Primula beesiana, Forr. Very like P. serratifolia(No. 162), and at first confused with it: 1-2 ft. high: fls. rose-carmine with bright yellow eye, fragrant: lvs. oblong to obovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or very short-acute at apex, narrowed to petiole which is winged above, serrate: scapes surpassing the lvs., bearing about 3 or more whorls of few to several more or less deflexed fls.: calyx campanulate, to 5 lines long; corolla-limb about 3/4in. across; spring and early summer. Yunnan, China, 9,000 ft. altitude. Named for Bees, nurseryman, Liverpool. Intro. 1908. G.C. III. 50:240, 243. J.H. III.68:121. G. 36:175. R.H.S. 39:168.—A moisture-loving species. An attractive and promising species for cultivation.