NATURAL ORDER PRIMULACEA. 
Tribe—PrimuLEx. Section of genus Primula, having a calyx much 
shorter than the tube of the corolla, and the young leaves rolled in- 
wards, 
Puate XII.—Primula latifolia. Lapeyrouse. Woods. Grenier 
and Godron. PP. viscosa. Alhonit. 
GENERIC.—See description of preceding plate. 
Speciric.—Flowers purple, dimorphic, from 5 to 20 in number. 
Capsule globular, longer than calyx. Leaves oboval-oblong, slightly 
crenate above, gradually narrowed into the petiole ; densely covered 
with glandular hairs. Growth that of an herbaceous perennial, with 
large tufted fleshy leaves, which are sticky to the touch, and bearing 
a stout peduncle generally longer than the leaves, making the plant 
from three to six inches high. 
EXPLANATION OF Pirate XII.—Plate XII. shows a short-styled plant 
of Primula latifolia. Figs. 1 and 2 exemplify the two forms in this 
plant ; fig. 1 being part of a blossom taken from the short-styled plant 
drawn in the plate, and fig. 2 the long-styled form in a distinct specimen 
‘of Primula latifolia. In my one specimen of this latter form, the stamens 
were not, as is usual in such other Primulas as I have seen, sunk in the 
bottom of the tube, but stood at about a quarter of its height. 
Remarks.—By referring to the preceding plate and its description, 
‘some short account will be found of Mr. Darwin’s discoveries with 
regard to some species of this genus, as recounted in the “ Linnean 
Journal.” This beautiful Primula has not yet been found in the imme- 
diate neighbourhood of Mentone, and the specimen from which I have 
drawn was one of several brought me from near Sospello, in the valley 
through which the road runs from Nice to Turin. It cannot be con- 
fused with any other species that I have yet procured at Mentone, but 
greatly resembles Primula villosa of De Candolle, which is chiefly to be 
distinguished by its obovate or nearly orbicular leaves, which are suddenly 
narrowed into their petioles, In a monograph of the Primulas by 
Lehman, I find the following habitats given; the Alps of Carinthia, 
