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~ Primuta Cortusoipes. Cortusa-LEAvep — 
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Clafs and Order. 
Pine swinrs Moxoorns 4. 
: Generic Charader. 2 
Involucr. umbellulz. Corolle tubus cylindricus : ore patulo, 
| Specific CharaGer and Synonyms. 3 
PRIMULA cortufoides, foliis petiolatis cordatis fublobatis ¢ 
natiss Linn, Syft. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 
Gmel, Sib. v. 4. t. 45. oe 
This very rare fpecies of Primula, called cortufoides, on 
count of the fimilitude of its foliage to that of the @ 
Maithili of Linn aus, is a native of Siberia, and 
by GmeLIn. aa bo on a Se 
__ To increafe our colleétion of Primula’s, now confiftins 
thirteen diftin& fpecies, we purchafed this plant about | 
_ years fince of Meffrs. Lez and Kennepy, Nurferymen, 
_ Hammerfmith, who had juft received it from, abroad. 
__ Inthe wrinkled appearance of its foliage, it approact 
Primula acaulis, and others of that divifion, while, in its 
~ florefcence, the colour of its flowers, and folitary feapus ( 
_ Tifes to an unufual height) it bears an affinity to the farimy 
_ Being yet a very rare plant, it will be neceffary to trea 
_ with unufual care, to keep it in a pot filled with equal 
loam and bog-earth, to place it in a moift fhady fitu 
the Summer, and in a frame in the Winter. | 2 
It flowers in June and July, and may be raifed 
_ Or propagated by parting its roots; but is apt to be 
duly attended to. Be 
Inthe Winter it lofes its leaves entirely, and form 
_Of bulbous hybernaculum under ground ;_ this circumft 
the more neceffary to be known, as it fubjeéts the ple 
thrown away asdead, ee eee 
Sey oe age 
