254 Craib— New Species of Primula. 



Ovarium globosum, 1.75 mm. altum, stylo 4.75 mm. (floris 

 brevistyli) longo, stigmate 1 mm. longo. 



W. Sikkim. Chowbhangin, Cave ; Singaleelah, J. D. Hooker, 

 11,000 ft., Elwes in Herb. Clarke, 27,481. 



Primula saxicola, Craib. 



Folia exteriora ovata, basi cordata vel truncata, usque ad 

 7.5 cm. longa et 6 cm. lata, petiolo basi vaginante 5-8 cm. longo 

 suffulta, interiora spatulata vel elliptico-spatulata, basi cuneata 

 vel attenuato-cuneata, 3-5 cm. longa, 1.5-3 cm. lata, petiolo 

 plus minusve alato 3-4 cm. longo suffulta, omnia membranacea, 

 sicca viridia, pagina utraque glabra, nervis lateralibus utrinque 

 6-7 plerumque rectis vel fere rectis et satis patulis intra mar- 

 ginem ramosis pagina utraque conspicuis, margine lobulata 

 lobulis saepissime acute dentatis. Scapus haud evolutus ; 

 pedicelli petiolos longiores subaequantes vel saepius iis fere 

 dimidio breviores, tenuiter glanduloso-puberuli ; bracteae an- 

 gustae, apice longe attenuatae, 5-6 mm. longae, margine 

 glanduloso-ciliolatae. Calyx 8 mm. longus, utrinque sed intra 

 parcissime glanduloso-puberulus, lobis ovato-oblongis vel 

 oblongis acuminatis acutis subacutis 4.75 mm. longis 3 mm. 

 latis 3-nerviis parce glanduloso-ciliolatis. Corollae tubus 14 mm. 

 longus, lobi obovati vel oblongo-cuneati, trilobati, 7 mm. longi 

 5 mm. lati. Antherae vix 2.5 mm. longae, a corollae tubi basi 

 5.25 mm. insertae. Stylus floris longistyli stigmate incluso 

 fere 9 mm. longus. Fructus depresso-globosus, e calycis tubo 

 parum exsertus, calycis lobis persistentibus plus minusve del- 

 toideis erectis vel suberectis. 



N.W. Himalaya. Kulu, 5000 ft., Drummond, 8925 ; 

 Chachpur Valley, Duthie, 21,067. 



Primula scapigera, Craib. 



Rhizoma breve, satis crassum, radices elongatas emittens. 

 Folia exteriora oblongo-spatulata vel oblonga, sessilia vel petiolo 

 brevi late alato suffulta, plerumque 4-9 cm. longa et 1.5-3 cm. 

 lata, interiora ovata, oblongo-elliptica vel elliptica, basi late 

 cuneata, truncata vel cordata, usque ad 10 cm. longa et 6 cm. 

 lata sed saepissime circiter 4.5 cm. longa et 3.5 cm. lata, petiolo 

 angustius alato 5.5-8 cm. longo suffulta, omnia apice rotundata, 

 chartacea vel membranaceo-chartacea, nervis lateralibus utrinque 

 6-8 intra marginem ramosis rectis patulis vel subpatulis pagina 

 superiore conspicuis vel subconspicuis inferiore prominulis vel 

 fere prominentibus, margine subcrasse irregulariter dentata, 

 dentibusnervulisexcurrentibus acuminatis. Scapus nunc brevis- 

 simus et in foliorum rosula immersus, nunc folia aequans et 



