96 'I'liANSAOTIOXS AN I) I'UOCKKDINGS OF THK [Sksh. lxvi. 



►Savoy ; not in Switzerland. Leaves obovate oi' oblong- 

 lanceolate, narrowed gradually — more rarely suddenly — into 

 the petiole, quite entire, or repand-dentate, more rarely dis- 

 tinctly dentate, surface almost glabrous, margin thickly 

 beset with very short glandular hairs. Glands somewhat 

 large, cinnabar-coloured, or more rarely purple. Calyx 

 teeth somewhat appressed. Capsule same length as calyx. 

 Flowers dark rose, seldom pale rose, rarely white ; inner 

 portion of corolla mostly pure white. 



To be distinguished from the other Primulas that have 

 coloured glands, by the almost shining leaves with red 

 margins and very shortly stipitate glands. 



15. P. APENNINA, Widm. In the northern Apennines: 

 Mte. Orsajo. — Leaves oblong or oval, entire, or dentate 

 towards the apex ; teeth small, approximate, the surface 

 and margin beset with short glandular hairs ; glands some- 

 what large, purple. Scape a little longer than, or twice as 

 long as, the leaves. Peduncles very short, calyx teeth 

 sub-adpressed to the corolla tube. Capsule one-fifth or 

 one-sixth shorter than the calyx. 



This description by Widmer is taken from specimens in 

 fruit ; he does not give the colour of the flowers. 



His remarks are : P. apennina has tlie habit of a 

 F. pedemontana grown on poor soil, from which it differs 

 in the more copious covering of hair on the leaf surface, 

 but sparser border of hair on the margin (the margin is 

 not red), and further in the calyx being longer in pro- 

 portion to the capsule. From P. mnensis, P. villosa, and 

 P. cottia, it is distinguished by the covering of hair being 

 not so thick, and shorter, and by the longer capsule. From 

 P. hirsiita, All., with which it agrees in the calyx, it is 

 separated by the much shorter and less thickly-set hairs, 

 by the longer flower stalk, the shorter peduncles, and also 

 by its habit. 



16. P. COTTIA, Widm. — In Piedmont, Cottian Alps, at 

 an altitude of 3000-6500 feet: Val Germanasco, Valleys 

 of Clusone and Von Oulx. 



This Primula is very similar to P. villosa, especially to 

 the form from Rennfeld, but differs in the shorter capsule, 

 in the proportionately longer calyx, and somewhat thinner 

 leaves. It is marked ott" from the sub. sp. commutata by 



