2 SmitH—Nrw PRIMULACEAE. 
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illa foliis textura tenuioribus magis regulariter orbiculatis, 
floribus 1~3-natis plerumque binis, corollae tubo atque limbo 
fere duplo majoribus divergit; petiolis basi manifeste vaginant- 
ibus species hae duae conspicuae. 
lanta perennis ad 8 cm. alta rhizomate elongato anguste 
cylindrico basibus foliorum delapsorum bene obsito. Folia 
saepe ad 12, alia petiolo ad 4 cm. longo basi vaginante praedita, 
alia (minora) petiolo vix 2 mm. longo munita sed vagina lata. 
ad r cm. longa et 4 mm. lata margine ciliolata instructa; lamina 
vulgo 2.5 cm. diametro, ambitu orbicularis, basi cordata, ad 
medium subseptemloba, lobis ad trientem incisis, lobulis 
acutiusculis, supra minute puberula, sub lente quasi sieivicluias 
infra pallidior glabra vel subglabra, margine minute ciliolata. 
Scapus ad 8 cm. altus gracilis folia stperans minutissime 
puberulus umbellam plerumque bifloram gerens; bracteae 2-4 
lanceolatae 3-4 mm. longae acutae minute ciliolatae; pedicelli 
graciles 7-9 mm. longi minute puberuli. Calyx late campanu- 
latus circ. 5 mm. longus ad medium fissus glaber vel subglaber ; 
lobi ovati obtusiusculi margine minutissime ciliolati. Corollae 
pallide roseae tubus cylindricus fere 1 cm. longus ore annulatus ; 
limbus 1.6-1.8 cm. latus in lobos obovatos 4~5-dentatos dentibus 
truncatis divisus. Stamina in flore longistylo calycem paululo 
superantia. .Ovarium subglobosum; stylus in flore brevistylo 
calycem aequans, in flore longistylo ad summum corollae tubum 
attingens; stigma parvum capitatum. Fructus e calyce haud 
aucto vix exsertus subglobosus apice valvis 2-5 dehiscens; 
semina pauca 1 mm. diametro paulo complanata minute areolata. 
“S.E. ‘Tibet :—Province of ‘Tsarong, Salwin-Kiuchiang 
divide, N.W. of Si-chi-to. Lat. 28° 35’ N. Long. 98° 28’ E. 
Alt. 14,000 ft. Plant of %-2% inches; perennial. Flowers 
pale shell-pink. On rocks and stony alpine meadows. Mav 
1922.’ G. Forrest. No. 21632. 
‘tLats 528° saotiaNe hong. ae 27! E. On open alpine 
meadows. In fruit. July roar.’’ . Forrest. No. 19868. 
at) 280124" N. Long. 98° 24’ ae Alt. 14-15,000 ft. In 
fruit. Sept. 1921.’ (;. Forrest. No. 20270. 
This species is the Chinese representative of the Himalayan 
P. vaginata, Watt. As in that species the leaves are markedly 
dilated at the base into a broad vagina. P. eucyclia is a 
slenderer plant than the Himalayan with fewer but much larger 
flowers. 
ws Primula gentianoides, \V. W. Sm. et Ward. 
Species anomala cujus affinitas nobis dubia est; scapis cuique 
spenenag, 1-4 ebracteatis unifloris, floribus magnis praecocibus, 
