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PRIMULA VERTICILLATA VAR. SINENSIS. 
, - a 
Native of Abyssinia. 
Nat. Ord. PrtwuLacez.—Tribe Primu.ea. 
Genus Primua, Linn. ; (Duby in DC. Prodr., vol. viii. p. 34). 
Primuta (Sphondylia) verticillata ; stramineo-farinosa, foliis irregulariter 
sargute serratis, radicalibus rosulatis obovato-spathulatis -lanceolatisve 
acutis in petiolum late alatum angustatis, floralibus verticillatis sessilibus 
lanceolatis ovato-lanceolatis obovatisve acuminatis pedicellis longiori- 
bus, floribus numerosissimis erecto-patentibus, calycis campan ti 
lobis ovato-lanceolatis integerrimis v, irregulariter serratis, corolle tubo 
angusto elongato calyce ter longiore, lobis obovatis suborbicularibus 
oblongisve emarginatis v. erosis. 
Primuta verticillata, Forsk. Flor. Algypt.-Arab., p. 42; Vahl. Symb., vol. 1- 
p- 15,t.5; Dubyin DC. Prodr., vol. viii. p. 835; Jaub. and Spach, Ill. 
Pl. Orient., vol. v. t. 488; Link. and Otto Abild., t. 51. 
Var. sinensis; bracteis inferioribus latioribus 3-neviis, calyce ad medium 
5-fido, corolle limbo fere pollicem lato lobis rotundatis emarginatis ; 
Mast. in Gard. Chron., 1870, p. 597; P. sinensis, Hochst. in Schimp. 
Pl. Abyss., sect. ii. n. 662; Field and Gard. Sert. Plant., vol. i. t. 48 ; 
Jaub. and Spach, Ill. Pl. Orient., vol. vy. t. 440; P. Boveana, 4. 
Reich. Tent. Flor. Abyss., vol. ii. p. 15, non. Desne. ; P. Courti. Hort. 
Veitch, 
P. verticillata was originally discovered in the Arabian 
province of Yemen, on the margins ‘of rivulets on Kierma, a 
calcareous mountain in north latitude 14}’—that is, towards 
the southern extremity of Arabia Felix. In his “Flora 
gyptiaco-Arabica,” posthumously edited by Niebubr, this 
mountain is described (p. xc.), as being higher than its neigh- 
bours, almost destitute of trees, but covered with crops of 
herbs and cereals, the Ho/eus excepted, which the peasants 
say is unable to withstand the cold of that elevation. This 
Primula was subsequently gathered under three forms in 
various parts of Arabia, and in Abyssinia, amongst which 
forms no constant differences can be detected. Of these the 
JULY Ist, 1873. 
