the cortusoides of Siberia, especially in regard to foliage 

 and pubescence, as well as habit of growth ; but the indefi- 

 nitely numerous segments, inflated distention of the calyx, 

 progressive with the growth of the fruit within it, and 

 toothed margin of the divisions of the corolla, still render 

 it a striking anomaly among its congeners. 



The plant not having been yet known in its wild state, 

 can we be sure that the multiplication of the segments of 

 the calyx does not arise from luxuriance, induced by exotic 

 cultivation? In regard to the number of the teethhke 

 valves by which the capsule opens at the summit, it is true 

 to the generic type. 



We should have continued the name of sinensis, by 

 which the species was mentioned to us by Mr. Sabine; but 

 we find a Primula of that title in the Flora Cochinchinensw 

 of Loureiro ; an author, it is true, who cannot be deemed 

 any great authority in regard to this genus, having regis- 

 tered the now well-known Hydrangea hortensis under that 

 head, by the specific denomination of mtUabilis, But still it 

 is possible his Primula sinensis may be of the present genus ; 

 and at all events our plant has not been published by that 

 name. 



The Monograph of this genus by M. Lehmann, contains 

 42 species, exclusive of the present and another from Terra 

 del Fuego, recorded in the Banksian' Manuscripts as Pri- 

 mula antarctica. 



