594 THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING. 
Primula—continued. 
Alps of Carinthia, and Carniola. Syns. P. Freyeri, P. Jellenkiana. 
P. c. multiceps has larger and deeper-coloured flowers. 
P. cernua (drooping). /. broadly ovate, short, petiolate; margins 
crenulate. Nearly allied to P. capitata and P. 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. admontensis. 
P. ciliata (ciliated). A variety of P. viscosa. 
P. Clusiana dentata (toothed). A synonym of P. admontensis. 
P. commutata (changed). A variety of P. viscosa. 
P. confinis (neighbour). A variety of P. viscosa. 
P. ‘cridalensis (Cridala). . rosy-purple, large. J. ovate, 
broadening again at base, slightly ciliated, and rough on the 
upper surface. Tyrol, 1884. A very distinct hybrid between 
P. tyrolensis and P. Wulfeniana. It is a fine plant for exposed 
rockeries. 
P. daonensis (Val Daone). jl. pale rose, with a white centre, 
very large. Mayand June. /. obovate, glanduwlar-hairy on both 
sides; margins serrated. Tyrol and Eastern Swiss Alps (6500/t. 
to 9800ft.), 1854. A small and very pretty plant; it does well on 
exposed places on rockery. SYN. P. @nensis. 
P. decora (comely), of Sims. A form of P. viscosa hirsuta. 
P. Delavayii(Delavay's). jl. intense purple, large, slightly hairy 
on the outside; peduncles eventually lft. or more high. August. 
1. broadly ovate or sub-orbicular, cordate. Damp situations 
in clayey soil (16,000ft.), Yun-nan, China. A very interesting new 
species, constituting a new sub-genus on account of the large, 
laterally compressed seeds, and by the flowers appearing before 
the leaves, borne singly on bractless peduncles. 
P. denticulata alba (white). A white-flowered variety, re- 
quiring the same treatment as the type. 1886. 
P. digenea (two-natured, i.c., hybrid). A hybrid between 
P. elatior and P. vulgaris, nearly allied to the former. It is not 
distinct enough for general collections. Alps. 
P. Dinyana (Dinyan’s). jl. deep purple, handsome, produced 
in great abundance; corolla lobes narrow-obcordate ; scapes Sin. 
to 6in. high, disposed in rather large heads of four to ten flowers. 
Spring. J. 4in. long, ovate-lanceolate, with ciliated and slightly 
dentate margins. Bavaria. A hybrid between P. integrifolia 
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- 
table soil. 
P. discolor (two-coloured). 1. lilac or violet-purple, with silvery 
eye, large; scape Sin. to 4in. high, covered with farina. April. 
l, ovate, with dentate margins, sparingly covered with glandular 
hairs. Wester: and South Tyrolese Alps (in fissures of granite 
rocks, 6000ft. to 7000ft.). A hybrid between P. Awricula 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. dolomitica (Dolomite). A variety of P. Auricula. 
P. dryadifolia (Dryas-leaved). l. violet, three to five in an 
umbel, sub-sessile; calyx campanulate; bracts broadly ovate. 
July. J. ovate or sub-cordate ; petioles short, winged. 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. Dumoulinii (Dumoulin’s). /. 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. ¢. more spreading, larger, and broader than in 
P. minima (which this plant resembles in habit), with nu- 
merous 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. spectabilis, 
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. intricata (perplexing). A very distinct, Continental form 
of our wild Oxlip, but not worth adding to general collections. 
P, elliptica (elliptic). 1. four to twelve in a loose umbel, violet | 
or bluish-purple, with broad, deeply-cleft lobes; tube variable in 
length. Juneand July. J. not mealy, 2in. long, ovate or ovate- 
oblong, narrowed into a broad petiole, with sharply-toothed 
margins, dark green and shiny above. h. 6in. to 12in. Near 
Thibet, Cashmere, &c. (8000ft. to 12,000ft.). Habit of P. rosea. 
P. Elwesiana (Elwes’). jl. dark purple, solitary, very large ; 
calyx five-parted, the segments ovate-lanceolate; scape 6in. to 
Tin, high. J. 2in. to Sin. long, oblanceolate, acute, entire ; 
petioles broadly winged. Rootstock stout, with broad, fleshy, 
Jeafy scales. Sikkim-Himalaya. A remarkable and beautiful 
species. (G. C. n.s., xxi., p. 645.) 
