256 Craib— New Species of Primula. 



var. Searightii, Craib, a typo calyce extra glabro vel sub- 

 glabro ej usque lobis longioribus et angustioribus. 



Chumbi, 8000-9000 ft., Searight, 44 ; Pey-goong-la, King's 

 collector, 433. 

 Primula sessilis, Royle Mss. 



Rhizoma fere semper rectum, satis robustum, radices longas 

 parcius ramosas emittens. Folia exteriora squamiformia cito 

 decidua, mediana mox decidua, oblongo-elliptica ad obovato- 

 oblanceolata, rarius oblanceolata, usque ad 8 cm. longa et 3 cm. 

 lata sed saepissime minora, petiolo late alato vel vix alato 

 usque ad 6 cm. longo interdum interne parce puberulo suffulta, 

 interiora oblanceolata, oblongo-oblanceolata vel obovato- 

 oblanceolata, apice rotundata vel acuta, basi in petiolum vix 

 distinctum alatum attenuata, saepissime circiter 2.5-4 cm. 

 longa et 1-2 cm. lata, cum medianis chartaceo-membranacea 

 vel chartacea, nervis lateralibus utrinque 6-7 rectis vel subrectis 

 saepe fere patulis bene intra marginem ramosis supra cum 

 costa conspicuis subtus prominentibus, pagina utraque glabra, 

 margine argutius eroso-denticulata. Flores numerosi, folia 

 saepius subaequantes vel ea paulo superantes, pedicellis gracili- 

 bus vel subgracilibus saepissime 4-6 cm. longis glabris vel 

 praesertim superne parce glanduloso-puberulis suffulti ; bracteae 

 e basi lanceolata vel deltoidea longe subulato-acuminatae, 4-6 

 mm. longae. Calyx 7 mm. longus, extra parce glanduloso- 

 puberulus vel fere glaber, lobis lineari-lanceolatis apice sub- 

 aristato-acuminatis acutis acumine saepe reflexo 3-3.5 mm. 

 longis uninervatis dorso cum tubo subcarinatis vel distincte 

 carinatis margine pauperius glanduloso-ciliatis. Corollae tubus 

 X2.5-I5 mm. longus ; lobi obovati vel oblongo-obovati, saepis- 

 sime caudato-acuminati, 10 mm. longi, 7.5 mm. lati, margine 

 apicem versus interdum sinuato-dentati. Antherae 2 mm. 

 longae, filamentis brevibus suffultae. Ovarium globosum, 1.25 

 mm. altum, stylo stigmate incluso 4.75 vel 9.5 mm. longo. 



N.W. India. Royle, Cleghorn. Kumaon, T. Anderson; 

 Champwa, 12,000 ft., Strachey and Winterbottom, 247 ; Pass 

 above Namik, Strachey and Winterbottom; Madharee Pass, 

 9000 ft., Strachey and Winterbottom, 659 (Primula No. 11). 

 Pindri, 11,000 ft., Collett, 123. Garhwal, 11,000-12,000 ft., 

 Duthie, 14,520. Kidarkanta, 10,000-12,000 ft., Duthie, 1184 

 et sine num., Gamble, 24,314, 24,360. Jaunsar, Harke Dun, 

 11,000 ft., Rogers. Simla, Govan; Hattoo, 10,000 ft., Gamble, 

 6177C. Kulu, Drummond, 8926. Bashahr, Bagi Forest, 

 8000 ft., Lace, 78. Chamba, Watt, 4273. 



