486 Lxxxvii. PRiMULACBJi. (J. D. Hooker.) [_PHm'ula. 



pale purple, salveivshaped, J-} in. diam. ; lobes broad or narrow, mouth obscurely 

 annulate. Ovary obovoid or globose, tip rounded. Capsule usually oblong, exceed- 

 ing the calyx, sometimes globose and sunk in it. Seeds coarsely granulate. — The 

 commonest Himalayan Primula, and very variable. 



Vak. cachemiriama; leaves produced almost with the flowers, more mealy. P. 

 cachemiriana, Mwmro in Garden, 1879, 636. — Western HimalaTO. 



Vae. piiucifolia ; leaves fewer longer-petioled, heads fewer-fld., calyx-teeth long 

 narrower nearly equalling the ooroUa-tube, capsule globose sunk in the calyx 

 (ripening very few seeds). — Kashmir, at Poosiana, alt. 9000 ft., Clarke. 



12. P. capitata, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4550 ; usually very mealy, leaves 

 appearing with the flowers obovate-spathulate or oblanceolate obtuse or acute 

 finely toothed usually copiously mealy beneath, fleshy leafy scales few or 0, 

 heads very dense-fld. with the outer flowers deflexed and inner in bud forming 

 a conical crown, flowers deep purple, tube long often wrinkled, limb flat or 

 concave. — Fl. des Seires, vi. t. 618. P. globifera, Griff. Itin. Notes, 148. 



SiKKiM and Bhotan Himalaya, alt. 12-15,000 ft., Griffith, J. B. H. 



I retain this species as distinct from P. denticulaia with great hesitation, though 

 it differs much in habit and general appearance, and retains its characters in culti- 

 vation. 



13. P. erosa, Wall. Cat. 611 ; glabrous or puberulous, leaves not mealy 

 fully developed with the flowers membranous obovate-spathulate or oblanceo- 

 late toothed or erose reticulate fleshy leafy scales few or 0, flowers umbelled 

 piu:ple mealy, pedicels very short, calyx-lobes long or short, tube twice as long 

 as the calyx, limb flat, mouth hardly annulate. Regel in Bot. Zeit. 1853, 333 ; 

 Gartenfi. ii. t. 51. P. denticiilata, var. erosa, Duby in DC. Prodi: viii. 45. 



Tbmpebate Himalaya ; from Kumaon to Bhotan, alt. 4500-9500 ft. (not seen in 

 Sikkim). 



I suspect Duby to be right in reducing this to a variety of P. denticiilata, but it 

 differs in habit, and seems to be always recognised as distinct by Himalayan col- 

 lectors and by cultivators in Europe. The leaves are sometimes 18 inches long. 



14. P. bellidifolia, King in JETerb. Cole. ; puberulous, fleshy scales few 

 or 0, leaves membranous flaccid elongate oblanceolate or spathulate coarsely 

 shallowly toothed, scape long, bracts minute concealed, flowers small densely 

 capitate, coroUa-tube four times longer than the short obtusely lobed mealy 

 calyx, lobes small spreading obcordate. 



SntKiM Himalaya ; alt. 13,000 ft., Kincf. 



EootstocJc small. Leaves 2-4 in., obtuse, tapering into the petiole, pubescent 

 on both surfaces, not wrinkled, nerves faint, teeth irregular. Scape 4-8 in., 

 erect, glabrous. Heads nearly 1 in. diam. ; flowers bluish-purple, quite sessile. 

 Corolla glabrous ; tube cylindric, J-| in. long ; limb not so broad ; mouth contracted, 

 annulate. Stigma peltate. Capsule small, globose. — ^A very distinct species, with 

 leaves like Sellis sylvestria, but quite thin and flaccid ; in this respect and in toothing 

 very different from any form of P. erosa, denticulata, or capitata. 



** Scape normally much longer than the leaves (except P. tAetica). 

 Flowers umbelled, rarely capitate, white pink or purple. Bracts forming a 

 1-seriate involucre, gibbous or produced downwards at the base (obscurely in 

 P. concinna). 



t Capsule oblong or cylindric, usually longer than tlte narrow fruiting 

 calyx. 



15. P. farlnosa, Linn. ; Duby in DC. Prodr. viii. 44 ; stolons 0, more 

 or less mealy, leaves J-l in., sessile or subsessile obovate-spathulate obtuse 