P. Escheri (Escher's). jl. rose or lilac-purple, large ; scapes 2in. 
to din. high, bearing several flowers. April. J. lin. to 2in. long, 
Primula—continued. ‘ 
half as broad, ovate-lanceolate, the margins cartilaginous, ser- 
rated, 1880. Whole plant glandular-hairy. Habit of P. integri- 
Jolia, in close, dense, tufty rosettes of numerous leaves. A 
hybrid between P, Auricula and P. integrifolia, growing with its 
parents. 
P. Facchinii (Facchin’s). /. rosy-purple, rather large, two or 
three to each scape. May and June. J. 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 hyorids, and a profuse blossomer. 
P. farinosa var. (of Scopoli). A synonym of P. longijlora. 
P. Florkeana (Flirke’s). fl. deep lilac or lilac-purple; corolla 
lobes obovate, deeply bitid; scape 2in. high, bearing several 
flowers, surrounded by a leafy involucre. Spring. J. 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. glutinosa and P, minima; very free and vigorous, SYN. 
P. minima hybrida. 
P. Forsteri (Forster’s). jl. deep rose-coloured, with white throat, 
large, produced two or three on each scape, and usually twice in 
the year—early spring and autumn—rarely failing. /. three to 
four 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. Freyeri (Freyer's). A synonym of P. carniolica. 
P. Gambeliana (Gambel’s). jj. purple, the mouth annulate; 
corolla lobes round, emarginate ; scape few-flowered. J. lin. in 
diameter, orbicular-cordate, toothed, glabrous. | Buds mealy. 
Temperate Himalayas. Similar to P. rotundifolia, but with fewer 
and larger flowers. (G. C. n. s., xxi., p. 545.) 
P. geraniifolia (Geranium-leaved). l. many, ina 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 10in. long, 
softly hairy. May. Jl. spreading, lin. to 1}in. in diameter, or- 
bicular and deeply cordate, pale yellow-green, membranous, 
hirsute on both surfaces, eleven to fourteen-lobulate. Rootstock 
short. Eastern Himalaya, 1887. (B. M. 6984.) : 
P. glacialis (glacial). _l. violet, three to five inan umbel. June. 
A charming little species, distinguished by its long calyx, divided 
four-fifths of its entire length into very narrow lobes, and by its 
corolla, with narrow, quite entire divisions. Nearest P. nivalis 
(of 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. Heerii (Heer’s). jl. purple, large, several on a scape. April. 
Habit low, close, and tufty, like that of P. integrifolia, 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. integrifolia, growing with its parents. 
P. hirsuta (hairy). A variety of P. viscosa. 
P. Hugueninii (Huguenin’s). 7. fine, deep purple, large ; scape 
2in. to 3in. high, bearing several flowers. Apriland May. J. 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. integrifolia ; 
rosettes close and large. A hybrid between P. glutinosa and 
P. integrifolia, growing with its parents. 
P, humilis (dwarf). A synonym of P. pusilla, of Wallich. 
P. Huteri (Huter’s). jl. deep violet ; limb shorter than the tube ; 
scape glutinous, with three or four oblong bracts. May. 1. long- 
spathulate, with eleven to fifteen short, broad, triangular teeth, 
thickened at the tips like small bladders. Tyrol, &c. A pretty 
little hybrid between P. Florkeana and P. glutinosa; habit of the 
latter, not more than lin. high. 
P, intermedia (intermediate). A garden synonym of P. alpina. 
P. Jeschkiana (Jieschke’s), of Kerner. A synonymof P. Stuartii 
purpurea, 
P. Jellenkiana (Jellenk’s). A synonym of P. carniolica. 
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 4in. 
high, bearing several flowers. Apriland May. J. bright green, 
slender, broadly spathulate-obovate, dentate-serrate. Styria and 
Fisenhut, near Turrach, in Stieirmark, in company with P. Goblit. 
Habit of P. viscosa, the entire plant covered with black, glandular 
hairs. A hybrid between P. Auricula and P. villosa. 
P. Kitaibeliana (Kitaibel’s). A variety of P. spectabilis. 
P. latifolia (broad-leaved). See P. viscosa latifolia, on 
p. 223, Vol, III. 
P. Lebliana (Leblian’s). ji. 
rose-purple, large and fine; scape 
3in. to 4in. high, three to eight-flowered. 
April and May. 
