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Plate 38] PRIMULA 23<br />
long, slightly bent back ;<br />
flower-stalks slender, f-1 in. long,<br />
longer in fruit. Calyx in.<br />
-J---J- long, narrowly bell-shaped,<br />
split to the middle ;<br />
lobes lance-shaped, sharp-pointed, hairy<br />
on the margins. Corolla purple tube cylindric, 2-3 times as<br />
;<br />
long as the calyx, pale yellow, limb f in. broad, lobes notched.<br />
Capsule inversely egg-shaped, enclosed in the calyx.<br />
Locality. Mazaffarabad District.<br />
Distribution. W'.<br />
Himalaya, 10,000-14,000 ft.<br />
Primula involucrata, Wall.<br />
(Involucrata means being provided with an involucre.)<br />
Not mealy. Leaves 1-3 in. long, leathery, egg-shaped or<br />
oblong or oblong-heart-shaped, or round, blunt, entire or<br />
obscurely and minutely toothed, narrowed into a long or short<br />
stalk f-l in. long. Flowering stem much longer than the<br />
stem, slender, 4-12 in. high, loosely 3-6-flowered ;<br />
bracts<br />
linear, about ^ in. long, base much produced, often bifid.<br />
Flower-stalks in. long, slender. Calyx tubular, 5-ribbed,<br />
glabrous, about J in. long, lobes narrowly triangular. Corolla<br />
white, tube twice as long as the calyx, limb flat, in. diameter<br />
lobes broad, notched.<br />
Very nearly related to Primula sibinca, but has larger<br />
leaves, longer leaf-stalks, larger flowers which are white, and<br />
a shorter fruit.<br />
Locality. Ladakh ;<br />
Liddar Valley.<br />
Distribution. Alpine Himalaya, from Kashmir to Sikkim,<br />
12,000-15,000 ft. (not in Europe, Siberia and N. America).<br />
Primula minutissima, Jacquem.<br />
(Minutissima means very small.)<br />
A very small plant, densely tufted, stoloniferous, forming<br />
large patches of rosettes, each i-J in. diameter. Leaves<br />
densely crowded, dark green, -i in. long, spoon-lance-shaped<br />
or inversely lance-shaped, long-pointed, blunt or sharp-pointed,<br />
toothed, glabrous or slightly hairy above, more or less mealy<br />
beneafh. Flowering stem very short, hidden amongst the<br />
leaves, 1-3-flowered ;<br />
bracts 1-2, small. Flowers stalkless,<br />
very large considering the size of the plant. Calyx glabrous,<br />
about i in. long, cleft to the middle, tubular-bell-shaped, lobes<br />
oblong or lance-shaped, much shorter than the long corolla-
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