“ 
4d Smitu-—-New PrmoulAackak. 
cellisque dense luteo-farinosis, floribus pernumerosis divergit ; 
omnes pro subspeciebus P. nivalis, Pall. fortasse rectius 
aestimari debent. 
lanta florifera ad 50 cm. alta vel ultra, in fructu ad go em. 
attingens, farinosa epilosa radicibus multis crassis; foliorsin 
rosula sub anthesi bene evoluta, alabastri squamus plurimis aq 
8 em. longis, 3 em. latis rubidis in sicco tenuiter membranaceis 
cincta. Folia magna ad 33 cm. longa, ad 5 em. lata, lanceolata 
vel oblongo-lanceolata apice acutata vel obtusa, deorsum in 
petiolum late alatum attenuata margine integra vel nunc obscure 
denticulata, supra nuda, subtus sparsim luteo-farinosa cito 
subnuda; petiolus 8-9 em. longus, ad 2 cm. latus, in sicco 
tenuiter membranaceus rubidus squamis basalibus subsimilis. 
Scapus robustissimus apicem versus dense luteo-farinosus 
umbellam multifloram vel duas superpositas gerens; bracteae 
6-20 mm. longae lanceolatae acuminatae sparsim farinosae 
margine ciliolatae; pedicelli cire. 1.5 cm. longi, in fructu 4-8 
em. longi, reflexi vel superiores subreflexi (in fructu erecti), 
dense luteo-farinosi; anthopodium magnum. Calyx ad 12 mm. 
longus in babecdasapaanhabe ad medium in lobos lanceolatos 
vel suboblongos acutatos fissus extra fere nudus atro-viridis vel 
atro-brunneus intus dense farinosus venis distinctis longi- 
tudinaliter pererratus. Corollae purpureo-coeruleae tubus ad 
1.5 cm. longus infundibuliformis glaber annulo  distincto 
praeditus, lobi obovati vel subrotundati 11.5 cm. longi integri 
margine pilis minutis glanduli-capitatis muniti. Stamind# in 
flore Jongistylo ad partem tubi corollini quartam inferiorem 
inserta antheris circ. 2.5 mm. longis. Ovarium subglobosum 
in dimidio superiore incrassatum atque rubro-tinctum; stylus 
(longus) 7-8 mm. longus haud exsertus; stigma capitatum. 
Capsula cylindrica 1.5-2 em. longa e calyce venoso exserta 
straminea apice valvis dehiscens seminibus circ. 1.5 mm. longis 
brunneis spongiosis. 
“West China :—Bei-ma Shan, Yunnan. Lat. 28° 18/ N. 
Long. 99° 10’ E. Alt. 14-15,000 ft. Plant of 12-20 inches. 
Flowers fragrant soft purple-blue with grey eye. Open stony 
meadows by streams. June 1921.’’ G. Forrest. No. 108 
; 9 9849. 
“‘Bei-ma Shan. Plant of 2%-3 ft. In fruit. Flowers shades 
of lavender and purple-blues, occasionally pale rose; fragrant. 
On moist pasture by streams. This is the most robust and one 
of the most vine Nivalid Primulas I know. Sept. 1921.” 
G. Forrest. No. 2 
** Na-shu-to a Mekong-Vangte divide, Yunnan. Lat. 
28° 30/. Long. 99242! Bo AN. 14 \¢00: Plant of 2-2% ft. 
In fruit. On open seeatioss by streams. Oct. - UP AS. For- 
rest. No, 20617. 
