Tab. 5528. 

 PRIMULA cortusoides; var. amcena. 



Cortusa-leaved Primrose ; deep-coloured var. 



Nat. Ord. Primolace;e. — Pentandria Monogynia. 



Gen. Char. Calyx subcampanulatus vel tubulosus, plus minus profunde 5-deu- 

 tatus vel etiam 5-fidus. Corolla hypocraterimorpha vel infundibuliformis, limbo 

 5-fido, lobis plerumque emarginatis, fame ad limbum dilatata, tubo tereti calycem 

 aequante aut superante. Stamina inclusa. Filamenta brevissima. Anthera 

 saepe acuminata?. Ovarium globosum aut ovato-globosum. Ovula 00, peltatim 

 amphitropse. Capsula ovata, 5-valvis, valvulis integris aut bifidis apice tantum 

 dehiscentibus, seminibus minimis numerosis. — Herbae, foliis plerumque radicali- 

 bus ; scapo simplici ; floribus umbellatis involucratis, rarius verticillatis, scepissime 

 speciosis. Be Cand. 



Primula (§ Primulastrum) cortusoides; foliis petiolatis cordato-ovatis villosis 

 rugosis insequabter dentatis subobtusis, scapis villosis 5-00-floris, involucri 

 foliolis lineari-subulatis acutis, pedicellis divaricatis 6° minoribus, calyci3 

 suburceolati adpressi striati 5-fidi tubum subsequantis laciniis lineari-lan- 

 ceolatis acutis, corollae bypocraterimorphae lobis late obcordatis marginatis. 

 Be Cand. 



PaiMULA cortusioides. Linn. Sp. PI. p. 206. Gmel. Fl. Sibir. v. 4. t. 45. 

 Thunb. Jap. p. 82. Bot. Mag. t. 399. Andr. Bot. Repos. t. 7. 



/?. amosna ; floribus duplo triplove majoribus, colore intense purpureo-roseo. Tab. 

 Nostr. 5528. 



This extremely handsome state of the well-known Primula 

 cortusoides has been recently imported into English gardens from 

 Japan, and our figure is taken from a living plant entrusted to 

 us for the purpose, by Messrs. Veitch, in May of the present year. 

 One has but to compare our present figure with the figures 

 quoted above, or with native specimens from the Russian domi- 

 nions in our herbaria, to justify the preference that must be given 

 to this variety, on account of the size of the foliage and umbels 

 and flowers, and the deep, almost purple colour of the latter. 

 Thunberg, indeed, in his ' Flora Japonica/ says of the species, 

 " Crescit hinc inde in insula Nipon ;" but he adds, " saepe in 

 hortis culta ;" and Dr. Asa Gray, in his ' Japan Collections of 



august 1st, 1865. 



