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Plate 38] PKIMULA 19
broad at the base, then awl-shaped and long-pointed ;
flowerjtalks
rather short, during flowering time y-l-J in. long, later
>n longer. Flowers erect, purple or white, or light violetpurple
with white centre and purple eye. Calyx often mealy,
about 2 in. long, cupular, cleft beyond the middle, lobes lanceshaped.
Corolla-tube longer than the calyx, limb f-f in.
diameter, lobes egg-shaped. Seeds papillose.
Flowers and Fruits. June to August.
Locality. Aporwat above Gulmarg, open stony hill-side,
above 10,000 ft., common
;
below Basam Gali in damp ground,
above 10,000 ft., common Tosh
; Maidan, in open localities,
11,000-12,000 ft., abundant; Dainam Sar, 13,500 ft.
Distribution. From the Pontic Mountains through the
Caucasus, Turkestan, Afghanistan and Himalaya, to Yunnan,
Altai Mts., Baikal region, Dahuria.
Note. This species as understood here includes the
varieties purpurea, Moorcroftiana, macrocarpa and lineariloba
of Primula Stuartii, Hook, f., in the Flora of British India.
Primula Stuartii, Wall., does not seem to occur W. of
Garhwal.
Pig. 3. Primula rosea, Boyle. Rose-coloured Primrose.
Coventry, pi. XXX.
Quite glabrous, not mealy. Leaves appearing shortly after
the flowers, all radical, simple, 2-5 in. long, egg-shaped-oblong
or inversely lance-shaped, or spoon-shaped, blunt or sharppointed,
stalkless or almost so, green and glabrous on both
surfaces, margin with closely set teeth, midrib broad.
Flowering stem as long as or longer than the leaves, robust,
in dwarfed specimens often not higher than 1 in. Bracts
lance-shaped, long-pointed. Flowers bright or pale rose-red,
5 to many, forming lax umbels, stalks usually short, about
I in. long, but very variable. Calyx 5-lobed to the middle,
i-i in. long, lobes triangular, sharp-pointed. Corolla-tube
longer than the calyx, lobes 5, 2-fid, sometimes toothed, limb
flat. Capsule globose, enclosed in the calyx seeds pale,
;
sharply angled.
Flowers. May to September, according to altitude.
Locality. Khelanmarg, 10,000 ft. ;
below Basam Gali, in
damp ground Basam Gali, higher level in open ground ; ;
Dudhganga forest in damp localities, 8,800 ft. ; Gulmarg, open
grassy juargs near streams and clearings in forest, above
8,500 ft. Tosh
;
Maidan.
Distribution. Alpine W. Himalaya, 8,000-12,000 ft.,
Afghanistan.