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PRIMULA VERTICILLATA. Wuortep- 
FLOWERED Primrose, | 
Class and Order. 
- Peranpria Moxooynra., 
es Nat. Ord —Paunviacea: ) 
Generic Ohiny Bet: : 
Flores subumbellati, involucrati. Cal. tubulosus, 5-fidus 
‘s. 5-dentatus, persistens. Cor. tubulosa, fauce vel nuda 
vel glandulosa, limbo $-leboi' — _ 10-dentata, 
ee Spr. 20) 
DS 2 18h? Specific Character and sel. 
eties Go at JSE 
Parti: verticillata ; foliis ‘radicalibus’ erectis plete 
acutis serratis in petiolum attenuatis subtus farinosis, 
floribus verticillatis, involucris foliaceis, tubo corollee 
longissimo, laciniis integris. Spr. 
Primuta verticillata. Forsk. Fl. Aig. Arab. Cent. “ID p p. 
42. Vahl Symb. Bot. p. 15. t. 5. Willd. Sp. Pl.2. 1. 
p. 500. Lehm. Primul. p. 92. Spreng. Syst. Veget. 
+ 1. p. 57D. Gen Bee [Reape Hare PRNe, 
| in Edin. New ite. 49g oe | ae 
Descr. Root wnat rel shapes. gates sube- 
rect, rhomboideo-spathulate, decurrent along petioles that 
are ‘longer than the leaves, incised, and the divisions ser- 
rated, convex above, soft, much veined from the midrib, 
and somewhat bullate. Scape erect, round. Flowers ver- 
ticillate, five: mies ‘uaa he cesses Bractea, name Yo 
* From primus, on account of the early appearance of the flowers of most 
of the species. 
