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32 Smitru—Nrw PRiIMULACKAR. 
Primula tapeina, Balf. f. et Forrest (Suffruticosa), p. 
ee Valentiniana, Hand.-Mzt. (Amethystina?), p aK 
ma haan bs , W. W. Sm. et Ward ( (Muscarioides), Pp. 54. 
ingtonensis, Forrest (Obconica), p. 55. 
iisioorien Sots Forrest, p. 55. 
‘ s, Hand.-Mzt., p. 56. 
Primula Agleniana, Balf. f. et Forrest var. alba, Forrest. 
A typo floribus albis variat; in specie nobili fortasse men- 
tione digna. : 
“S.E. Tibet :—Salween-Kiuchiang divide, Tsarong. Lat. 
28° 24’ N. Long. 98° 24’ E. Alt. 15,000 ft. Plant of 12-16 
inches. Flowers fragrant, white, faintly flushed rose exterior. 
Moist alpine pasture on the margins of cane brakes. July 1921.”’ 
G. Forrest. No. 20081. 
It is possibly worth recording that the typical P. Agleniana 
was found in July 1905 on the rie ea, Page ikist aan sae at an 
altitude of 11~-13,000 ft., Lat. 27° 28’ N., under Forrest No. 
479, an incomplete apchiien which remained for long uniden- 
tified. See Notes R.B.G., Edin. VI. (1912) 3 
Primula aromatica, W. W. Sm. et Forrest. 
Species valde distincta cujus affinitas cum sectione Malvacea 
esse videtur; foliis in vivo carnosulis aromaticis, in sicco deli- 
catissimis, scapo floribusque gracillimis ab affinibus facile 
cognoscitur. 
Planta 7-12 cm. alta calcicola caespitosa glebam parvam 
formans radicibus permultis gracilibus. Folia pauca _petiolo 
3-5-5 em. longo flexuoso pilis longis albidis densius ornato prae- 
dita; lamina plerumque 2.5~3.5 cm. longa atque fere aeque lata, 
late ovata, ad quartam partem 7-9-lobata, lobis rotundatis et 
nunc trllobiilatis: apice rotundata, basi Breviter cordata vel 
subtruncata, textura in sicco tenuissima, sparsim pilosula vel 
utrinque fere glabra, margine pilis placate pitti minutis 
ciliolata. Scapus ad 12 cm. altus folia plerumque bene superans 
pilis ut petioli indutus inflorescentiam 1~5-floram spiciformem 
gerens; intervalla inter flores 5-10 mm.; bracteae 5-7 mm. lon- 
gae lineares vel e basi petioliformi lanceolatae vel anguste oblan- 
ceolatae, ad basim pedicelli positae vel nunc sub calyce subad- 
natae pilis glanduliferis minutis ciliolatae; pedicelli brevissimi 
Vix I mm. superantes. Calyx circ. 6 mm. longus foliaceus fere 
ad imum in lobos lanceolatos acutos fissus glanduloso-pilosulus. 
- Corollae tenuissimae roseae circ. 1.5 em. dougee tubus_ cylin- 
