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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



99823 to 100103 — Continued. 



100031to 100034. Primula muscarioides Hemsl. 



A primrose with rather fleshy light-green 

 leaves 4 to 5 inches long. The scapes, twice 

 as long as the leaves, bear heads of deep purple- 

 blue or almost violet flowers. Native to moist 

 open places on the edges of forests in Yunnan. 



100031. F. 30234. 



100033. F. 30274. 



100032. F. 30266. 100034. F. 30291. 



100035. Primula pinnatifida Franch. 



F. 30318. A hardy alpine primula 3 to 10 

 inches high, native to Yunnan, where it is found 

 in swampy alpine meadows between 12,000 and 

 15,000 feet altitude. The thin leaves are pin- 

 natifid, and the spikes of beautiful bright-blue 

 fragrant flowers are produced as soon as the 

 snow disappears. 



100036 to 100040. Primula poissoni Franch. 



A glabrous primula with narrow-oblong, 

 rather regularly serrate leaves and purplish 

 flowers in w r horls. Native to Yunnan. 



100036. F. 30196. 



100037. F. 30225. 



100038. F. 30303. 



100039. F. 30233. Variety planiflora. 



100040. F. 30265. Variety planiflora. 



100041 to 100043. Primula polyneura Franch. 



A perennial primula with suborbicular, 

 crenate-lobed leaves 1 to 3 inches long and 

 scapes 4 to 16 inches tall, bearing umbels of 

 purple flowers about half an inch across. It is 

 native to central China. 



For previous introduction see 93929. 



100041. F. 30254. 100043. F. 30311. 



100042. F. 30287. 



100044 and 100045. Primula pulchella Franch. 



A handosme primrose growing in limestone 

 soil in rather moist mtadows up to 11,000 feet 

 altitude in Yunnan. The lanceolate leaves are 

 yellowish beneath, and the large flowers are 

 bluish purple. 



100044. F. 30262. 100045. F. 30320. 



100046. Primula pulchelloides F. K. Ward. 



F. 30310. A perennial herb native to Yun- 

 nan. The narrowly lanceolate leaves, 1 to 3 

 inches long, have revolute denticulate margins, 

 and the stiff scapes, 6 to 9 inches high, bear 

 umbels of light-violet flowers one half inch 

 across. 



100047. Primula rigida Balf. and Forr. 



F. 30241. A purple-flowered primula with 

 Arm oblong-spatulate leaves 2 inches long, 

 densely farinose beneath. The purple flowers, 

 one half inch long, are on a stout rigid scape 

 more than 2 inches high. A member of the 

 section Nivalis and native to the Muli Moun- 

 tains, Szechwan. 



100048 and 100049. Primula rockii W. W. 

 Smith. 



A small woody primula at 10,000 feet altitude 

 in southwestern China. It is related to the 

 section Bullatae, to which P. forrestii belongs, 

 but very distinct from it. The leaves are 

 smaller and darker green, and the large deep- 

 orange flowers are single, on short peduncles, 

 and droop. 



For previous introduction see 95388. 



100048. F. 30280. 100049. F. 30339. 



99823 to 100103— Continued. 



100050 to 100053. Primula secundiflora 

 Franch. 



A very fine perennial primula found on alpine 

 meadows up to 15,000 feet altitude, almost the 

 snow line, in southwestern China. When 

 young, the ovate-oblong finely serrulate papery 

 leaves, 2 to 4 inches long, are golden farinose 

 beneath, and the stout scape, 8 to 14 inches high, 

 bears a one-sided, 6- to 10-flowered umbel of 

 flowers nearly an inch across which vary in 

 color from bright violet to rich reddish purple. 



100050. F. 30219. 



100051. F. 30283. 



100052. F. 30315. 



100053. [No data. 



100054 to 100056. Primula serratifolia 

 Franch. 



A very attractive primula, native to western 

 China, where it grows along the banks of 

 streams. The leaves are bright green, and the 

 lovely yellow flowers are striped with orange. 



100054. F. 30193. 



100055. F. 30224. A very fine form. 



100056. F. 29886. 



100057 to 100061. Primula sikkimensis Hook. 



A primrose found in moist meadows and along 

 streams in the Himalayas at 13,000 feet altitude. 

 The lanceolate drooping leaves are dull green 

 on both sides, and the large bell-shaped rich- 

 yellow flowers, on stalks up to 2 feet high, 

 appear in June. It has the habit of P. secundi- 

 flora, and should be treated as a short-lived 

 perennial. 



For previous introduction see 93930. 



100057. F. 30222. 



100058. F. 30277. 



100059. F. 30278. 



100060. F. 30289. 



100061. F. 30292. 



100062. Primula sinolisteri Balf. f. 



A Chinese primrose of the type of P. obconica , 

 which promises to be of horticultural value, 

 since it does not have the irritant hairs. The 

 acutely lobed leaves form compact masses, and 

 the many trusses of flowers vary from white to 

 lilac in color. 



100063 to 100065. Primula sinoplantaginea 

 Balf. f. 



A Chinese primula of the section Nivalis, 

 native to Yunnan. The acute lanceolate leaves 

 are yellow-farinose beneath, and the deep- 

 purple flowers are on a thick scape 5 inches 

 high. 



100063. F. 30206. 



100064. F. 30213. 



100065. F. 30220. 



100066 to • 100070. PRIMULA SINOPURPUREA 



Balf. f. 



This, one of the most striking primroses of the 

 section Nivalis, is a stout herbaceous plant from 

 4 inches to 3 feet high, growing in acid soil in 

 boggy meadows up to 14,000 feet altitude in 

 southwestern China. The thin papery narrow 

 leaves are bright green above and golden yellow 

 beneath, and the large dense umbels of rich- 

 purple or violet flowers appear in April and 

 May. 



100066. F. 30200. 



100067. F. 30205. 



100068. F. 30223. 



100069. F. 30243. 



100070. F. 30316. 



