Primula. primulacE/E. 27 



radice obliqua fibrifera, foliis amplis Iffivibus ovalis vel ovato-oblongis 

 basi rotundatis vel breviter cordatis petiolis subpequiloiigis papilloso- 

 hirtis sufTultis circumcirca remotiuscule denticulatis denticulis latis 

 mucronulatis supra glal)ris subtus ad nervos et margineni papilloso- 

 birtis, scapis Ibliis iiMjuilongis vel brevioribus, verticillis teriniiialibus 

 i-2 approximatis. involucri phyllis a basi anguste lanccolatu loiige 

 subulato-acuminatis pedicellos calyci irquilongos vel duplo longiores 

 non fequantibus. calyce glabro anguste tubuloso ad tertiam partcm 

 in dentes lanceolatos acutos fisso, corollce roseiB tubo calyce siiblon- 

 giore. limbi tubo vix brevioris iaciniis late obcordatis,capsulii oblonga 

 calyce vix longiore, seminibus sphKrico-angulatis ©culo armato tuber- 

 culatis y. 



Hab. in faucibus humidis umbrosis circa Rhize Ponti Lazici 900' f Bal !) 

 Fl. Mai. 



Scapi semipedaleSjfoliorumlamina 3-5 pollices lou^a 2-4 laia, calyx angus- 

 tus et corolla magn. P. amcvnce, capsula oljlonga cylindrica 7 lineas longa 

 lacinias calycis vix superans. Species foliorum forma msignis. 



12. P..grandis (Trautv. Pl. Nov. p. 5 in BuU. Acad. Petr. t. VI) 

 radice..., ibliis amplis Ifevibus petiolis lamina duplo longioribus 

 suffultis membranaceis rugulosis ovatis basi sul)cordata in petiolum 

 breviter decurrentibus irregulariter duplicato-denticulatis utrinquc 

 viridibus subtus tenuissime pulveraceo-puberulis, umbellii maxima 

 multitlora scapo foliis longiore suffulta, involucri phyllis breviter lan- 

 ceolato-linearibus basi non appendiculatis, pediceliis longis involu- 

 crum et llores multoties superantibus, calyce campanulato viridi sub 

 lente pruinoso ad tertiam partem in lobos ovatos acutiusculos diviso, 

 corolke roseie tubo calycem iBquante limbi laciniis erectis lubo iequi- 

 longis oblongo-linearibus obtusisminute retusis sinubuslatis sejunctis. 

 styfo longe exserto, capsulis ovatis calyce vix longioribus, seminibus 

 angulatis sub lente minute tuberculatis ^. 



Hab. in montibus Dadiasch Transcaucasice occidentalis G-0500' (Raddel). 

 (V. sp. incompl. in herb. Petrop!). 



FoUi lamina 4 poU. longa 3 lata. scapus fere pedalis, pedicelli bipolhcares, 

 caljTc florifer vix tres lineas longus. Species pulchra ulterius inquirenda 

 angustie laciniarum coroUte insignis. 



13. P. nivalis (Pall. It. III, p. 320 — App. X^ 81. tab. 6)foIiis 

 planis oblongis elongatis argute vel obtusiuscule multicrenatis obtusis 

 vel acutiusculis glabris in petiolum latum brevem indistinctum sen- 

 sim attenuatis. scapo crasso folia requante vel superante, umbellii 

 multiflorii (interdum binis superpositis), involucri phyllis oblongis 

 vel lanceolatis obtusis vel acuminatis basi coadunatis, pedicellis calyce 

 saepius brevioribus, calycis minutc pubcndi coroUa" tubo brevioris 

 ad Yi partiti laciniis lineari-lanceolatis acutis , corollie hypocrateri- 

 morphae purpureae vel albte lobis obovatis tubo vix brevioribus, 



