C 3020 ) 
PrIMULA PUSILLA. PALE-FLOWERED AME- 
RICAN Birp’s-EYE PRIMROSE. 
KEKE EERE EEE EEEEEE EEE 
Class and Order. 
Pentanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Primutacez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Flores subumbellati, involucrati. Cal. tubulosus, 5-fidus, 
s. 5-dentatus, persistens. Cor. tubulosa, fauce vel nuda 
vel glandulosa, limbo 5-lobo. Caps. apice 10-dentata, po- 
lysperma. Spr. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Primuta* pusilla; foliis obovatis basi attenuatis acute 
dentatis subtus calycibusque farinosis, involucri foliolis 
basi vix gibbosis, corolle laciniis obcordatis bifidis 
(pallidis) tubo subaeque longis. 
Primuta pusilla. Goldie in Edin. Phil. Journ. v. 6. p. 322. 
t. 11. f. 22. Hook. Exot. Fl. 0. 1. t. 68. Richardson 
in Frankl. ist Journ. ed. 2. App. p. 21. Spreng. Syst. 
Veget. v. 2. p. 575. Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 2d Ser. 
t. 5. : 
Descr. Root small, fibrous, perennial. Leaves many, 
from the crown of the root, spreading, about two inches 
long, obovate, attenuated at the base, but not stalked, dis- 
tinctly and sharply toothed at the margin from the base to 
below the middle, pale green above, mealy below. Scape 
from three or four to six and seven inches high, scarcely 
mealy, 
* See derivation at t. 2973. 
