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The above plant appears to come nearest P. sino-nivalis and 
P. russeola. In habit it has a strong resemblance to the white- 
flowered P. chionantha, Balf. f. et Forrest. With these it must 
be placed as one of the many members of the aggregate P. nivalis, 
Pall. It should prove a magnificent species in cultivation if 
as amenable as P. chionantha. 
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\5° Primula lacerata, WW. W. Sin. 
Species burmanica affinis P. Veilchianac, Petitm. atque 
P. pirolaefoliae, Lévl. (quae fortasse sunt eadem); glandulae 
peculiares in bracteis et calycibus et corollis plantarum supra 
citatarum in P. lacerata omnino desunt; foliorum textura atque 
corollae laciniis insuper ab eis removitur. 
Planta 15-18 cm. alta scapis 3-9 folia longe superantibus. 
Folia petiolo 2-6 em. longo minute puberulo praedita ; lamina 
2-4.5 cm. longa et lata, orbicularis vel suborbicularis, apice rotun- 
data, basi breviter cordata nunc vix cordata, margine obscure 
crenato-dentata, textura chartacea, subtus subglauca utrinque 
glabra. Scapi axillares ad 18 cm. alti minutissime puberuli 
3-7-flori; bracteae 3-4 mm. longae anguste lanceolatae sub- 
glabrae (nonnunquam singula ex involucro longe petiolata atque 
laminam 1~2 cm. diametro gerens) ; pedicelli circ. 1 cm. longi, in 
fructu ad 2.5 cm. elongati, dense furfuraceo-puberuli; flores 
erecti fragrantes lavendulaceo-coerulei oculo aurantiaco. Calyx 
circ. 7 mm. longus anguste campanulatus minutissime puberulus 
vel subglaber in lobos ovatos subacutos vel obtusiusculos circ. 
3 mm. longos fere ad medium fissus. Corollae tubus calycem 
paululo superans cylindricus, annulus distinctus convolutus, 
lobi cire. 8 mm. longi anguste obovati bilobi lobulis ipsis 
pectinato-incisis. Stamina in flore longistylo multo supra 
medium tubi corollini inserta, antheris circ. 1 mm. longis ad 
annulum pertinentibus, in flore brevistylo antherae ex ore 
exsertae. Stylus in flore longistylo ex ore saltem 3 mm, 
exsertus, in flore brevistylo calycem paululo superans. Capsula 
fere matura globosa seminibus multis angulatis; dehiscentiam 
non observavi. 
“N.W. Burma :—Between Shingrup Chet and Akhyang. 
Alt. 7,500 ft. On ledges of hard shale bluffs, on moss on dead 
trunks and on pathside banks of the uppermost rain-forest or 
lowest alpine. Flowers almost over by April 15th, in shades 
of lavender-blue with an orange eye, very fringy and sweetly 
scented like P. farinosa. Range seems limited, no sign of it 
was seen on the east side of the pass and it was only found 
hin a very small belt of the western. Seen again on one 
Tittle wet granitic sligcenty at Sooo ft. on the wooded crest 
