Smitu——New PRIMULACEAE. AI 
dentata, utrinque sparsim hispida cito subglabrescens ; petiolus 
ad 12 cm. longus laminam longe superans, pilis longiusculis 
bene conspersus. Scapi plures, nune 8, ad 50 em. alti flexuosi 
graciles glabri efarinosi umbellas superpositas 2-3 intervallis 
5-8 em. longis plurifloras (5-16-) gerentes; bracteae 3-4 mm. 
longae virides lineares glabrae; pedicelli ad 5 cm. longi 
inaequales substricti glabri vel subglabri. Calyx ad 4 mm. 
longus anguste campanulatus viridis sparsim albo-farinosus ad 
medium in lobos anguste lanceolatos acutos fissus, in fructu 
multo latior atque ad 5 mm. elongatus. Corollae lavendulaceo- 
roseae tubus S mm. longus anguste cylindricus extra flavidus 
vix annulatus, lobi ad 6 mm. longi obcuneati alte emarginati. 
Stamina filamentis brevissimis in flore longistylo infra medium 
tubi corollini inserta, in flore brevistylo circ. ad medium posita. 
Ovarium subglobosum; stylus longus inclusus vix ultra medium 
tubi corollini pertinens, brevis calycis tubo paulo  brevior. 
Capsula globosa calycis tubo paululo exserta ab apice valvis 5 
presisecis dehiscens, seminibus 0.5 mm. diametro brunneis 
. sciformibus nune angulatis. 
“West China :—Yangtze-Yung-ning divide; Yunnan. Lat. 
27° 40’ N. Alt. 7-Sooo ft. Plant of 1o-20 inches. Foliage 
fleshy. Flowers lavender-rose, a Shady moist situa- 
tions in thickets. June 1914.’’ G. Forrest. No. 12446. 
Vest China Ficaie the pen to Semraet on the Yangtze, 
¥unnan.:» Lat. 279.35! N.,, Long: 100° 301, K.-Alt. 11,000, ft. 
Plant of 6-12 inches. Flowers rose fragrant. Foliage fleshy, 
leathery. Shady moist banks on slate formation. Note—this 
is not the ad P. malacoides—it was first collected in June 1913. 
May 1922.’ . Forrest. No. 21236 
“West co :—Fengkow, ‘Gecrean: By irrigation streams 
amongst grass and ferns in the cultivated terraces below 
Fengkow and just above the Yangtze. ‘The rootstock appears 
to be perennial. Alt. 7ooo ft. Flowers pinkish-mauve with 
white eye and orange tube, darkly stri eaves almost 
glabrous or with a few spattered bristly hskee under surface 
powdered with white meal. Meal also on calyx, pedicels, etc. 
April 15th, 1922.’’ Kingdon Ward. No. 5044. 
In Mr Forrest’s opinion too distinct a plant to be reckoned 
as a variety of either P. malacoides or of P. Forbesii. In its 
fresh condition the leaves are succulent like the leaves of some 
of the Diptera Saxifrages but dry to a very thin consisténcy. 
It is found only on moist slate formations. 
Primula eucyclia, WW. W. Sm. et Forrest. 
Species inter congeneres chinenses facile distincta atque cum 
P. vaginata, Watt specie — tantum comparanda; ab 
