NAT. ORDER. 



Prhnulacccc. 



PRIMULA AMCENA. CAUCASIAN PRDIUI,A. 



Class V. Pentaxdria. Order I. Monogynia. 



Geii. Char. Cahjx, inaiiy-Ieavcd. Corolla, monopetalous. Tube, 

 cylindrical, the length of the calyx. 



Spe. Char. Stamens, with five very short filaments. Anthers, acu- 

 minate. Style, filiform, length of the calyx. 



The leaves are about three inches and a half long, one and a 

 quarter broad; \.\\espathc is oblong, crenate, denticulate, much atten- 

 uated towards the base, but scarcely petioled, slightly hirsute and 

 bright green above, densely covered witii white wool below, neatly 

 and regularly rugose, middle rib and veins very prominent behind, 

 primary veins nearly at right angles with the middle rib and secon- 

 dary veins, which are nearly at equal distance apart, reticulated at 

 the edges of the leaf ; scape and jlowers about seven inches iiigh, 

 lateral, erect, tomentose-villous ; umbel many-flowered ; involucre 

 awl-shaped ; pedicels erect, unequal, from half an inch to an inch 

 long, pubescent; caUj.x glanduloso-pubescent, pentagonal, ovatc-nb- 

 long, five-toothed ; angles prominent and green ; corolla very hand- 

 some, purplish-lilac in bud or when recently expanded, more blue 

 after a few days ; tube scarcely longer than the calyx, purple, glab- 

 rous and wrinkled; /imi spreading, nearly flat; se§'/»t7??s elliptical, 

 emarginate ; anthers nearly sessile in the throat, and yellow ; pollen 

 yellow ; i^crmen. globular, glabrous, and lobed ; the style is about 

 .twice the length of the germen; the stigma is large and hemi- 

 spherical. 



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