492 Lxxxyii. peutolacej). (J. D. Hooker.) [Primida, 



31. P. Elweslana, King in Herb. CaU..; not mealy, leaves 2-3 in. ob- 

 lanceolate subacute quite entire glabrescent coriaceous, nerves obscure, scape 

 and solitary inclined very large purple flower softly pubescent, bract 0, calyx 

 short 5-partite> segments ovate-lanceolate, corolla-tube funnel-shaped } in. long, 

 lobes obovate-oblong crenate spreading and recurved. 



SiKEiu Himalaya; alt. about 12,000 ft., King.- 



Rootstock very stout, with broad fleshy leafy scales. Leaves narrowed into a 

 broadly winged puberulons petiole. Scape 6-7 in., stout. Flower 1 in. long and 

 wide, dark purple. Cah/x J in. long. Corolla pubescent all over. Stametis linear, 

 on the mouth of the tube. Ovary very small, conical, acute ; style filiform, stigma' 

 minute truncate. — A very remarkable and beautiful species. 



32. P. tenella, King in Serb. Cole. ; leaves small (^ in.) petioled obovate 

 or trapeziform toothed above the middle mealy, scape filiform and large solitary 

 erect bluiah-white flower glabrous, bract very small, calyx 5-cleft to the middle, 

 lobes obtuse, corolla-tube long slender, throat broadly funnel-shaped, lobes 6 

 very broadly and deeply obcordate. 



E. Tibbt; Chumbi valley, between Sikkim and Bhotan, at Phari, alt. about 

 13,000 ft., King. 



Whole plant 2-2J in. high, glabrous. Rootstock stout. Leaves many, mealy all 

 over, especially beneath, subacute, cuneate and entire below the middle. Scape very 

 slender ; bract close to and shorter than the calyx. Corolla-tiibe ^ in., limb } in. 

 diam. Stamens near the base of the tube. Stigma included, large, peltately capitate. 



tt Mouth of salver-shaped corolla densely woolly. 



33. P. puslUa, WaU. in Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey ^ Watt. a. 22 ; Cat. 

 609 ; Tent. Fl. Nep. t. 32 ; densely tufted, hoary, leaves i-1 in. spathulate or 

 oblanceolate pinnatifidly toothed, scape very slender 1-4-fld., bracts few lanceo- 

 late, flowers se.«sile, calyx hoary, tube short terete, lobes oblong obtuse or acute 

 equalling the funnel-shaped corolla-tube, corollas-lobes longer than the tube, 

 lobules spreading, capsule included. Ihiiy in DC. Prodr. viii. 42 ; Mem. 

 Prim. t. 1, f. 2. P. humilis, Steudel Nomencl. ed. ii. 395. Androsaee primu- 

 loides, Don Prodr. 81. A. primulina, Spreng. Syst. Veg. Cur. Post. 56. 



Cbnteal and Easteen Himalaya; Nipal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 13-16,000 ft., 

 J. D. H., &c. 



Leaves in dense rosettes, 1-2 in. diam., petioled, margins and teeth recurved, hoary 

 above ; bracts sometimes leafy and toothed, glandular as is the calyx and corolla- 

 tube. Scape 2-3 in. Corolla J-^ in. diam. ; lobules oblong, spreading. 



■ftt Corolla broadly fwnnel-shaped or smhcmnpanulate, mouth glabrous. 



34. P. sapphirlna, Hooh^ f. §• T. Herb. Ind. Or. Prim. 32; very 

 small, glabrous or hoary, leaves J-| in. obovate-apathulate obtuse p&natifldly 

 toothed, scape filiform 1-4-fld., bracts ovate-oblong, flowers sessile nodding, 

 calyx-tube short terete equalling the obtuse lobes, corolla hoary, lobes very 

 short 2-fid, capsule included. 



Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 13-15,000 ft., J. I). H., &c. 



Rosettes J^J in. diam. Leaves with scattered white hairs above. Scape 1-2 in. 

 Corolla \ in. diam., bright or pale blue. 



35. P. unlfiora, Klatt in Linn<sa xxxvii. 500 ; not mealy, leaves petioled 

 f in. orbicular or broadly ovate pinnatifidly crenate, scape very slender 1-2-fld., 

 bracts very minute, flowers sessue very large nodding, calyx 5-partite segments 

 quadrate, coroUa broadly funnel-shaped, lobes shallow coarsely toothed. 



