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41403 to 41417— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. K. E. Cooper.) 



41406. Peimula sp. Primulacese. Primrose. 

 "No. 4166. Only seen in fruit, but allied to if not Primula oMusifolia ; 



preferring peaty soil under shade of Abies forest, along stream edges at 

 altitudes of 12,000 to 13,000 feet." 



41407. Ikis sp. Iridacese. Iris. 

 " No. 4190. Growing under oak forest at an altitude of 8,000 feet, only 



seen in fruit and suspected of being only half hardy, but growing in dry 

 situations on slopes that are snowed under in winter. May prove all 

 right." 



41408. Peimula petiolaeis Wallich. Primulacese. Primrose. 

 " No. 4213. Growing under rhododendrons at altitudes of 10,000 to 



11,000 feet, in moss, on rocks, trees, etc. Not seen in flower. Inflores- 

 cence stalked." 



41409. Peimula petiolaeis Wallich. Primulacese. Primrose. 

 " No. 4214. Growing in similar situations as S. P. I. No. 41408 and 



differing only in the sessile inflorescence a la Primula icinteri. Flowers 

 not seen." 



41410. Peimula sp. Primulacese. Primrose. 

 " No. 4217. Suspected of being Primula ivhitei W. W. Smith, growing 



under rhododendron scrub at an altitude of 10,000 feet in moss on 

 bowlders by stream. Never in actual swampy peat by water. Flowers 

 dark blue, yellow eye, in a head often of 12 to 20 flowers." 



41411. Peimula mollis Nutt. Primulacese. Primrose. 

 "No. 4227. Growing in sodden leaf soil in undergrowth of Elatostema 



on slope facing north at an altitude of 7,000 feet. Not hardy. Flowers 

 not seen." 



41412. Peimula obtusifolia Royle. (?) Primulacese. Primrose. 

 " No. 4270. Var. lutea. Flowers yellow with golden eye, harsh scented, 



growing in profusion in peaty alpine meadows at an altitude of 14,000 feet." 



41413. Tamaeix sp. Tamaricacese. Tamarisk. 

 " No. 4283. Scrubby plant with spike of heather-colored flowers, 



growing on gravel by a stream in the bed of a glacial valley at an altitude 

 of 12,000 feet. Plants 6 inches to 1 foot high, in masses ; fruits woolly." 



41414. Meconopsis sp. Papaveracese. 

 "No. 4293. Allied to Meconopsis simplicifolia ; only seen in fruit 



among dwarf rhododendrons at an altitude of 13,000 feet. Fruit peculi- 

 arly round, differing in this from usual long fruits of Meconopsis sim- 

 plicifolia" 



41415. Pinguicula sp. Pinguiculacese. Butterwort. 

 "No. 4311. Only seen in fruit, growing in moist peat by a stream in 



an alpine meadow at an altitude of 12,000 feet." , 



41416. Peimula sp. Primulacese. Primrose. 

 "No. 4330. Same as S. P. I. No. 41404, but seed selected from plants 



with only two or three tiers of fruits." 



41417. Beyocaepum himalaicum Hook. f. and Thorns. Primulacese. 

 " No. 4332. Flowers yellow, solitary, growing in moss, etc., under 



Abies forest at an altitude of 11,000 feet." 



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