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“‘Gu-ja-la, S.W. Szechwan. Alt. 14-15,000 ft. Flowers 
deep Tyrian purple, the eye darker almost black. On open 
alpine slopes facing the sun. June 1922.”” F. K. Ward. No. 
5132. 
Another member of the aggregate P. nivalis, Pall. 
\$l0Primula microstachys, Balf. f. et Forrest. 
Planta nana affinis P. blattariformi, Franch. cujus pro 
varietate vel microforma rectius aestimanda; omnibus partibus 
multo minoribus a planta typica recedit. 
Herba 7-20 cm. alta. Folia petiolo 5-10 mm. longo dense 
pubescente munita; lamina ad 3 cm. longa, ad 2 cm. lata, late 
oblonga vel ovalis, apice rotundata, basi late cuneata vel 
subrotundata, ut ea P. blattariformis induta. Scapus gracilis 
dense pubescens flores 3-12 racemose dispositos gerens ; bracteae 
lineares ad 5 mm. longae; pedicelli 1-3 mm. longi. Calyx circ. 
5 mm. longus. Corollae roseae oculo flavo tubus cire. I em. 
longus anguste cylindricus gracillimus, lobi 5-7 mm. longi 
cuneato-obovati alte emarginati. Stamina in flore longistylo 
ad medium tubi corollini inserta. Stylus fere ad os annulatum 
pertinens. 
“West China :—Mekong-Yangtze divide, Yunnan. Lat. 27° 
4o' N. Alt. g-10,000 ft. Plant of 3-8 inches. Flowers rose, 
eye yellow. Open stony pasture. Aug. ro14.’’ G. Forrest. 
No. 13137. 
A very different looking plant from P. blattariformis, Franch. 
at first sight, of dwarf habit and with very slender flowers and 
narrow corolla tube. But it will spveccei prove to be an extreme 
variety of that species. 
\ud? Primula monantha, WW. W. Sm. et Forrest. 
Species affinis P. gemmiferae, Batal. atque P. chrysopae, Balf. 
f. et Forrest a quibus habitu multo minore, foliis fere orbicu- 
latis, floribus solitariis recedit. 
Planta nana 3-6 cm. alta radicibus paucis gracilibus. Folia 
5-6 rosulam parvam formantia, petiolo alato latiusculo laminam 
plus minusve aequante praedita ; lamina 7-9 mm. longa, 6-7 mm. 
lata, vel nunc minor, suborbicularis vel late spathulata, apice 
rotundata, basi subabrupte in petiolum contracta, margine 
dentibus + 20 glanduli-capitatis instructa, textura carnosula, 
utrinque levissime albo-farinosa epilosa. Scapus ad cm. 
longus flexuosus leviter albo-farinosus florem solitarium suber- 
ectum gerens; bracteae 2, major circ. 4 mm. longus, minor 2_ 
mm., anguste lanceolatae acutae basi obscure gibbosae albo- 
marinosac ut pedicelli circ. 5 mm. longi. Calyx circ. 5 mm. 
