Herbarium catalogue

Family: Primulaceae

Primula tenella var. flagellaris (W.W.Sm.)A.J.Richards

Isotype of Primula flagellaris W.W.Sm.

Collector/Expedition: Smith, William Wright & Cave, George H.

Collection number: 2631

Collection date: 9th August 1909

Country/Territory: India:Sikkim

Collecting locality: India:Sikkim:Hill above Zemu Valley, S. side towards Lachen

Description: Not specified

Miscellaneous notes: Group minutissimae Pax. I can not find any parallel to the length of [illegible] in any recorded Primula. Those of P.minutissima Jacq. + var B spathulata are described by Pax as ''abbreviati, foliosi'' (Pax. Monog. Primulaceae in Pflanzenreich, 1905) which thesea re not. Cf figures in Pax has no specimen of B spathulata unless the 2nd sheet - ''Tauthig 1885'' is it. [Added later is response] (Yes!) No. 2631 has very slender corolla tube, calyx and lobes obtuse & leaves large for the group. [Signed] W.W.Smith

Barcode: E00024489

Cite as: https://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00024489

Herbarium region: 5D (Bhutan, Sikkim & Darjeeling)

Number of sheets: 1