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Primula — contimied. 



Alps of Garinthia, and Carniola. SynS. P, Freyeri, P. Jellenkiana, 

 P. c. multiceps has larger and deeper-coloured flowers. 



P. cemua (drooping), h broadly ovate, short, petiolate ; margins 

 crenulate. Nearly allied to P. capitata and A erosa^ from which 

 it differs in the flowers (produced in July) being stalked instead 

 of sessile, and in the shape of its leaves and calyx. Chalky, 

 alpine pastures north of Tali, Yun-nan, 1883. 



P. Churchillii (Churchill's). A synonym of P. admontenmg, 



P» ciUata (ciliated). A variety of 1*, iHscosa, 



P. Cfluslana dentata (toothed), A synonym of P. admontensis. 



P. commntata (changed). A variety of P. viseosa, 



P. COnfinis (neighbour). A variety of P. viicosa, 



P. oridalensls (Cridala). if. rosy-purple, large. L ovate, 



broadening again at base, slightly ciliated, and rough on the 



upper surface. Tyrol, 1884. A very distinct hybrid between 



P, tyrolemis and P. Wuijeniana, It is a fine plant for exposed 

 rockeries. 



P. daonensis (Yal Daone). fL, pale rose, with a white centre, 

 very large. May and June. J. obovate, glandular-hairy on both 

 sides; margins serrated, Tyrol and Eastern Swiss Alps (6500ft. 

 to 9800ft.), 1854. A small and very pretty plant ; it does well on 

 exposed places on rockery. Syn. /*. o&mnBis. 



P. decora (comely), of Sims. A form of P. viscosa hirguta. 



P# Delavayil (Delavay*s). fl. intense purple, large, slightly hairy 

 on the outside ; peduncles eventually 1ft. or more high. August. 

 I, broadly ovate or sub -orbicular, cordate. Damp situations 

 in clayey soil (16,0O0ft.), Yun-nan, China. A very interestinR new 

 species, constituting a new sub-genus on account of the large, 

 latprally compressed seeds, and by the flowers appearing before 

 the leaves, borne singly on bractless peduncles. 



P. dontlculata alba (white). A white-flowered variety, re- 

 quiring the same treatment as the type. 1886. 



P. digenea (two-natured, i.e., hybrid). A hybrid between 

 P. elatior and P. 'ViulgarU, nearly allied to the former. It is not 

 distinct enough for general collections. Alps. 



P. Dinyana (Dinyan's). ft. deep purple, handsome, produced 

 in ffreat abundance ; corolla lobes n arrow- ob cord ate ; scapes Sin. 

 to 6in. high, disposed in.rather large heads of four to ten flowers. 

 Spring. L 4in. long, ovate-lanceolate, with ciliated and slightly 

 dentate margins. Bavaria. A hybrid between P. mtcgrifolia 

 and P. viscosa, most nearly allied, however, to the first parent, 

 from which it takes its habit. It is a very useful plant for 

 the rockery, doing best in rather shady nooks, in rich, vege- 

 tiible soil. 



P. discolor (two-coloured), fl. lilac or violet- purple, with silvery 

 eye, large ; scape 3in. to 4in. high, covered with farina. April. 

 I, ovate, with dentate margins, sparingly covered with glandular 

 hairs. Western and South Tyrolese Alps (in fissures of granite 

 rocks, 6000ft, to 7000ft.). A hybrid between P. Auricula and 

 P. daonensis, resembling the former in habit. It is a charming 

 plant, easily managed in the open border. A possible parent 

 of the garden Auriculas. 



P. dolomltlca (Dolomite). A variety of P. Auricula. 



P. dryadlfolla (Bryas-leaved). fl, violet, three to five in an 

 umbel, sub-sessile; calyx campanulate ; bracts broadly ovate. 

 July. U ovate or sub-cordate ; petioles short, Avinged. Rhizome 

 long, slender. Glacier of Li-Kiang, Yun-nan. Habit much 

 resembling that of Dryas octopetala, well characterised by its 

 leaves and the shape of its bracts. 



P, BumonUnil (Dumoulin'sX fl. deep rose-coloured, large for 

 the size of the plant ; corolla lobes obcordate ; scapes not more 

 than 2in. high, producing numerous flowers, in compact bunches. 

