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99823 to 100103— Continued. 



100002 to 1000Q4. Primula dryadifolia Franch. 



A rather uncommon primrose which forms 

 cushions in moist rocky places on the eastern 

 slopes of the Likiang Snow Kange, Yunnan, at 

 15,000 feet altitude. The somewhat shrubby 

 plant is only 4 or 5 inches high, with small 

 spatulate leaves, golden below, and long scapes 

 bearing clusters of 3 to 15 nearly sessile flowers 

 varying in color from violet to dark purple and 

 from rose to rich crimson. 



100002. [No data.] 100004. F. 30298. 



100003. F. 30230. 



100005. Primula dubernardiana Forrest. 



F. 30269. A handsome primula from south- 

 eastern Tibet where it forms dense cushions, 1 

 to 2 feet in diameter, in dry situations on the 

 ledges and in the clefts of mountain cliffs at alti- 

 tudes between 8,000 and 9,000 feet. The flowers 

 are a beautiful shade of pale rose with a bright 

 yellow eye. 



100006. Primula elegans Duby. 



F. 30344. A primula from the mountains of 

 Kashmir, with oblanceolate glabrous crenate 

 leaves and large lilac flowers in clusters of 3 to 

 8 on a slender scape. 



100007. Primula euosma Craib. 



F. 29662. A dwarf primula with a rather dense 

 rosette of elliptic or obovate rounded leaves an 

 inch or more long and fragrant flowers of a soft 

 purple-rose color with a green-yellow eye on a 

 scape 2 to 4 inches high. Native to Yunnan. 



100008. Primula farreriana Balf. f. 



F. 29646. A stout alpine perennial, farinose 

 throughout, with long-stemmed spatulate 

 leaves up to 9 inches long and small dark-purple 

 fragrant flowers on a stout scape about 10 inches 

 high. It is native to dark cold gullies in Kansu, 

 and belongs to the section Nivalis. 



100009 to 100012. Primula Florida Balf. and 

 Forr. 



A perennial herb, native to Yunnan, with 

 ovate leaves, farinose beneath, which are spread 

 flat on the ground. The scape bears an umbel 

 of short-stalked purple-blue flowers with fari- 

 nose chalices. 



100009. F. 30216. 



100010. F. 30242. 



100011. F. 30275. 



100012. F. 30312. 



100013. Primula forrestii Balf. f. 



A handsome perennial primula from the 

 mountains of northwestern Yunnan between 

 9,000 and 11,000 feet altitude, in dry sunny 

 situations. The woody rootstock is said to 

 live over 50 years, the large basal leaves are 

 covered with glandular hairs and have the 

 odor of apples, and the rich orange-yellow 

 flowers are in large umbels. 



100014. Primula franchetii Pax. 



A plant found in moist rocky situations on 

 mountain meadows between 10,000 and 12,000 

 feet altitude in southeastern Tibet. 



100015. Primula glacialis Franch. 



F. 30204. An attractive Chinese primula 

 with a thick elongated rhizome, oblong-lanceo- 

 late obtuse leaves an inch long with white 

 farinose undersurfaces, and violet flowers half 

 an inch long on short peduncles 1 or 2 inches 

 high. Native to Yunnan. 



100016. Primula gracilenta Dunn. 



F. 30268. A perennial herb native to Yunnan. 

 The petioled oblong leaves with irregularly 

 wavy dentate margins are in a rosette from 

 which arise the slender scapes 6 to 18 inches 



99823 to 100103 — Continued. 



high. The deflexed lilac flowers, borne in a 

 head, have a cylindrical corolla tube with 

 oblong lobes each terminated by a short tail, 

 giving a fringed effect. 



100017. Primula helodoxa Balf. 



A large Chinese primrose of the section Cande- 

 labra, with flower stalks like those of P. ja- 

 ponica, about 3 feet high, which have 7 or 8 

 tiers of soft-yellow flowers resembling in color 

 and size those of Jasminum primulinum. It 

 requires a moist but well-drained site. 



For previous introduction see 92500. 



100018. Primula lepta Balf. and Forr. 



F. 30273. A small delicate primula of the 

 section Muscarioides, with a rosette of papers 

 oblanceolate or oblong leaves about 2 inches 

 long and deep-purple flowers less than an 

 inch across on a fragile scape about 3 inches 

 high. Native to Yunnan. 



100019 and 100020. Primula 

 Hand.-Mazz. 



An alpine primula of the section Nivalis, from 

 southwestern China, with small linear-lanceo- 

 late somewhat fleshy leaves 5 to 8 inches long 

 and purple flowers half an inch long on scapes 

 about a foot high. 



100019. F. 30286. 



100021 to 100024 

 Forrest. 



A handsome primrose of the section Cortu- 

 soides, from southwestern China, where it 

 reaches a height of 6 to 14 inches, growing on 

 ledges and boulders in dry shady places. The 

 foliage is very variable, and the fragrant flowers 

 vary from rose to almost crimson with green- 

 yellow eyes. 



leucochnoa 



100020. F. 30290. 

 Primula lichiangensis 



100021. F. 30209. 



100022. F. 30250. 



100023. F. 30253. 



100024. F. 30300. 



100025 and 100026. Primula littoniana 

 Forrest. 



A handsome plant of the section Muscarioides, 

 2 to 3 feet tall, growing in swampy meadows in 

 southwestern China between 10,000 and 11,000 

 feet altitude. The gray-green hairy leaves 

 form a rosette from which arise the scapes bear- 

 ing pendent deep indigo-blue flowers in densely 

 packed spikes sometimes 5 inches long. The 

 blood-red bracts and calyxes of the flowers 

 form a wonderful contrast to the blue flowers. 



100025. F. 30249. 



100026. F. 30299. 



100027. Primula malvacea Franch. 



F. 30255. A primrose from the mountains of 

 Yunnan, densely covered with short hairs; the 

 bright-green leaves are about 3 inches long, and 

 the thick scapes bear 2 or 3 umbels of reddish 

 flowers. 



100028 and 100029. Primula minor Balf. and 

 Ward. 



A semialpine primula of the section Pulchella, 

 native to open mountain slopes in dry situations 

 in southwestern China. The broadly oblong- 

 spatulate leaves are only 2 inches long, and the 

 small violet flowers are borne on a scape about 2 

 inches high. 



100023. F. 30338. 



100029. F. 30343. 



100030. Primula muliensis Hand.-Mazz. 



F. 30257. A glabrous alpine primula with 

 narrowly obovate acute leaves about 10 inches 

 long, light green and somewhat fleshy, and 

 pale- violet flowers, very fragrant, on a stout 

 scape nearly 2 feet high. Native to Szechwan. 





