AN ENCYCLOPADIA 
OF HORTICULTURE. 991 
Primula—continued. 
nivalis (snowy).* fl. pure white, freely produced in large 
trusses on stems as high again as "the leaves; corolla lobes 
obcordate. Spring. l. obovate or spathulate, ciliated, smooth, 
— — and irregularly toothed. h. 4in. to Qin. Caucasus, 
v 
P. n, farinosa (mealy). l. mealy beneath. Central Asia, 1878. 
P. n. longifolia (long-leaved). A. dark violet. J. ovate-oblong 
to lanceolate-oblong. Central Asia, 1878. (R. G. 930.) 
P. n. turkestanica (Turkestan). É rose, generally in two 
dense whorls, and about lin. in diameter., Z. 
oblong, fla 
obtuse, smooth above, white below. h. 6in. Turkestan, 187i i 
(R. G. 930.) "A" 
One of the handsomest varieties in cultivation. 
P. obconica (obconical).* jl. pale lilac or purplish, drooping, 
umbellate; calyx between campanulate and funnel-shaped ; 
corolla with a cylindric tube and a flat limb lin. in diameter. 
Spring and summer. J. radical, many, petioled, broadly ovate- 
oblong, cordate or rounded- cordate, the margins lobulately 
— or nearly entire. h. 6in. to 12in. Central China, 1882. 
C. n. s., xix. 121; Gn., Sept., 1884.) Syn. P. poculiformis 
(E: M. 6582). 
P. officinalis (officinal). Cowslip; Palsywort. fl. bright yellow, 
in terminal umbels, hanging more or less to one side; calyx 
lobes obtuse; corolla limb cup-shaped. Spring and summer. 
l. generally smaller than those of the common Primrose, much 
narrowed towards the base, thickly pubescent with short, stiff 
hairs. A. 4in. to 12in. Europe (Britain), West Asia. A well- 
known plant, from which the Polyanthus (P. variabilis) is sup- 
posed to have originated. See Fig. 277. (Sy. En. B. 1130; 
L. B. C. 1597, under name of P. inflata.) Syn. P. veris. See also 
Polyanthus, 
Fig. 278. UMBEL AND DETACHED FLOWERS OF PRIMULA 
OFFICINALIS ELATIOR DUPLEX. 
EF. — elatior duplex (taller, double). A curious garden form, 
th a petaloid calyx. See Fig. 278. 
Fic. 279. UMBEL AND DETACHED SINGLE FLOWER OF PRIMULA OFFICINALIS 
MACROCALYX. 
—~ 
A —— form, with the 
Primula—continued. 
P. poculiformis (cup-shaped). A synonym of P. obconica. 
P. prznitens (very glossy). A synonym of P. sinensis. 
P. prolifera (proliferous). fl. , #in. in diameter; scape 
tall, bearing several whorls of flo rs. 4 large, obovate-oblong, 
denticulated along the margins. A. 6in. to 24in. Himalaya and 
Java, 1834. A very distinct and pretty species. (B. M. 6732 ; 
R. G. 1204.) Syn. P. imperialis. 
P. — (downy). fl. rosy-crimson, in very large bend 
April. l. obovate-oblong, dentate-serrate at apex, the margins 
densely glandular-ciliate. h. 3in. to 6in. South Europe, 1 
A fine hybrid, of which P. Auricula is one of the parents. 
(R. G. 1198a.) 
Fic. 280. PRIMULA SIKKIMENSIS, showing Habit and detached 
Single Flower. K 
P. pusilla (weak). A synonym of P, mistassinica. 
rosea (rosy).* bright rosy-carmine, with a yellow eye, 
pete fins — — in heads of from six to ten blossoms, 
on stout scapes ĝin. to 6in, high. Spring. l bright green, 
smooth, 3in. to 6in. long, in shape resembling those of the 
common Primrose, but not wrinkled ; edges slightly serrated and 
crimped, A. 4in. Kashmir, A handsome 
species, with a neat habit. (B. M. 6437; F. M. 
n. s. 360.) ‘ 
P. sapphirina ( hi 1 2 fl. pale blue, 
borne on slender scapes lin. to 2in. high. l 
sine tng ne ge obtuse, lisposed in 
- rosettes about in diameter. Sikkim (at 
13,000ft. to 15, . elevation), 1884. A minute 
species. (G. C. n. s., 1884, xxi. p. 545.) 
P. seamen (Seon! | fm ple, with a 
yellowish eye; tube of corolla eq 
P. sibirica (Siberian pels eae o, 
the segments lanceo! lanceolate, acute 
or slightly obtuse; involucre three to five- 
flowered. May. —— — yin arg 
ti obtuse, v ous, io! w uni 
psi h. Sin. “Sein 1818. (BM. 3167) P . & integerrima 
P. o. macrocalyx e rear ainu 
calyx foliaceous, and abnormally developed. See Fig. 279. margins. 
P. Palinuri (Palinuri). /l. bright yellow, with a Cowslip-like is a Big do 1 Mie with very entire leaves. — stalk i bes. 
perfume and a funnel-shaped corolla, disposed in a drooping | P. s. Kerai — gh e! woe 
umbel at the top of the powdered e. April and May. June. — —— jong gree abet ovate 4 — 
l broad ami ie a pea — A —— ipods: (iM: AE) 
bright almost as as those -i ; Cabbages. Syn. P. ans, some 
5 —— ay, p groon, almost —— Italy, 1 — vigorous- sikkimensis (Sikkim).* fl. — yellow, nearly lin. long and 
— — distinct species. (B. M. 3414; H. E. F. 118.) aj e than jin. across, num in large umbels, 
produce as many as “sixty blossoms; scapes 
ut a dozen fine 
Pa ing? e, with a yellow eye, nearly 
—— rry ae Ne pipe, wi Maa abo 
which sometimes 
from Uft. to 2ft. — Summer. l. rough, wrinkled, Pe 
oblong, obtuse, bidentate, attenuated into a footstalk. h. l4ft. 
to 2ft. Sikkim Himalaya, 1850. See Fig. 280. (B. M. 4597.) — 
—— hinese).* Chinese Primrose. M. white or —— 
of —— Ee ie of the limb ri —— 
terminal notch in each segment. Spring. l 
ieshy, with sinuated 
