three-quarters of a line broad, so closely covered with hairs, like those of” 
the stem, that the whole epidermis is hidden. Their veins are concealed - 
by the hairs; but if the latter are removed, they appear to consist of a 
thickened midrib, and a few nearly simple spreading vene primarie. 
The flowers proceed from the axils of the upper leaves, from three to 
six on each little branch; at first they are sessile, but their footstalks 
subsequently lengthen by degrees until the fruit is ripe, when they are 
from three-quarters of an inch to one inch in length, and covered with 
the same sort of hairs as the leaves and stem. The calyx is hairy in like 
manner, obconical, angular, with five equal erect narrowly triangular 
teeth, about the length of the tube. The corolla is of a vivid purple 
colour, infundibuliform, wholly destitute of pubescence. The tube is a 
little ventricose, and rather longer than the calyx, its whole length being 
about three lines. The limb is spreading, five-parted with cuneate, oblong, 
obtuse segments ; the orifice is guarded by five transversely linear calli, 
placed under each sinus, and corresponding to the same number of ex- 
ternal depressions of the neck of the tube. The anthers are linear oblong, 
nearly sessile, opposite the segments of the corolla, and a little inclosed 
within the tube. The ovarium is superior, of an obovate figure, one- 
celled, with a central free fungilliform placenta, the lower edge of which 
has five teeth corresponding to an equal number of peltate ovules. The 
style is filiform, as long as the tube of the corolla, and continuous with 
the ovarium ; stigma, a minute depressed cup. The capsule is of a carti- 
laginous texture, surrounded by the persistent calyx, one-celled, with five 
recurving valves; the seeds are two, peltate, oblong, convex on the out- 
side, concave in the inside, dark brown, covered closely with minute dots 
or depressions ; four only having been found, their internal organization 
has not been determined. 
* Hence it appears that, with the exception of the interior. of the 
seed, the whole structure of the plant is determinable: it is also obvious 
that it is referable to Primulace®, of which it possesses all the characters. 
In faet it is closely akin both to Primula and Androsace. From both 
these genera, however its ovarium which exhibits the greatest instance of 
reduction of ovules yet known in the order, and its dispermous capsule, 
with oblong concave seeds, readily and essentially distinguish it." 
„The foregoing statement is extracted from the notice of this genus 
which I published some years ago in the Journal of the Royal Institution. 
Since that time the plant has been raised in the garden of the Horticul- 
tural Society, where it flowered in J uly, 1835, and subsequently in April, 
1836, having been raised from seeds collected in California by Mr. Douglas. 
It proves to be a branched herbaceous plant, growing pretty freely in 
peat and sand, and ripening its seed in small quantity. Hitherto it has 
been kept in the greenhouse, there having been only two plants raised in 
the first instance ; it is however probable that it will thrive better under 
the treatment suited to alpine plants. 
Sir William Hooker es a second species (Douglasia arctica, 
Hooker) collected by Dr. coroada on the shores of the par sea. 
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