inflated, conical, with a flattened or intruded base, striate, | 
with five connivent teeth, quite entire in the specimens 
which we examined... Corolla saucer-shaped ; tube half an 
inch long, cylindrical: limb plain, five-cleft ; lacinie ob- 
cordate, generally with quite entire margins ;. but, some- 
times on the same plant ‘from luxuriance, variously incised, 
oblique with respect to.the tube. Stamens five : filaments 
very short: anthers oblong-oval, included within the tube: 
pollen yellowish. Germen globular, sessile, streaked at the 
point, marking out the future dehiscence of the ripe cap- 
sule: Style and globular stigma both included. 
The first plant that flowered in this country had so ge- 
nerally more than five teeth to the calyx, and a corolla so 
variously jagged, as to lead to, a doubt whether it really 
belonged to the genus Primuta, and Dr. Hooker has coi 
sidered the species as consisting of two distinct varieties; 
but to us it-appears most probable, that when the num- 
ber of the teeth of the calyx exceeds five, and the margins 
of the corolla are not entire, this deviation is the effect of 
cultivation, and arises from luxuriance only ; as we suspect 
does also the verticillate appearance of the scape, a kind 
of monstrosity which sometimes takes place in the common 
 ipolyanthus. 9 9 0 : 
his beautiful acquisition to our greenhouses was 'e — 
ceived from China, and first cultivated with success m this 
country by Tuomas C. Parmer, Esq. of Bromley, in Kent, | 
_ who kindly communicated recent specimens in its di 
stages. of growth. This gentleman observes “ that it is. 
generally considered as very shy of producing seed, but 
that he always has sufficient, and remarks, that impreg®? 
as a very hardy greenhouse plant ; says it thrives best ™ 
rich loam with a large proportion of sand, and requires 
be well watered, but not over the plant, as it is apt t rot 
at the crown. It is rarely out of bloom, but is in its 
beauty in the winter and spring months.” | 
_. In the present month (March 1825), at the Horticulturtl 
society’s establishment at Chiswick, we were delighted with 
seeing a large collection of these plants under glass i? the 
front of one of the houses; when viewed in this 
tion is assisted by blowing into the flower. He treats.tt 
assembled many together, they are seen to much greater 
| “—_ than in detached individuals. sid 
_. Our drawing was made from a fine plant communica 
in April, 1824, by Mr. Jose aa of the exotic nu" 
sery, in the King’s Road, Chelsea, ba 
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