40 Smitu---NEW PRIMULACEAE. 
NA Primula dumicola, W. W. Sm. et Forrest. 
Species ex affinitate P. obconicac, Hance atque P. sino-Listeri, 
Balf. f. a quibus foliorum forma atque aspectu, umbellis saepe 
superpositis divergit; quoad inflorescentiam P. malacoidem, 
Franch. suggerit sed est efarinosa atque indumento pilorum 
longorum albidorum differt. 
Planta 10-30 cm. alta efarinosa. Folia ad ro cm. longa ; lamina 
late ovalis vel suboblonga, ad 5 cm. longa, ad 4 cm. lata, apice 
ambitu rotundata, basi plerumque breviter cordata nunc sub- 
truncata, margine circ. 11-lobulata, lobulis inciso-dentatis, supra 
pilisarticulatis albidis bene conspersa, intra praesertim ad nervos 
marginemque pilis eisdem praedita; petiolus laminam subae- 
quans longiuscule albido-araneoso-pilosus. Scapi plures (2-5) 
ad 30 cm. alti sat robusti paulo flexuosi nunc basi ascendentes 
undique albido-pilosi umbellam plurifloram vulgo 6—10-floram 
saepe duas superpositas gerentes; bracteae lineares vel sublin- 
eares 4-7 mm. longae albido-pilosae, pedicelli 8-13 mm. longi 
stricti pilis albidis conspersi. Calyx 4-5 mm. longus in fructu 
(vix maturo) ad 6-7 mm. ampliatus campanulatus, viridis pilis - 
longis albidis bene conspersus in lobos erectos triangulares 
acutos ad tertiam vel quartam partem fissus. Corollae roseae 
. oculo albido-flavo tubus fere-7 mm. longus cylindricus glaber 
intra vix annulatus, lobi 3 mm. longi obcuneati apice emarginati. 
Stamina in flore brevistylo vix supra medium inserta atque 
stylum paululo superantia. Ovarium globosum; stylus brevis 
calyce brevior. Capsula haud matura globosa calycis tubo 
inclusa. 
““S.E. Tibet :—Near Hsi-ku, on the descent from the Londre 
La to the Salween valley, Salween-Mekong divide, Yunnan. 
Liat, 45° 74’ NT Lene: 96° 95 Eo. AN Yr Goo ff: Pian of 
4-12 inches. Flowers fragrant, rose, with eye yellowish white. 
On the margins of thickets by streams. May 1922.” G. 
Forrest. No. 21657. 
Ths fa Primula effusa, WW. W. Sm. et Forrest. 
Species valde afinis P. malacoidei, Franch. et P. Forbesii, 
Franch. ; a priore foliis carnosulis subreniformibus margine sub- 
regulariter dentatis, tubo corollae calycem duplo superante inter 
alia divergit; ab alter foliis longe petiolatis cordato-reni- 
formibus margine valde diverso praeditis praeter alia signa 
distinguitur. 
Planta ad 50 cm. alta, haud annua, radice sat robusta praedita, 
gemmas proferens. Folia numerosa cum petiolo ad 15 cm. 
longa; lamina majorum 4.5 cm. longa et lata, cordato-reniformis 
-apice plus minusve rotundata, basi plerumque alte cordata, 
-paululo sinuato-lobata, margine argute atque subregulariter 
