
China. G. Forrest. No. 1,820. 
var. Sinensis, Pax, Monog,, p. 104. 
Plant of 6-12 inches. Flowers deep rose-lavender, eye greenish- 
lavender, fragrant. Moist mountain pasture-land on the eastern 
