I.] 



PRIMULACE^E. 



40. Natural Order Primulaceae. 

 Family. 



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 The Primrose 



FIG. 123. Vertical section of flower of Primrose. 



DISTRIBUTION. Most numerous in the North tem- 

 perate zone, especially affecting mountain-ranges. 

 British genera 8, species 15. 



Herbs. Corolla hypogynous. Stamens 5, epipetalous, opposite 

 to the corolla lobes. Placenta free, central. 



Type Common Primrose (Primula vulgaris). 



A perennial herb, with oblanceolate wrinkled radical 

 leaves, and pale yellow flowers borne on slender i -flowered 

 scapes. 



