270 Craib — Primulas of Petiolaris-Sonchifolia Section. 



Leaves sharply erose-denticulate, dense or subdense, oblance- 

 olate to oboyate ; scape 2-6-flowered, but rarely 2- 

 flowered ; calyx cylindrical to campanulate ; corolla 

 tube annulate or not. 

 Corolla tube annulate ; leaves not very dense, petioled at 

 flowering time, the petiole usually rather broadly 

 winged . . ... . . .24. hwpehmsis. 



Corolla tube exannulate ; leaves at flowering time dense, 

 r with a scarcely distinct broadly winged petiole, 

 * w outer long petioled leaves still per- 

 sisting 20. moupinensis. 



1. P. Hookeri, Watt in Journ. Linn. Soc, vol. xx, p. 14, t. 8B 



(1882) ; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., vol. iii, p. 494 ; Pax in 



Engler Bot. Jahrb., vol. x, p. 175 ; Watt in Journ. Roy. 



Hort. Soc, vol. xxix, pp. 300 et 320 ; Pax in Engler 



Pflanzenr. Primula**., p. 41. 

 Sikkim, 12,000 ft., Hook, f., Primula No. 25 (Herb. Kew et 

 Calc. — type) ; Eumtso-la, 14,500 ft., open ground among scant 

 herbage, Cave, 184 (Herb. Calc.) ; ibid., 15,000 ft., Smith et 

 Cave, 1528 (Herb. Calc.) ; Tholoong, 14,000 ft., King's collector 

 (Herb. Calc). 



2. P. verrucosa, F. K. Ward in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edin., 



vol. ix, p. 203 (1916). 



Yunnan, Mekong-Salween divide, W. slope, 12,000 ft., Ward, 

 94 (Herb. Edin.— type). 



Upper Burma, Doker-la, Ka-gwr-pw, 14,000 ft., Ward, 974 

 (Herb. Edin.— type). 



Cult. Hort. Edin. 



3- P. taliensis, G. Forrest in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edin., 



vol. v, p. 220, t. xxxii (1908). 

 Yunnan, eastern flank of the Tali range, 10,000-11,000 ft., 

 open stony pasture land, Forrest, 1805 (Herb. Edin.— type) ; 

 Shweli-Salween divide, open stony moist pasture, Forrest, 11,942 

 (Herb. Edin.) ; hills beyond Teng-vueh, Howell, 144 (Herb. 

 Edin.). 



4- P. taraxacoides, Bali f. in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edin., 



vol. ix, p. 49 (1915). 



of Ma-long, 9000 ft., E. E. Maire (Herb. 



Bonati— type). 



