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irregularly toothed. Flowers usually purple, sometimes varying 
to white, solitary on slender, distinct, radical stalks. Corolla 
funnel-shaped, f-1 in. diam. ; lobes toothed or acute, sometimes 
rounded. (Fig. 92.) 
Mahasu, Matiana, Narkunda, on rocks and grassy slopes above 8000 ft. ; 
April, May.— Simla to Bhotan, 4000-12,000 ft. 
3. Primula floribunda. Wall. ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 495. Glan- 
dular-pubescent. Leaves thin, narrowed into a broad, winged 
stalk, ovate, lj-4xj-l| in., coarsely and irregularly toothed. 
Flowers yellow, unequally stalked, in one or several superposed 
whorls borne on slender, erect, solitary or tufted scapes 4-8 in. 
high. Corolla salver-shaped, about f in. diam. ; lobes notched. 
Simla, near water or under damp rocks ; January-December. — W. Hima- 
laya, 3000-6000 ft. 
2. ANDROSACE. From the Greek aner, andros, a man, and 
sacos, a shield ; the application is variously explained, but pro- 
bably the shape of the leaves of the common species suggested the 
name. — N. temperate, alpine and arctic regions. 
Small herbs ; stems none or very short. Leaves alternate or 
crowded in rosettes, stalked or sessile, lobed and toothed or entire. 
Flowers small, in involucrate umbels terminal on slender, erect 
scapes. Calyx tubular, 5-lobed. Corolla salver-shaped, in. 
diam. ; tube shorter than the calyx, narrowed and wrinkled at 
the mouth ; lobes 5, spreading, entire or slightly indented. 
