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PRIMULA AMAENA. Porpite Caucasian 
PRIMROSE. | 
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Class and Order. 
PenTaAnpriaA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Primutacez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Flores subumbellati, involucrati. Cal. tubulosus, 5-fidus, 
s. 5-dentatus. Cor. tubulosa, fauce vel nuda, vel glandu- 
yaa limbo 5-lobo. Caps. apice 10-dentata, polysperma. 
pr. ! 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Primuta amena ; foliis spathulato-oblongis rugosis cre- 
nato-denticulatis hirsutiusculis subtus incano-lanatis, 
umbellis multifloris tomentoso-villosis, involucris sub- 
ulatis, calycibus ovato-oblongis angulatis, corolle 
limbo plano glabro tubo calyce vix longiore, collo 
hemispherico. | 
Primuta amena. M. Bieberst. Fl. Taurico-Caucas. v. 1. _ 
p. 138. Lehman. Mem. Primul. p. 39. t. 3. Roem. — 
et Schult. Syst. Veget. v. 4. p. 137. Spreng. Syst. 
Veget. v. 1. p. 574. 
Descr. Leaves (three inches and a half long, one and a 
quarter broad,) spathulato-oblong, crenate and denticulate, 
much attenuated towards the base, but agarce’y petioled, 
slightly hirsute and bright green above, densely covered 
with white wool below, neatly and regularly rugose, middle 
rib and veins very prominent behind, primary veins nearly 
at right angles to the middle rib and secondary veins, which 
are nearly equidistant, reticulated at the edges of the leaf. 
Scape, with the flowers, seven inches high, lateral, erect, 
tomentoso-villous ; wmnbel many-flowered ; involucre awl- 
shaped ; 