 Spring. 1. more spreading, larger, and broader than in 

 P. immma (which thia plant resembles in habit), with nu- 

 meTOUS small pits on the upper surface. Collected on the 

 Mountain Trate, Indicarien, Austria, 1877. A robust-growing, 

 free-flowering hybrid between P. minima and P. spectaUUs, 

 with the characters of both parents distinctly shown in robust 

 specimens. It is pretty for rockeries, doing well wherever 

 P. minima grows. Sandy peat, in rather dry positions. 



P. elatior calycantha (calyx-flowered). A pretty, garden 

 form, having a large, leafy, frilled and lobed calyx, which is 

 coloured like the corolla. 1886. (R. G. 1886, p. 242, f . 17.) 



P. e. intncata (perplexing). A very distinct. Continental form 

 ofonr wild Oxlip, but not worth adding to general collections. 



P. elliptlca (elliptic). 4. four to twelve in a loose umbel, violet 

 or bluish-purple, with broad, deeply-cleft lobes ; tube variable in 

 length. June and July. I. not mealy, 2in, long, ovate or ovate- 

 oblong, narrowed into a broad petiole, with sharply-toothed 

 margin:^, dark green and shiny above, h. 6in. to I2in. Near 

 Thibet, Cashmere. &c. (8000ft. to 12,000ft.). Habit of P. rosea, 



P# KLweslana (Elwes'). fl. dark purple, solitary, very large ; 

 calyx five-parted, the se^ents ovate-lanceolate ; scape 6in. to 

 7in. high. I. 2in. to 3in. long, oblanceolate, acute, entire ; 

 petioles broadly winged. Rootstock stout, with broad, fleshy. 

 leafj^ scales. Sikkim-Himalaya. A remarkable and beantiful 

 species. (G. C. n, s., xxi., p. 645.) 



P. £sctieri (Eacher's). fl. rose or lilac-purple, large ; scapes 2in. 

 to Sin. high, bearing several flowers. April. I. lin. to 2in. long, 



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Primula — co7itinued, 



half as broad, ovate-lanceolate, the margins cartilaginous, serW 

 rated. 1880. >Vhole plant glandular-hairy. Habit of P. integri- 

 folia^ in close, dense, tufty rosettes of numerous leaves. A 

 hybrid between P. Auricula and P. integrifoliay growing with its 

 parents. 



P. Facchinii (Facchin's). fl, rosy-purple, rather large, two or 

 three to each scape. May and June. I. spathulate, gracefully 

 curved, and usually deeply crenated at apex, bright green ; 

 rosettes compact. Granite region, Southern Tyrol. An ex- 

 tremely graceful and useful plant, hybrid between P. minima and 

 P. spectabilis, most nearly allied to P. minima. It is the easiest 

 to manage of the newer hybrids, and a profuse blossomer. 



P. farlnosa var. (of Scopoli). A synonym of P. longiflora. 



P, Flbrkeana (Florke's). fl. deep lilac or lilac-purple ; corolla 

 lobes obovate, deeply bifld; scape 2in. high, bearing several 

 flowers, surrounded by a leafy involucre. Spring. I. cuneate 

 or tongue-shaped, broad at the apex, dentate or serrated, about 

 lin. long. Growing with its parents on the Swiss and Tyrolean 

 granite Alps (7000ft.). A charming little hybrid between 

 P. gluti}iosa and P. minima ; very free and vigorous. Syn. 

 P. minima hybrida. 



P. For&terl (Forster's). fl. deep rose-coloured, with white throat, 

 large, produced two or three on each scape, and usually twice in 

 the year— early springy and autumn— rarely failing. I. three to 

 lour times larger than in P. minima, deeply and sharply serrated 

 at apex, hairy on the margins and upper surface. Padaster, 

 in Gschnitz Valley, Central Tyrol, 1880, A hybrid between 

 P. minima and P. viscosa hirsuta. Habit and leaves resembling 

 P. minima, but very robust, and having the hairs of the latter 

 parent, 



P. Freyerl (Freyer's). A synonym of P. carnioUca. 



P. Gamliellana (GambeVs). fl. purple, the mouth annulate; 

 corolla lobes round, emarginate ; scape few-flowered. I. lin. in 

 diameter, orbicular-cordate, toothed, glabrous. Buds mealy. 

