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Primula—continued. 
P. e. intricata (perplexing). A very distinct, Continental form 
of our wild Oxlip, but not worth adding to general collections. 
P. elliptica (elliptic). . four to twelve in a loose umbel, 
violet or bluish-purple, with broad, deeply-cleft lobes; tube 
variable in length. June and July. /. 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 
7in, high. J. 2in. to 3in. long, oblanceolate, acute, entire; 
ponotes broadly winged. Rootstock stout, with broad, tleshy, 
eafy scales. Sikkim-Himalaya. A remarkable and beautiful 
species. (G. C. n.s., xxi., p. 645.) 
P. Escheri (Escher’s). fl. rose or lilac-purple, large; scapes 
2in. to 3in. high, bearing several flowers. April. J. lin. to 
2in. long, half as broad, ovate-lanceolate, the margins cartil- 
aginous, serrated. 1880. Whole plant glandular-hairy. Habit of 
P. integrifolia, in close, dense, tufty rosettes of numerous 
leaves. A hybrid between P. Auricula and P. integrisolia, 
growing with its parents. 
P. Facchinii (Facchin’s).* fl. rosy-purple, rather large, two or 
three to each scape. May and June. 2. 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* hybrids, and a_ profuse 
blossomer, 
P. farinosa alba (white).* A white-flowered but scarce variety. 
P. farinosa var. (of Scopoli). A synonym of P. longiflora. 
P. finmarchica (Finmark). A variety of P. sibirica. 
P. floribunda grandiflora (large-flowered).* A variety 
having much larger flowers than in the type. 1896. (R. G. 
1424.) 
P. Florkeana (Flirke’s).* #1. deep lilac or lilac-purple ; corolla 
lobes obovate, deeply bifid; scape 2in. high, bearing several 
flowers, surrounded by a leafy involucre. Spring. /. cuneate 
or tongue-shaped, broad at the apex, dentate or serrated, about 
lin. long. Growing withits parents on the Swiss and Tyrolean 
granite Alps (7000ft.). A charming little hybrid between 
. glutinosa and P. minima; very free and vigorous. Syn. 
P. minima hybrida, 
P. Forbesii (Forbes’s).* jf. pale lilac, with a yellow throat, in 
three to six whorls; scape l6in. to 20in. long. 2. small, petio- 
late, oblong or ovate, toothed, pubescent. Yunnan, China, 
1883. A Primrose midway between P. cortusoides, which it 
resembles in the leaves, and P. farinosa, which it resembles 
in the flowers. Half-hardy, and best treated as an annual. 
(B. M. 7246; G. C. 1883, xix., p. 113, f. 17; R. H. 1893, f. 67.) 
P. Forsteri (Forster's). #. 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. 7. three to four times larger than in P. minima 
deeply and sharply serrated at apex, hairy on the margins and 
er 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. frondosa (leafy). ji. of a pleasing blue; pedicels very slender, 
lax, over lin, long; scape 2in. to 6in. high, erect. June. 
7. numerous, cuneate-oblong or obovate, lanceolate or oblong, 
sometimes Qin. long, narrowed to the petioles. Thracia. Plant 
highly glabrous. 
P. Gambeliana (Gambel’s). #. purple, the mouth annulate; 
corolla lobes round, emarginate ; scape few-flowered. 7. 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). #. many, in a solitary, 
terminal 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. J. spreading, lin. to 14in, 
in diameter, orbicular and deeply cordate, pale yellow-green, 
membranous, hirsute on both surfaces, eleven- to fourteen- 
ote Rootstock short. Eastern Himalaya, 1887. (B. M. 
P. glacialis (glacial).* fl. violet, three to five in an 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. Fedschen- 
koi. It differs in its larger, more deeply-lobed calyx. Clefts of 
rocks on the Glacier of Li-Kiang, Yunnan, China. 
P. Heerii (Heer’s). l. purple, large, several on a scape. April. 
Habit low, close, and tufty, like that of P. integrifolia, from 
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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. Hornemanniana (Hornemann’s). A synonym of P. stricta. 
P. Hugueninii (Huguenin’s). jl. fine, deep purple, large; 
scape 2in. to din. high, bearing several flowers. April and 
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).* j. deep violet; limb shorter than the 
tube; scape glutinous, with three or four oblong bracts. May. 
q 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. Flérkeana and 
P. glutinosa ; habit of the latter, not more than lin., high. 
P. imperialis (imperial). 1. of a rich Cowslip-yellow, tinged 
with orange; scape erect, 3ft. to 4ft. high. 7. lift. long, Sin. 
broad. Java, 1891. Greenhouse. (B. M. 7217; Gn. 1891, t. 
