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folia interdum longe superans, interdum pauci- 

 florus, interdum multifiorus ; bracteae 0.5-1 cm. longae, e basi 

 lata plus minusve longe attenuato-acuminatae, saepissime pauci- 

 denticulatae. Calyx 1 cm. longus, lobis deltoideis vel anguste 

 deltoideis longe attenuato-acuminatis 5.5 mm. longis 2.5 mm. 

 latis interdum apicem versus denticulatis glanduloso-ciliolatis. 

 Corollae tubus (floris brevistyli) 16 mm. longus, lobi 9 mm. longi 

 et 8 mm. lati, apice nunc altius bi- vel tri-lobulati, lobulis irregu- 

 lariter dentatis vel sinuatis, nunc regulariter vel plus minusve 

 irregulariter dentati vel sinuato-dentati. Antherae 2 mm. 

 longae, filamentis 1 mm. longis suffultae. Ovarium 1.5 mm. 

 altum stylo stigmate grandi ambitu plus minusve oblongo 

 incluso 4.75 mm. longo. Capsula depresso-globosa, calyce 

 inelusa, calycis lobis persistentibus coriaceis divergentibus. — 

 P. petiolaris, Wall., var. scapigera, Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind.. iii, 

 p. 494, plantis foliaceo-bracteatis exclusis. 



W. Sikkim. Common all over Tonglu, 7000-10,000 ft., 

 Watt, 70I3.533I- 

 Primula Scullyi, Craib. 



Herbanana, escaposa, efannosa ; rhizoma robustum, radices 

 numerosas satis longas parce ramosas emittens. Folia exteriora 

 squamiformia, cito decidua, mediana anguste ovata, oblonga 

 vel oblongo-obovata, usque ad 4.5 cm. longa et 2.5 cm. lata, 

 petiolo alato usque ad 3 cm. longo suffulta, interiora sessiha 

 vel petiolo brevi vix distincto suffulta, medianis parum minora, 

 omnia chartacea, glabra, nervis lateralibus utrinque 6-7 rectis 

 vel fere rectis intra margmem ramosis supra conspicuis subtus 

 prominentibus, margme argute eroso-denticulata. Flores numer- 

 osi, folia subaequantes vel lis paulo breviores. pedicollis gnicili- 

 bus usque ad 3 cm. longis prim., glandulis brevibus densius 

 instructis mox puberulis suffulti ; bracteae parvae. Calyx 

 extra sparse glanduloso-puberulus, 4.5 mm. longus ; lobi 

 laueeolati, acuminati vel subaeuminati, subacuti, 2.5-2.75 mm. 

 longi. uninervati, uervo dorso prominente, margine breviter glan- 

 dunVo-eiliati. Corollae tubus 10-14 mm. longus; lobi obovato- 

 elhptui vel obovato-oblongi, 5-6 mm. longi, 3-5-5-5 mm - lati > 

 apice rotundati, saepissime trilobulati, lobulis acutiusculis vel 

 obtusis, interdum irregulariter sinuato-lobulati. Antherae 1.6 

 mm. longae, filamentis brevibus suffultae. Ovarium 1 mm. 

 altum, globosum. stylo (stigmate incluso) ^.5 vel 8.5 mm. longo. 

 Fructus pedicellis niagis minusve reflexis gesti, globosi, circa 

 3 mm. diametro, calyce persistente vix accreseente. 



Xepaul. Scully. 



\V. Sikkim. Near Tonglu, 9000 ft., Lace, 2265 ; Singa- 

 leelah, 12,000-13,000 ft., Watt, 5263, 5369. Cave. 



