494 Lxxivii. PRiMULACEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) ^Primula. 



cupular with broad short lobes. — Garwhal, at Tungnath, alt. 8-900 ft., Edgewortk ; 

 Simla, alt. 7-10,000 ft., Thomson; Kumaon, at the Madhari Pass, alt. 8000 ft., 8traoh. 

 ^ Winterb. (Trim. 8). 



Vab. 7. scapiffera ; leaves as in var. 1, ■ scape very stout equalling or exceeding 

 the leaves, bracts short subulate from a broad base, pedicels 1-2 in. stout with some- 

 times a few small leaves intermixed. — Bhotan, Griffith ; Sikkim, alt. 8-12,000 

 ft., J. D. H. 



38. P. mlnutlssima, Jacquem. mss. in DC. Prodr. viii. 42; very small, 

 densely tufted, stoloniferous, leaves \-^ in. spathulate lanceolate or oblanceolate 

 acuminate acute or obtuse toothed above glabrous or puberulous mealy beneath, 

 scape sunk amongst the leaves 1-3-fld., flowers sessile 1-2-bracteate, calyx 

 cleft to the middle, tube terete, lobes oblong or lanceolate much shorter than 

 the long corolla-tube, corolla very large for the plant, lobes obcordate. Dvhy 

 Mem. Prim. t. 1, f. 3. P. Saundersiana, Herb. Royle. P. Stracheyi, Hook.f. ; 

 Munro in Garden, 1879, 535. 



Alpine Himalaya, alt. 12-16,000 ft.; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 12-15,000 ft. 



Forming large patches of rosettes each ^f in. diam. Leaves densely crowded, 

 dark green, teeth not recurved. Calyx glabrous, lobes very variable. Corolla bright 

 purple, (^J in. diam., tube glabrous, lobes bifid, lobules rounded. Ovary globose, 

 tip subacute ; stigma capitate. — This may be a reduced form of P. Heydei. 



Yar. spatJmlata ; leaves larger spathulate-obovate crenate, tip rounded. CoroUa 

 I in. diam. Sikkim, alt. 13,000 ft., J. B. H. 



39. P. reptans, Hook. f. ; minute, not mealy, tufted, minutely puberu- 

 lous, stem creeping, leaves ^j in. long including the petiole orbicular cleft one- 

 third way down into lobules with recurved margins, flowers solitary shortly 

 pedicelled erect much larger than the foliage, calyx small terete cleft to the 

 middle, lobes oblong obtuse one-fourth the length of the corollartube which is 

 long with a narrowly funnel-shaped mouth and spreading deeply 2-fld lobes. 



■Western Himalaya; Falconer; Kashmir, Burjila, alt. 14,500ft., Clarke. 



The creeping stem, minute rounded leaves i—| in. diam., suddenly contracted 

 into the slender petiole, palmately lobulate except at the very base, and the large 

 flowers, well characterise this little species. Corolla pale purple, J in. diam., tube 

 J in. long. Ovary globose, tip acute ; stigma globose. 



40. P. Kookerl, Watt in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. ined. ; tufted, glabrous, 

 not mealy, leaves J-1 in. usually sessile narrowly obovate-oblong or -spathulate 

 tip rounded margin sharply toothed and recurved, midrib very broad, outer 

 reduced to large sheaths, scape or very short, flowers 1-3 very shortly pedi- 

 celled, calyx cupular or campanulate glandular with 5 very short broad acute 

 teeth, coroUa^tube wide cylindric twice as long as the calyx, lobes short 2-fid 

 rounded. Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. 8f T. Prim. 26. 



Sikkim Himalaya; Laehen, alt. 12,000ft., j; D. H. 



A very distinct species, differing in the calyx from any of the group.— Boofe stout, 

 fleshy. Leaves dark green, rather fleshy, rarely produced into a petiole, teeth often 

 recurved, outer reduced to oblong fleshy scales toothed at the tip. Corolla white, 

 mouth without a thickened ring ; lobes about as long as the tube. Ovary globose, tip 

 acute ; stigma globose. 



41. P. muscoides, Hookf. ; minute, glabrous, not mealy, densely tufted, 

 leaves rs^o ^^- sessile obovate-oblong or subspathulate dilated at the base 

 margins recurved coarsely toothed or oblong and toothed at the tip only, midrib 

 very broad, flowers solitary subsessile with 2, broad ovate bracts, calyx short 



