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“Muli Range. Flowers mauve or purplish, with pale yellow 
eve. No meal. On limestone precipices in nooks and crannies. 
Not common. Plants nearly always occur singly, with one large 
flower closely pressed against the rock. The previous year’s 
leaves clothe the stem. 5th June 1921.’ F. K. Ward. No. 
2 
-““Muli Range. Alt. 15,000 ft. Flowers solitary and without 
meal. Grows at high alitades on the limestone cliffs in mossy 
Savers. t5th June 1922.” F. K. Ward. No. 5222. 
““Mountains around Mu-li, S.W. Szechuan. Lat. 28° 12’ N. 
Long. 100° 50’ E. Alt. 12,000 ft. Plant of 1-2 inches. 
Flowers lavender-blue, eve grey-yellow. Open stony moist 
pasture by streams. July 192r.”’ G. Forrest. No. 20473. 
‘‘Mountains N.E. of Mu-li. Lat. 28° 22’ NY Long. 101° 
6’ E. Alt. 12-13,000 ft. Plant of 1%-2 inches. Flowers 
fragrant, deep lavender, tube white. Open stony moist alpine 
meadows by streams. June 1922.” G. Forrest. No. 21332. 
A peculiar species akin to P. tibetica, Watt. The scapes are 
one-flowered. The leaves of the previous year are sometimes 
persistent, drying to a white spongy appearance, 
Primula Pauliana, W. W. Sm. et Forrest. 
Species in sectione Geranioides inflorescentiis elongatis laxe 
racemosis secundifloris atque floribus pallide flavis valde 
conspicua. 
Planta satis robusta 25-40 cm. alta. Folia 3-9 petiolo ad 18 
em. longo pilis articulatis sparsim instructo munita; lamina 
foliorum majorum ad 9 em. longa, ad 8 cm. lata, orbiculari-ovata, 
basi cordata, textura in sicco tenuissima, ad partem quintam 
subseptemloba, margine grossi-dentata atque ciliolata, supra 
glabra vel hic illic pilis articulatis sparsim praedita, infra 
pallidior ad nervos rubidos basi radiantes pilis similibus bene 
conspersa. Scapus ad 4o cm. longus, gracilis flexuosus supra 
medium floriferus, pilis articulatis paucis atque pube minuta 
indutus; inflorescentia elongata laxe racemosa 20~30-flora 
secundiflora ; bracteae 3-5 mm. longae plerumque lanceolatae vel 
Sublineares integrae, nunc oblongae apice 3~4-lobulatae, pubes- 
centes, nonnunquam pedicello suffultae; pedicelli 6-10 mm. 
longi ut scapus induti. Calyx 6 mm. longus minute puberulus 
ad medium in lobos triangulares acuminatos indurato-apiculatos 
fissus. Corollae pallido-flavae tubus aurantiacus circ. 11 mm. 
ongus anguste cylindricus extra minutissime pubescens obscure 
annulatus; limbus circ. 16 mm. diametro lobis obovatis alte 
‘Mmarginatis. Stamina in flore longistylo in partem inferiorem 
corollini disposita, tubum calycis vix superantia, in flore 
