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 PRIMULA SINENSIS. CHINESE Primrose. 
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Class and Order. 
PENTANDRIA Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
Calyx: 5-dentatus. Cor. hypocrateriformis tubo cylin: 
ico fauce, pervia. Stigma globosum. Caps. unilocularis 
apice 10-dentata. peri; wresolss 
| Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Primuza sinensis ; foliis lobatis incisis. hirsutis, floribus 
umbellatis : umbellis sepe proliferis, calyee inflato 
conico basi intruso. 
Painuta sinensis ; foliis lobatis. incisis hirsutis, floribus 
verticillatis, corolle limbo obliquo, calyce conico- 
inflato. Hooker Exot, Fl. 105._ 
MULA sinensis; calycibus inflatis decem-dentalis, co- 
ry rollis crenato-incisis. Lindley Collect. Bot. 7. : 
RIMULA prenitens; (pubescens, umbella nunc bis proli- 
fera) calyce membranaceo, ovato, ventricoso, inde- 
finite multifido ; focto capsula inflato-distento: corolle 
-Taciniis superne inciso-dentatis, Bot. Reg. 539... 
mile 
-Dascr. Root perennial. Leaves all radieal, cordate- 
| ag frequently red underneath, many-lobed : lobes den- 
ati lower ones incurved; Petioles longer than the leaf, 
the 4. channelled, dilated at the base, and, as well as 
™ whole plant, covered with a soft pubescence. Scapes 
- “Yeral from the same root, bearing ma purplish crim- 
“flowers in an umbel, which is frequently once or twice 
liferous making the flowers verticillate ; but this pro- 
flo ly arises from luxuriance, and is not natural. The 
| mii are supported singly on slender peduncles two or 
Tractnches long, at the “base of which are lanceolate 
- tised } Sometimes quite entire, sometimes vari 
_“«; Corresponding in number to the peduncles. 
inflated, 
