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parce minutissime glanduloso-puberula vel subglabra, nervis 

 lateralibus utrinsecus circa 6 rectis erecto-patentibus intra 

 marginem furcatis pagina utraque conspicuis vel subconspicuis, 

 margine argutius eroso-denticulata. Scapus 3-4 cm. longus, 

 fiores 4-8 gerens ; bracteae lineari-lanceolatae, 4-4.5 mm. 

 longae, glanduloso-puberulae ; pedicelli 1.8-2.5 cm - longi, 

 glanduloso-puberuli. Calyx extra densiuscule glanduloso-puber- 

 ulus, intra glaber, 7.5-8 mm. longus, lobis 3-3.75 mm. longis 

 1. 5-1. 75 mm. latis glanduloso-ciliolatis. Floris brevistyli corollae 

 tubus 11-12 mm. longus, lobi anguste obcordati, apice usque 

 ad 2-2.5 mm. emarginati, 8.5 mm. longi, 5.5 mm. lati ; tubus 

 apice distincte annulatus. Antherae 2.75 mm. longae, annulum 

 paululo superantes, filamentis brevibus suffultae. Ovarium 

 globosum, 1.5 mm. diametro, stylo cum stigmate capitato 

 calyce paulo breviore. 

 Hupeh, Fang, Henry. 



Primula irregularis, Craib. 



Rhizoma rectum, simplex, crassum, radices satis longas 

 emittens. Folia viva probabiliter patula vel subpatula, exteri- 

 ora subelliptica, oblongo-elliptica vel elliptico-obovata, rarius 

 ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, 4-9.5 cm. longa, 2.5-5.5 cm. lata, 

 basi interdum subtruncata, saepius late cuneata, cuneata vel 

 in petiolum angustata, petiolo alato usque ad 6 cm. longo 

 suffulta, mediana spatulata, minora, petiolo multo breviore 

 suffulta. interiora spatulato-oblonga vel oblonga, sessilia vel 

 subsessilia, circa 2.5 cm. longa et 1.5 cm. lata, omnia apice 

 rotundata, chartacea vel membranaceo-chartacea, pagina utraque 

 parce glanduloso-puberula, mox subglabra, nervis lateralibus 

 utrinque 6-7 supra conspicuis subtus prominulis rectis vel fere 

 rectis intra marginem ramosis, nervulis pagina utraque conspicuis 

 vel subconspicuis rarius fere obscuris, margine argute eroso- 

 denticulata, rarius lobulata, lobulis denticulatis. Inflorescentia 

 saltern juventute dense pallide luteo- vel sulphureo-farinosa ; 

 fiores expansi folia interiora subaequantes vel iis paulo breviores, 

 pedicellis dense glanduloso-puberulis suffulti; bracteae deltoideae, 

 acuminatae, acutae, usque ad n mm. longae, indumento ut 

 pedicelli instructae. Calyx n. 5 mm. longus, extra ut pedicelli 

 glandulis capitatis vel clavatis dense tectus, intra parcius 

 puberulus ; lobi late oblongi, apice irregulares, rotundati, 

 acuminati et obtusiusculi vel saepissime 3-lobulati, circa 4 mm. 

 longi et 3 mm. lati, densius glanduloso-ciliolati. Corolla extra 

 glanduloso-puberula ; tubus 14 mm. longus, lobis late oblongo- 

 obovatis apice sinuato-lobulatis 8 mm. longis 6.5 mm. latis. 

 Antherae 2.5 mm. longae, filamentis brevibus suffultae. 



