896 
iPRIMULA Pallasii. 
Palkts's Oxlip. 
♦ 
Nut. Old. PrimulacE;«. 
PRIMULA. Suprd vol. 7. t. 539.. 
P. Pallasii ; toliis obt)vato-oblongis eroso-dentatis glabris subundulatis, 
umbella pubescente, calycibus ovatis hiantibus, corollse limbo piano, 
Lehm. Momgraphia Primularum, p. 38. t. 3. Romer et Schultes. 
4.137. 
P. altaica. PaU. in Herb. Willd. ex Rom. et Schultes. 4.785. non Leh- 
mamm. * 
Folia c<e»n/08a, vere primo parva, rugosa, erecfa. ohlonga, acummataf 
lamaue lateribus in se repUcatiiy petiolo laiissimo ; posteu explanata, multoties 
majoray obovato-oblonga glabra. Scapus erectuSy teresy leviter pubescent. 
Umbella 6-fiora, mvobtcro brevi diphyllo ; pedicelli erecti leviter pubescentes. 
Calyx oblongus, pentagontis, pubescens, ferl tubi longitudine : laciniis brevibus 
rectis, post anthesin hiantitnis. Corolla hypocrateriformis, pediceUo longior, 
pallid^ sulphurea, tuba terete calyee vixlongiorey Umbo piano, lacinm ducreiu 
obcordatis, tubi longitudine. 
This was first published firoip Willdenow's Herbarium, 
by Lehmann, in his Moiiographia Primularum. From the 
Oxlip of our meadows, it is distinguished by the proportion 
and form of the cahjrx, and by the form of the leaves. The 
latter during- the time the plant is in flower are very small, 
with their sides so much folded back as to make the petiole 
appear as wide as the lamina ; after flowering they become 
large, obovate, and fully expanded. 
Raised in 1822 at the Garden of the Horticultural So- 
^ciety, from seeds presented by Professor Schrader, of Got- 
tingen. A hardy perennial plant flowering in the begin- 
ning of February, and requiring the same treatment as the 
Primrose and Polyanthus. It is sensibly distinguished 
from the Oxlip and Cowslip, by the peculiar form of its 
leaves, and by the pajie^^ulj/hur colour of its flowers. 
