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Primula — cotUinu e d . 



PriniTila — continued. 



cuneute-spathnliite, lUn. to 2in. long, toutlied ;it the apex. Stums 

 long, straf^jiliiiK, somewhat woody. California, 1884. A pretty 

 rockwork [jluiit. 



FIG. 281. Primula sinensis. 



edees and hairy surface. h. 9in. China, 1820. Cireenhou.se. 

 See li'A. 281. (B. M. 2564 ; H. E. F. 105 ; L. B. C. 916, 1926 ; 

 L. C. B. 7; R. G. 1861, 346.) SVN. P. pra-nitetif^ (U. R. 539). Of 

 this now very extensively-grown sjiecies, a considerable number 

 uf varieties, differing both in foliage and flower characters, have 



Fig. 283. Primula spectabilis Wulfeniana. 

 P. tyrolensis (Tyrol). Scr P. AUionii. 



Fig. 282. Primula sinensis flore-pleno. 



originated in gardens. There is a good strain of double forms, 

 with a rather large range of colour variation. One is repre- 

 sented in Fig. 282. 



P. spectabilis (showy). Jl deep rosy-purple, six to eight in an 

 mnbel ; si ape 3in. to 4in. high. July. /. elliptic, thick and 

 fleshy, with entire, cartilaginous margins, ft. 4in. Eastern Alps, 

 1879.' 



P. s. Wulfeniana (Wulfen's),* A form with more pointed 

 loaves than those of the type. See Fig. 283. 



P. Steinii (Stein's).* jL bright purple, very shortly stalked. 

 April and May. I. spathulate-obovate, toothed. A handsome 

 livbrid (of which P. minima is one of the parents), of very dwarf, 

 densely-tufted habit. (R. G. 991, f. 1-3.) 



P. Stuartil (Stuart's).* Jl. rich golden-yellow, in many-flowered 

 umbels. Summer. I. nearly 1ft. long, broadly lanceolate, smooth 

 above, mealy below, sharply sen-ated. h. Gin. to 18in. Northern 

 India, 1845. A handsome and vigorous-growing species, requiring 

 a good, light, and deep soil. See Fig. 284. (B. M. 4356.) 



P, SUfifrutescens (>ub-shrubby). Jl. rosy-purple, with a yellow 

 eye, lin. in diameter, disposed in umbels. Spring. I. narrow, 



Fig. 284. Primula Stuartii, showing Habit, detached 

 Inflorescence, and Single Flower. 



P. variabilis (variable), of Goupil. A hybrid plant, which not 

 unfre(iuently occurs wild in Britain, in company with its two 

 parents, the Primrose and the Cowslij). It is often taken for 

 the true Oxlip (P. datior). See Fig. 285. 



P. venusta (charming), fl. purple ; corolla thrice as long as the 

 calyx ; involucre much shorter than the pedicels ; scape glabrous. 

 April. I. ovate, dentate, serrate, or almost entire, glabrous on 

 both surfaces, h. 3in. Hungary, 1833. (B. R. 1983.) 



P. veris (spring). A synonyui of P. ojticinalis. 



P. verticillata sixnensls (whorled. Simen).* _//. yellow ; scape 

 bearing two or tliree tiers or whorls of flowers, the stalks of which 

 measure some 2in. in length ; the whorls provided with spreading, 

 leafy bracts, those in the lower whorls Ijeing the largest, measur- 

 ing 4in. to 5in. long, and Uin. broad ; corolla salver-shaped, with 

 a tube nearly 2in. long, dilated at the upper extremity, the 

 lobes notched. Spring. I. oblong-lanceolate, 8in. to lOin. long, 

 covered with white, mealy powder, especially on the lower sur- 

 face, irregularly dentate, h. 1ft. to lift. Abyssinia, 1870. A 

 very desirable, greenhouse ?pecies. (B. M. 6042,)' Svn. P. Cuurtii. 



P, villosa (villous). A synonym of P. viscoma. 



P, Vlscosa (clammy).** ji. rosy-purjile, with a white eye, di'^- 

 posed in umbels on viscid scapes ; corolla lobes cordate, 

 gashed, the tube twice as long as the bell-shaped calyx. Early 



