PLATE 60 A.—Androsaee Harriss'i Duthk. A portion of plant,—0/ natural me. Fig. 1, rosette of
leaTes; 2, single flower ; 3, calys, laid open to show t)ie capsule; 4, corolla, laid open ; 5, stamens ; 6 seed,—
all enlarged.
J. F. D.
P L A T E 60 B.
62. ANDEO8A.CE FRAGILI8 Duih'e i,t Jow-n. •Bomb. Nai. Hisl. Soc. ined.
Natural order Primulaceai.
P e r e n n i a l ; -whole i)lant e x c e s s i r e l y glaniular-vlacid ; petioles, peduncles and pedicels
slender, wiiy, b r i t t l e ; leavei all radical; petioles 2—6 cm. l o n g ; blade usually broader
than long, 2—3 cm. mde and l-o to 2 cm. fi-om base to apex, orbicular or
runiform, cordate, deeply lobed, thinly cai'tilaginous, dark-green above, tlie lower
surface reddish-brown turning to bright-red, glistening on both surfaces; veins promin
e n t ; lobes extending almost to the centre of tlie blade, overlapping at their apices,
usually with 3 crenatures at the s u m m i t ; psduncles far-exceeding the leaves, 9—12
cm., usually curving upwards from the base, clothed witli short silky pubescence
•with shorter glandular hairs intermixed; pedicels 2—3 cm. long, slender, spreading;
Iracts cuneate-obovate or spathulate, often trifid at the apex, clothed with long
s i l k y hairs and shorter glandular ones ; calpx broadly campanulate, deeply lobed,
enlarging and spreading in fruit; lobes oblong or obovate, cuspidate, jirominently
v e i n e d ; corolla slightly exceeding the calyx when in flower, deeply lobod; limb at
lirst pure-white turning pink and afterwards bright-crimson; lobes obovate,' bifid;
tuba short, globular, greenish ; slamena on very short iilaments, attached to the corollatube
•g-way u p ; ovanj turbinate; style very short; onpsule subglobose, usually covercd
l i y the marcescent corolla ; seeds about 20, -5 mm. long, ovate, flattened at the sides,
minutely gianular.
"WESTERS HIMALAYA; ia Jaunsar and Tehri-Garhwal, in the valleys of the Tons
and its tributaries, growing in crevices o£ rocks at elevations of between 3,000 and
7 , 0 0 0 feet.
J u d g i n g merely from herbarium specimen of this plant, it might very reasonably be
regarded as o n l y a variety of the polymorphous A. rotundifolia Hardw. Its peculiar habit,
however, when seen i a a living state, together with certain very distinctive characters
enumerated in the above description, f u l l y entitle it, in m y opinion, to specific rank. At
all elevations i t maintains its habit of confining itself to the crevices of overhanging rocks,
nearly always out of the reach of direct sunlight. At the higher elevations, whore
-1. rotundifolia becomes abundant, I have f a i l e d to detcct a n y t h i n g approaching to an intermediate
form. It is at once recognized by its rather small g l i s t e n i n g dark-green leaves, its
minute pure white and crimson flowers, and by the long slender petioles, peduncles and
spreading pedicels. It is also a very much more viscid plant than any of the kuown varieties
of A. roiandi/olia.
PLATE, COB.—ADdrosace fragilia Bvihie. B. Entire plftut; 7, and Eingle leaf,—of nalurnl size; S,
llowei Eeen froDi above; 9, corolla, laid open to show the position of the stanion; iO, caly.-c, laid opeu tt>
sliow the yourg cnpBule; 11, ripe f r u i t ; 12, seed,—all eulari/id.
J. F . D. .
P L A T E 61.
63. PEMULA INAYATI Ifuihie.
Natural order Primulacefe.
P e r e n n i a l ; rooUiock thick ; leaves all radical, tapering into long slender sheathing
petioles, upwards of 3*3 dm. long by 1 — c m . broad, narrowly oblanceolate, rounded or
subacute at the apex, erose or unequally crenate-serrate along t h e margin, membranous, darkgreen
above and covered underneath with a lustrous, silvery-green m e a l i n e s s ; petiole and
midrib reddish-brown; veins slender, reticulate; scape very long, sometimes e x c e e d i n g the
leaves, stout, pilose towards the summit;//owcrs numerous, in umbels; Iraats 1—l-o cm.
long, linear or lanceolate, acuminate, bases not produced; pedicels varying i n length, upwards
of 3 cm, when in fruit, clothed with dark-coloured spreading hairs; eul:/x 6 mm. long,
divided half-way down into 5 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate lobes, green-mealy inside,
enlarging in fruit, and with wide sinuses ; corolla about 6 mm. across, its tube longer
than the calyx; lobes obcordate; anthers sessile, attached below the middle of the
corolla-tube, ovate, acute ; ovary globose, depressed at the summit; style longer than ihe
o v a r y ; capsule globose, included within the c a l y x ; sseds minute, oval, compressed, with,
a winged appendage at either end,
N.-W. HIMALAYA : Hazara, on wet rocks i n the Siran. and Kag^n valleys, at elevations
between 4,500 and 6,000 feet (Herb. Nos. 19919, 2 1 9 7 4 ) ; discovered by Inayat
Khan, of the Botanical Department of N. India.
A very distinct species, approaching P. obitisifolia Royle, and P. elongata Watt-
Only one specimen was found with the remains of flowers, the colour of which was
not recognizible in thr) dried specimen. Its flowering season is probably during
the late autumn. I have much pleasure in naming this species after m y head plant
collector, Inayat Khan, whose i n t e l l i g e n c e and enthusiasm have resulted i n t h e discovery
of several other new and rare plants in various parts of Northern India. Sonie
diminutive single-flowered specimens, abaut 4 cm. high only, were gathered in the
Siran Valley.
P1.ATB 61. Primula Inayafci Dv,thie. Portion of a plant,—0/ mtwal site. 1, a flower; 2, ooroUs,
laid open; 3, oalyx, laid open, showing the young oapaule; 4, ripe capsule, enclosed in calyx; 5, seed,—
all enlarged.
3. F. D.
P L A T E 62.
64. PBIMULA HAZARICA Duihie.
Natural order Primulace®.
Height of plant up to 13 cm,; rootstock perennial; leaves 1-2 to 7*5 cm. long
and 7 to 19 mm. wide, obovate or spathulate, tapering into the more or less broadly
w i n g e d petiole, thin, green above, white-mealy beneath, denticulate; vein^ conspicuous
on the under surface, curving upwards in forks and terminating in the marginal t e e t h;
scape firm, up to 8 cm. l o n g ; flowers 1—many, in umbels, di-morphic; brads linear,
up to 7 mm. long, erect or reflexed at the apex, their bases not produced, minutely
ciliate along the margin ; pedicels slender, varying in length, up to 25 mm., spreading
or recurved and elongating in f r u i t ; calyx b—7 mm. long, cleft to or below the middlo;
lobes erect, lanceokte, acuminate, minutely ciliate; corolla bright-purple, about IT
ASN. EOV. Bor. GAED. CALC., YOL, IX.