New Species of Primula 

 belonging to the Petiolaris-Sonchifolia Section. 



W. G. CRAIB, M.A. 



The eleven species described here are :— 

 P. Boothii, Craib. . 

 P. bracteosa, Craib. 

 P. Cunninghamii, King Mss. 

 P. deuteronana, Craib. 

 P. gracilipes, Craib. 

 P. hupehensis, Craib. 

 P. irregularis, Craib. 

 P. saxicola, Craib. 

 P. scapigera, Craib. 

 P. Scullyi, Craib. 

 P. sessilis, Royle Mss. 



Primula Boothii, Craib. 



Rhizoma rectum, circa i cm. crassum, radices 

 elongatas gerens. Folia exteriora magis minus ve elliptica, 

 petiolo angustius alato ad 6 cm. longo sufmlta, mediana saepis- 

 sime late spatulata vel elliptico-spatulata, exterioribus parum 

 minora, usque ad 6 cm. longa et 4.5 cm. lata, petiolo distincte 

 alato 4-5 cm. longo sufTulta, interiora gradatim decrescentia, 

 spatulata vel oblonga, petiolo late alato vix distincto suffulta 

 vel subsessilia, omnia apice rotundata, membranacea vel char- 

 taceo-membranacea, margine irregulariter plus minusve argutius 

 denticulata, pagina utraque glabra, nervis lateralibus utrinque 

 5-7 pagina utraque conspicuis inferioribus satis obliquis omnibus 

 rectis vel subrectis bene intra marginem ramosis. Scapus 

 brevissimus vel <fere 2 cm. altus, flores usque ad 25 gerens ; 

 bracteae e basi 3 mm. lata longe acuminatae, acutiusculae, 

 5-6 mm. longae, glandulis capitatis ciliolatae ; pedicelh 1.5-5 

 cm longi, primo glandulis capitatis densius puberuli, demun 

 glabrescentes. Calyx 6-9 mm. longus, dorso glandulis capitatis 

 puberulus, intra glaber ; lobi oblongi vel oblongo-lanceola + ' 



apice breviter 



acutiusculi, interdum tridentati vel 



latere uno tantum dentati, 3.5-4 mm. longi, circiter 1.75 mm. 

 lati, glandulis capitatis densius ciliolati. Corolla extra saltern 

 [Notes, R.B.G., Edin., Nos. XXIX-XXX, Jan. ioi7-! 