823; J. H. 1891, xxiii, f. 1.) his, the true P. imperialis, 
differs specitically from the Himalayan Primrose figured in 
B. M. 6732 as P. prolifera. 
P. intermedia (intermediate), A garden synonym of 
P. alpina. 
P. involucrata czrulea (blue). A variety with bluish 
flowers. 
P. Jeschkiana (Jeschke’s), of Kerner. 
P. Stuartii purpurea. 
P. japonica splendens (splendid).* A beautiful variety with 
crimson flowers, best grown as a semi-aquatic. 
P. Jellenkiana (Jellenk’s). A synonym of P. carniolica. 
P. kashmiriana (Kashmir). A form of P. sibirica. See also 
P. cashmeriana. 
P. Kerneri (Kemer’s). jl. of a reddish-violet colour, with a 
yellowish-white throat; ealyx campanulate; teeth twice as 
long as broad, elliptic, and pointed; seapes stout, 2in. to 4in. 
high, bearing several flowers. April and May. 7. bright green, 
“slender, broadly spathulate-obovate, dentate-serrate. Styria 
and Eisenhut, near Turrach, in Stieirmark, in company with 
P. Goblii. Habit of P. viscosa, the entire plant covered with 
black, glandular hairs. A hybrid between P. Avwricula and 
P. villosa. 
P. Kitaibeliana (Kitaibel’s). A variety of P. spectabilis. 
P. latifolia (broad-leaved). A variety of P. viscosa. 
P. Lebliana. (jl. rose-purple, large and fine; scape 3in. to 
4in. high, three- to eight-flowered. April and May. J. ovate- 
lanceolate, lin. to 2in. long, in close rosettes; upper surface 
eee shiny; margins cartilaginous, dentately serrated. 
880. Habit of P. Wudfeniana, which it most nearly resembles, 
although the traces of the other parent are most distinct both in 
leaves and flowers. A hybrid between P. Auricula and P. Wul- 
feniana, growing with its parents. 
P. longiflora (long-flowered).* 1. brilliant violet or purple, over 
4in. in diameter, enveloped in farina; tube three times longer 
than the calyx divisions, the latter triangular, pointed ; scapes 
lft. to 14ft. high, stout, the bracts surrounding the umbel larger 
and broader than in P, farinosa. MayandJune. J. only slightly 
farinose underneath, lin. to 2in. long, ovate-oblong, pointed, 
irregularly notched or toothed, slightly dilated at base. Grassy 
regions of the high Alps (5000ft. to 7000ft.). Somewhat resembling 
P. farinosa in habit and general appearance. SYN. P. farinosa 
var. (of Seopoli). P. 7. Krattli is said to be a hybrid between 
P. farinosa and P. longiflora, found in 1876. 
P. longobarda (Lombard). ji. rose-purple, large, several on a 
scape; calyx campanulate; teeth short and obtuse. April. 
Z. not glutinous, obovate-lanceolate, acute, hardly punctured. 
Caleareous and granite regions, South Tyrol, Lombardy. A very 
distinct plant, nearest to P. calycina, of which it may turn out 
to be a variety; habit much the same. 
P. magiassonica (Mount Magiissone). /l. large, like those of 
P. spectabilis. May. 1. ovate or obovate, lin. long and about 
as broad, glabrous; upper surface closely pitted; margins 
cartilaginous, slightly serrated. 1880. Habit and disposition 
of P. spectabilis; rosettes close, tufty. A hybrid between 
P. spectabilis and P. minima, growing with its parents. 
P. marginata andiflora (large-flowered).* fl. of a rich 
plum-purple, with white mealy eye. A fine variety. 
P. minima hybrida (hybrid). A synonym of P. Flérkeana. 
P. m. pubescens (downy), of Josch. A synonym of P. Sturii. 
P. minutissima (very minute).* jj. bright purple, 4in. to 4in. 
in diameter (large for the size of the plant); lobes bifid; 
scape hardly rising above the leaves, bearing one to three 
flowers. June. J. densely crowded, dark green, oblanceolate- 
acute or obtuse, toothed, mealy beneath. Alpine Himalaya. 
A pretty little species, forming large patches of rosettes, each 
4in. to lin. in diameter. 
A synonym of 
