52 SmitH—NkEW PRIMULACEAE. 
brevistylo ad os corollinum inserta. Ovarium globosum ; stylus 
subexsertus in flore longistylo, in flore brevistylo ovarium 
aequans atque vix tubum calycis superans, glaber; stigma 
capitatum. Fructus circ. 9 mm. longus e calyce haud aucto 
exsertus, oblongus, apice dentibus parvis dehiscens. 
“West China :—S.W. Szechwan, in the mountains S.E. of 
Yung-ning. Lat. 27° 30’ N. Long. 100° 50’ HE. Alt, 
II-12,000 ft. Plant of 9-16 inches. Flowers pale yellow, eye 
and tube orange. Margins of thickets and forests and on open 
meadows. Aug. 1922.’’ G. Forrest. No. 22073. Also Sept. 
1922. No. 22452 in fruit. 
A striking species of the Geranioides series and apparently 
the only yellow-flowered member of that series. “The very elon- 
gate lax racemose inflorescence is also an easy mark for 
recognition. ‘The specific name is in honour of the Very Rev. 
David Paul, D.D., LL.D., an enthusiastic student of the 
European Primulaceae. 
yd Primula pseudosikkimensis, Forrest. 
Microforma Primulae sikkimensis, Hook.; planta calcicola 
habitu humiliore, foliis textura minus avenits: floribus 
intensius atque laete luteis a planta typica divergit. Plantae 
ambae in provincia yunnanensi crescunt; P. pseudosikkimensts 
montibus calcareis Lichiang dictis favet. 
‘West China :—Lichiang Range, Yunnan. Lat. 27° 20’ N. 
Alt. 11-12,000 ft. Plant of 12-18 inches. Flowers bright 
canary-yellow, fragrant. In crevices and ledges of limestone 
cliffs. July 1906.’’ G. Forrest. No. 2642. 
“‘Kastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Alt. 12-15,000 ft. 
Plant of 6-9 inches. Flowers soft canary-yellow, fragrant. 
Alpine meadows. June 1gr1o.’’ G. Forrest. No. 5978. July 
1913: No. 10329. 
The plant from the Lichiang Range does not quite match the 
Himalayan species. Where dwarf plants occur in the Himalaya 
with increase of altitude, there is, at the same time, a decrease 
in size of flower. The Lichiang plant is of stout habit with 
large brightly-coloured flowers. 
ee Primula tapeina, Balf. f. et Forrest. 
Species affinis P. Dubernardianae, Forrest a qua habitu 
humiliore valde florifero, foliis supra farinosis infra albo- 
farinosis utringue multo minus glandulosis, calyce minore 
_ textura crassiore magis farinoso quam i. corolla alba 
 divergit. 
_ Planta nana suffruticosa ad 2.5 cm. ascendens densissime 
. eee. glebam 30-60 cm. diametro formans, habitu P. 
