Klatt, is a member of a very natural and well-marked 
coterie of the Soldanelloid group of Primulas. It is readily 
distinguished from its allies by the bronze tint of its buds, 
the very wide calyx with irregularly toothed lobes, the 
rather large white mealy eye, and the minute pistil. Like 
many other Primulas, P. Wattii is practically monocarpic ; 
after flowering when about a year old the plants die or 
are too weak to flower a second time. For horticultural 
purposes such species have to be treated as annuals; 
unfortunately they do not always ripen seeds under 
cultivation. 
Description.— Herb. Leaves membranous, green, oblong 
or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, base narrowed to the petiole, 
margin coarsely crenate, 1 in. long, 2 in. wide, with 
scattered long white hairs above and similar hairs on the 
midrib and nerves below; lateral nerves about 6 on each 
side, these like the midrib and the transverse veins sunk 
above, raised beneath; petiole almost winged, about 1 in. long, 
sparingly ciliate with long white hairs. Scape about 4 in. 
high, bearing a many-flowered head of flowers; bracts small, 
lanceolate or almost rounded, membranous, Calyx rather 
large, cupular, about as long as the corolla-tube, membranous, 
loose, irregularly lobed, the lobes irregularly toothed, green 
with longitudinal brown streaks. Corolla violet with a 
white mealy eye; tube } in. long; limb wide-campanulate, 
5-lobed, the lobes subcordate and irregularly lobulate. 
Anthers oblong, apiculate, very small; filaments very short. 
Pistil very small, glabrous, subglobose; style about as long 
as the ovary ; stigma widely truncate-capitate. 
Fig. 1, calyx; 2, calyx in section, showing the minute pistil ; 8, corolla laid 
open, showing the stamens and the white mealy eye; 4, pistil:—all enlarged. 
