25 o Craib— New Species of Primula. 



juventute glandulis capitatis puberula ; tubus floris bnvM 

 i 3 mm. longus, longistyli 9 mm. longus intra g aber lob, 

 obovato-cuneati, 12 mm. longi, 10 mm. lati apice smuato 

 lobulati vel trilobulati et lobuhs iterum lobulatis. Anttoae 

 225 mm. longae. Ovarium 1.5 mm. altum, stylo stigmate 

 incluso 6.5 mm. vel 12.75-14 mm longo 



Bhutan, Chardwar, Booth (?) m Herb. Watt 2179. Mem 

 mountains covering the hills and Tengepane, Booth (?). No 

 collector is indicated for these specimens either in Herb V . att 

 or in Herb. Calcutta, but probably they were collected by Booth. 



Primula bracteosa, Craib. 



Rhizoma tenue vel saepius crassum, radices elongatas 

 emittens. Folia sub anthesin spatulata vel obovato-spatulata, 

 apice rotundata, basi in petiolum late alatum angustata, usque 

 ad 8 cm longa (petiolo incluso), 2.5 cm. lata, postenora (ex 

 alabastro axillari evoluta) ovata vel oblongo-ovata, apice rotun- 

 data, basi truncata vel cordata, usque ad 6.5 cm. longa et 5 cm. 

 lata' petiolo angustius sed distincte alato suffulta, omnia 

 chartacea, pagina superiore et etiam inferiore ad costam sparse 

 glanduloso-puberula, nervis lateralibus utrinque 6-7 bene intra 

 marginem furcatis pagina superiore saepissime subconspicuis 

 inferiore prominulis, nervis transversis fere semper obscuris, 

 margine denticulata, dentibus nervis excurrentibus breviter 

 acuminatis. Scapus fructescens folia postenora subaequans vel 

 ea duplo superans; bracteae exteriores normales virides e 

 basi satis lata fere semper longe acuminatae, acutae vel sub- 

 obtusae, 3-10 mm. longae, glanduloso-puberulae et criiatae, 

 interiores omnes vel saltern nonnullae in folia late ovata vel sub- 

 orbicularia ad 2.5 cm. diametro petiolo ad 4.5 cm. longo suffulta 

 expansae ; pedicelli usque ad 4.5 cm. longi, glanduloso-puberuli. 

 Calyx extra glanduloso-puberulus, 6.5-7 mm - longus, lobis 

 ovatis vel oblongo-ovatis breviter acuminatis interdum apicem 

 versus denticulatis vel sublobatis 3.5-4 mm. longis basi circa 

 25 mm latis glanduloso-ciliatis. Stylus stigmate incluso m 

 flore longistylo 9 mm. longus. Capsula depresso-globosa, in 

 calycis tubo inclusa. , 



Bhutan, Tongsa, Yato-la, in moss by tree bases m shady 

 forest, 10,000 ft., Cooper, 3981 \ Timpu, Duke-la, sandy soil 

 in shade of light wet forest, 9000 ft., Cooper, 3W I ascent to 

 Woolooka, 8000-9500 ft., Griffith, K. D., 3 5i4- V™ P arte • 

 Griffith, K. D., 2314. 

 Primula Cunninghamii, King Mss. 



Herba nana. Folia spatulata, oblongo-spatulata vel oblongo- 

 obovata, apice rotundata, basi in petiolum alatum vix dis- 



