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Primuta SipiricaA. SiperiaAN Primrose. 
Class and Order. 
Pentanpria Monoeyntia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Primunacea. ) 
Generic Character. 
Flores subumbellati involucrati. Calyx tubulosus quin- 
pushes seu quinquedentatus persistens. Corolla tubulosa, 
auce vel nuda vel glandulosa, limbo 5-lobo. Capsula 
apice decem-dentata polysperma. Spreng. 
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Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Primvuza Sibirica ; glabra, nuda, foliis ovali-subrotundis 
petiolatis integerrimis vel obtuse crenatis, umbella 
pauciflora laxa nutante, involucri sub tetraphylli foli- 
olis ovatis acutis basi calcaratis. 4 ; 
Primuza Sibirica. Jacq. Misc. Austr. v. 1. p. 161. Willd. 
Sp. Pl. v. 1. p. 806. Lehman, Prim. p. 60. t.7. Roem. 
et Schult. Syst. Veget. v. 4. p. 143. Spreng. Syst. 
Veget.v.1.p. 576. Ledeb. Fl. Alt. v. 1. p. 213. 
Primuza rotundifolia. Pall. It. v. 3. p. 223. 
Primuta intermedia, Ledeb. Decad. Pl. in Mém. de l’ Acad. 
des Sc. de St. Petersb. v. 5. p. 519. : : 
Primvra foliis ovatis glabris integerrimis, umbellis pauci- 
floris, nutantibus. Gmel. Fl. Sib. p. 83, t. 46. f. 1. 
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Descr. Root perennial, fibrous. Leaves radical, upon 
petioles about their own length, oval or roundish-oval, 
rarel ‘Subcordate, quite glabrous, and free from mealy 
Powder, as is the whole plant, the sides often involute, the 
ihargins entire, or bluntly and obscurely crenate. Scape 
five to seven or eight inches tall, pale green. Umbel of 
Ve to six nodding flowers, with an erect, four-leaved in- 
Volucre, whose leaflets are ovate acute, with a re 
inflated, 
