Tas. 4798. 
PRIMULA mo tis. 
Soft-leaved Bootan Primrose. 
Nat. Ord. PrrmuLacn®.—PENTANDRIA MoNnoGyYNIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4550.) 
Primvta (Primulastrum) mollis; acaulis, molliter hirsuto-pubescens, foliis longe 
petiolatis cordatis sinuato-lobatis crenulatis reticulatim villosis, seapo foliis 
longiore (petiolisque) patentim villosis, floribus verticillatis, verticillis 3—4- 
subquinquefloris, pedicellis bracteis longioribus, calycis laxi subampli tubo 
turbinato (intense rubro) dentibus patentibus viridibus, corolle (intense 
roseze) limbo obliquo laciniis obovatis bifidis. 
PRIMULA mollis. Nuté. MSS. 
A charming new Primula, of the “ Primulastrum” section, and 
intermediate as it were between Primula Sinensis and P. cortu- 
soides; but very different from either in foliage, corolla, and 
. especially calyx. It is a native of the mountains of Bootan, 
x where it was discovered by Mr. Booth ; and the plants were reared 
; from seeds sent by him to his relative Mr. Nuttall (Rainhill, 
i near Prescott), which flowered in April of the present year. That 
| gentleman has hitherto treated it as a hardy greenhouse plant ; 
but the probability is, it will be found to bear the open arr, and 
may be considered to bear the same treatment as P. cortu- 
soides. 
Dzscr. Root perennial. Whole plant covered with soft pu- 
bescence or hairs. Stem none. Leaves all rising from the root, 
upon long terete petioles, which are clothed with long spreading 
hairs; the blade is almost exactly cordate, rather obtuse, with a 
deep but nar inus at the base; the margin sinuato-lobate 
and crenulate, reticulately veined and soft with pubescence, 
which is more copious beneath, and there the nerves are pro- 
: minent. Scape longer than the leaves, villous with soft patent 
| hairs, bearing three or four whorls of moderately-sized deep rose- 
coloured flowers. Involucre of two linear or subspathulate leaves. 
AUGUST lst, 1854, 
