Primula.] Lxxxvii. PEiMULACBJi. (J. D. Hooker.) 493 



SiKKiM Himalaya ; Kankola Pass, alt. 15,000 ft., J. D. H. 



This and the following are very singular speeies, the corolla being larger than 

 the whole rosette of leaves, and calyx quite peculiar. — Leaves few, petiole puberalous, 

 equalling or exceeding the blade. Scopes 1-3, 2-5 in. Flower 1 in. diam., with 

 occasionally a very imperfect apetalous one. Calyx puberulous ; segments nearly J in. 

 long, truncate, tip entire or toothed. Corolla pale lilac, tnbe \ in., limb | in. long 

 and broader, lobes very shallow and unequally toothed. Stamens near the bottom of 

 the tube. Owry globose. 



36. P. soldanelloldes, Watt in Joum. Linn. Soc. Sot, ined. ; qidte 

 glabrous, not mealy, leaves .^-^ in. long-petioled ovate runcinate-pinnatifld half- 

 way to the midrib, scape capillary l-ftd, bract 0, flower large nodding, calyx 

 cleft half-way, lobes oblong ovate or obtuse, corolla broadly funnel-rshaped, 

 lobes shallow coarsely toothed. 



SiKKiM Himalaya; Kankola Pass, J. D. H.'; Patangla (Herb. Calcutta). 

 A smaller plant than P. uniflora, quite glabrous, with, a. very different calyx, but 

 similar corolla, which is white. -Cah/Xrlobes entire or obscurely toothed. Ovary 



***** Minute species (except P. petiolaris). Scape 0, or much shorter 

 than the leaves (sometimes elongate in P. petiolam). Bracts subulate, at the 

 bases of the leaves or on the very short scape. (See also P. coneinna and P. 

 tibetica.) 



37. P. petiolaris, WaU. in Roxh. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey Sr Wall. ii. 22 ; 

 Tent. Fl. Nep. t. 31 ; Cixt. 603 ; glabrous or puberulous, mealy or not, leaves 2-10 

 in. rugose densely rosulate membranous erose jagged toothed or crenulate of 

 two forms in the same or different plants, some broadly or narrowly obovate-spa- 

 thulate SBSsUe or narrowed into a broadly winged petiole, others , elliptic ovate 

 or cordate on long slender petioles, pedicels long or short, calyx-teeth acute, 

 corolla pale purple or white or pink, tube funnel-shaped above much longer 

 than the calyx, mouth not annulate, limb flat, lobes rounded entire emarginate 

 2-fid or sharply toothed, ovary globose, tip acute, stigma capitate, capsule globose 

 sunk in the broad calyx-tube, seeds large subglobose black papillose. Dvhy in 

 DC. Prodr. viii. 37. P. tridentata, Don Prodr. 77. P. sessilis, Boyle mss. 



Tempbeatb Himalaya ; from Simla to Bbotan, alt. 4^12,0,00, abundant. Fl. autumn 

 and winter. 



A most variable plant. The following forms pass into one another in all ways : — 



Vae. ]. petiolaris ■proper ; not mealy, leaves mostly elliptic, blade 1-3 in., petiole 

 2-6 in., scape 0, corolla large, lobes broad 2-fid or many-toothed. 



Vab. 2. nana; slightly mealy or not, leaves all or mostly obovate-spathulate 

 sessile or shortly petioled, corolla smaller, lobes obcordate entire or toothed. P. nana. 

 Watt. I. e. 23 ; Cat. 612 ; Gnff. le. PI. Asiat.'t. 485, f. 2 (Primwla). 



Vak. 3. Stracheyi ; not mealy, leaves all obovate-spaithulate erose, flowers very 

 numerous, scape 0, calyx small, corollaf in. diam., tube long, lobes narrower obcordate 

 entire. — Kumaon, atNamil, alt. ROOO ft., 8tnach. Sf Winterb. {Prm.M). 



Vab. 4. sujphimea; leaTes.,2 in. sessile obovate .clothed with yellow meal beneath 

 finely .toothed, corolla small J in. .diam., tube not twice the .length of the small 

 calyx, lobes entire or lacerate. — Kiimaon, at Suring, alt. 4500 ft,, ,iS/racA. # Winterb. 

 {Prim- 10). 



Vab. 5. pulvervlenta ; covered all but the corolla with yellow meal, leaves all 

 obovate-spathulate and irregularly toothed, flowers very numerous and large, corolla 

 1-Jii in. broad, (tube twice as Jong as the calys-lobes coarsely topthed.-rKuonaoD, at 

 Pindaree, alt. 10-12,000 ft.; Edgeworih, &.c. {.Straoh. ^ Winterb. Prim. 9). 



Vab. 6. Edgeworthii ; buds only mealy, leaves very large 3-4 in. without the 

 petiole which is often as long ovate or ellijiic base truncate acute or cordate, margin 

 irregularly coarsely toothed or lobulate with toothed lobules, pedicels stout, calyx 



