Androsace.] lxxxtii. PRiMULACEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 497 



Vab. 5. Thommni, Watt 1. e. ; much smaller, glandular-puberulous, leaves small, 

 lobules acutely toothed, pftiolea filiform, flowers small, eorolla exceeding the entire 

 calyx lobes.— Western Tibet; Dras river, Thomson; Iskardo, alt. 9000 ft., and 

 Barji la, alt. 11,000 ft., Clarke. 



3. A. g'eranlifolla, Watt in Jowm. Linn. Soo. ined. ; perennial, stolor 

 niferous, laxly -villous with soft spreading hairs, leaves rounded-cordate 7-lobed 

 to the middle, lobes 3-lobulate, petiole much longer than the blade, bracts 

 very small lanceolate acuminate quite entire, calyx campanulate 5-cleft above 

 the middle, corolla exceeding the calyx. 



Ktjmaon ; at Dwali, alt. 8200 ft., Sirach. ^ Winierb. Sikkim in damp woods at 

 Lachen, alt. 9-10,000 ft., J. D. H. 



Stolons a foot long, very slender. Leaves 1-2 in. broad, petiole 2-6 in. Scapes 

 much longer than the leaves ; invol. bracts ^ in. Calyx small, broadly campanulate, 

 jg-^ in. diam. ; lobes broad or narrow, recurved. 



tt Leaves lanceolate elliptic or spathulate, densely rosulate, 



4. A, septentrionalis, Linn. ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iii. 17 ; glabrous, 

 leaves small densely rosulate sessile oblanceolate acute or obtuse, scapes rigid, 

 invol. bracts minute subulate, calyx turbinate 5-toothed, corolla very small. 

 Bviy in DC. Frodr. viii. 52 ; Lamk. III. t. 98, f. 2 ; Fl. Ban. t. 7 ; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 2021 ; Nees le. Gen. Fl. Qerm. v. t. 6 ; Reiokh. Ic. Fl. Germ. xvii. t. 1110. 



Western TrBBT ; Falconer; Karakoram and Deosar, alt. 12-14,000 ft., Clarke. — ■ 

 DiSTRiB. Mid-Europe, Caucasus, N. Asia, Arctic America. 



Leaves in Tibetan specimens J-5 in., coriaceous, densely packed, quite entire or 

 obscurely toothed. Scapes many, 4-6 in., one usually much stouter than the rest 

 and rather longer ; invol. bracts ^-^ in. ; pedicels 1-2 in., very unequal. Floweriiig 

 calyx t^-jj in. diam., fruiting about ^ in., teeth acute. Corolla very small. Seeds 

 small, angular, granulate. 



5. A. Aizoon, Dvhy in DC. Prodr. viii. 50; perennial, inflorescence 

 glandular-pubescent, leaves densely rosulate sessile cartilaginous spathulate 

 cuspidate cUiolate, scapes very long, invol. bracts small lanceolate, calyx be- 

 tween hemispheric and turbinate cleft to the middle, corolla small. Done in 

 Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 141, t. 145. 



Kashmir and Wbsteek Tibet; alt. 8-11,000 ft., Jacgaemont, Falconer, &c. 



Leaves J-1 in., very numerous and most densely rosuhte, margins thickened 

 when dry. Scapes ^-2 ft. ; invol. bracts Jj in., ovate ; pedicels J-f in., very unequal. 

 Calyx turbinate ; lobes oblong, obtuse. Corolla-lohes 2-fid with 2-fid appendages. 

 Capsule with 2-fid valves. Seeds large, angular, rough. 



** Scapes solitary; flowers umbelled, except in 1-flowered varieties of 

 A-. villosa. 



t Leaves minute, cartilaginous, glabrous except the strongly cHiate margins. 



6. A. sempervlvoldes, Jacquem. in DC. Prodr. viii. 50; small, 

 etoloniferous, leaves densely rosulate obovate-spathulate apiculate ciliate car- 

 tilaginous, scape solitary, umbels glandular-pubescent, pedicels short, calyx 

 cleft to the middle, lobes obtuse, corolla-lobes obovate, tips rounded. Lhtby 

 Mem. Prim. t. 3, f. 2. 



Western Tibet; Jacquemont, Falconer. Sind Valley, Kashmib, alt. 11,000 ft., 

 Clarke.- — Disteib. AJffghanistan (a form with longer narrow leaves). 



Bosettes ^ in. diam., subglobose. Stolons short, 1-1^ in., stout, naked. Leaves 

 glabrous on both surfaces, J-^ in,, margins translucent when dry. Scape 1-3 in,, 

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