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supra medium tubum inserta antheris 1.5 mm. longis ab ore 
2 mm. remotis. Stylus in flore brevistylo vix calycis tubum 
superans. Capsula cylindrica 1.5 cm. longa. 
“West China :—Gu-ja-la, Muli district, S.W. Szechwan. 
Alt. 15-16,000 ft. Flowers various shades of mauve, lilac and 
purple but always with white eye. Fragrant. On open alpine 
slopes. May 1922.”’ F.K. Ward. No. 5133. 
The aggregate P. nivalis, Pall. and its allied species appear 
to be prolific in West China in the development of various 
subspecies and varieties. At one extreme there are tall plants 
such as P. ingens, attaining 3 ft. in the fruiting stage and at 
the other dwarf plants such as P. atuntzuensis, P. brevicula, 
P. minor, P. petraea, and P. rigida. P. leucops finds a place 
with these last. 
\y Primula lichiangensis, Forrest var. hapala, Balf. f. et Forrest. 
tial 
es 
Varietas foliis subtus plus minusve dense albido-araneoso- 
tomentosis a planta typica divergens. 
“West China :—Mountains east of Yung-ning, S.W. 
Szechuan. Lat. 27° 48’ N. Long. 1019 E. Alt. 12-13,000 ft. 
Plant of 8-12 inches. Flowers fragrant, dark purple-rose, eye 
orange. Qn ledges of dry limestone cliffs. June 1922.” G. 
Forrest. No. 21227. 
“Eastern flank of the Bei-ma Shan, Yunnan. Lat. 289 12’ N. 
Alt. 12-13,000 ft. On rocks and humus-covered boulders. 
June 1917.’’ G. Forrest. No. 13848. 
3! Primula Littoniana, Forrest var. robusta, Forrest. 
A typo habitu robustiore, foliis majoribus, spica multo 
longiore ad 25 cm. longa apicem versus multo attenuata, floribus 
pallide lavendulaceis divergit. 
‘‘West China :—Mountains S.E. of Mu-li, $.W. Szechuan. 
Lat. 279 30’ N. Long. 1019 E. Alt. 11,000 ft. Plant of 2-2% 
ft. Flowers pale purplish-blue. Open moist meadows on the 
margins of conifer forests. Aug. 1922.” G. Forrest. No. 
22170. 
In fruit. Sept. 1922. G. Forrest. Nos. 22490, 23246. 
This variety has been found so far only on the mountains 
around Mu-li. All the plants of P. Littoniana in the area are 
the same. In other areas where typical P. Littoniana occurs, 
this giant form has not been seen. It has been in cultivation, 
but, although its spike may attain sometimes 15 inches in length, 
its paler-coloured flowers do not make it so.attractive a plant 
as the typical form, S 