 Temperate Himalayas. Similar to P. rotundifoUa, but with fewer 

 and larger flowers. (G. C. n. s,, xxi., p. 545.) 



P# ^eraniifolia (Geranium-leaved), fl. many, in a solitary, ter- 

 minal umbel, with sometimes a whorl below the umbel, spreading 

 and drooping ; corolla pale purple, glabrous, the tube a little 

 longer than the pubescent calyx, rather inflated and contracted 

 at the yellow, annulate mouth ; scape erect, 6in. to lOin. long, 

 softly hairy. May. I. spreading, lin. to l^in. in diameter, or- 

 bicular and deeply cordate, pale yellow-green, membranous, 

 hirsute on both surfaces, eleven to fourteendobulate. Root::stock 

 short. Eastern Himalaya, 1887. (B. M. 6984.) 



P. glaoialls (glacial), fl. violet, three to five in an umbel. June. 

 A charming little species, distinguished by its long calyx, divided 

 four-iifths of its entire length into very narrow lobes, and by its 

 corolla, with narrow, quite entire divisions. Nearest P. nivalis 

 (oi Pallas, not of gardens) and P. Fedschenkoi. It differs in its 

 larger, more deeply-lobed calyx. Clefts of rocks on the Glacier of 

 Li-Kiang, Yun-nan, China. 



P. Heeril (Heer'a). fl. purple, large, several on a scape. April. 

 Habit low, close, and tufty, like that of P. integrifoliay from which 

 the leaves differ in being lin. to 2in. long, ovate- lanceolate, slightly 

 toothed, and hairy. A hybrid between P. viscosa hirsuta and 

 P. integrifoUa, growing with its parents. 



P. hirsuta (hairy), A variety of P. viscosa. 



P, Hugueuinti (Huguenin*s), fl. fine, deep purple, large ; scape 

 2in. to 3in. high, bearing several flowers. April and May. l. lin. 

 long, obovate- or ovate-lanceolate, toothed from the middle of the 

 blade to the apex ; margins covered with short hairs, slightly 

 glutinous. 1880. Habit tufty, like that of P. integrifoUa; 

 rosettes close and large. A hybrid between P. glutinosa and 

 P. integrifoUa^ growing with its parents. 



P, huzQLilis (dwarf). A synonym of P. pusilla, of Wallich. 



P. Huteri (Huter'sJ. /. deep violet ; limb shorter than the tube ; 

 scape glutinous, with three or four oblong bracts. May. i. long- 

 spathulate, with eleven to fifteen short, broad, triangular teeth, 

 thickened at the tips like stmall bladders. Tyrol, Ac. A pretty 

 little hybrid between P. Flbrkeana and P. glutinosa; habit of the 

 latter, not more than lin. high. 



P. Intermedia (intermediate). A garden synonym of P. alpina. 



P. Jseschklana (Jseschke's). of Kemer. A synonym of P. Stuartii 



purpurea. 

 P. Jellenkiana (Jellenk*s). A synonym of P. carnioUca. 



P, Kerneri (Kerner's). fl. of a reddish- violet colour, with a 

 yellowish -white throat; calyx campanulate ; teeth twice as 

 long as broad, elliptic, and pointed; scapes stout, 2in. to 4jn. 

 high, beanng several flowers. April and May. l. bright green, 

 slender, broadly spathulate -obovate, dentate -serrate. Styria and 

 Eisenhut. near Turrach, in Stieirmark, in company with P. Gohlii, 

 Habit of P. viscosa, the entire plant covered with black, • * idular 

 hairs. A hybrid between P, Auricula and P. villosa. 



P, Kltaibeliana (KitaibeVs). A variety of P. spectabilis. 



^* ^ti^Ua (broad-leaved). See P. viscosa latifoUa. on 



p. 223. Vol. HI. 



P, I«ebliaua (Leblian's), fi, rose-purple, large and fine ; scape 

 Sin. to 4in. high, three to eight -flowered. April and May. 



