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Primula continued. 



P. nivalls (snowy).* fl. pure white, freely produced in large 

 trusses on stems as high again as the leaves ; corolla lobes 

 obcordate. Spring. 1. obovate or spathulate, ciliated, smooth, 

 flat, sharply and irregularly toothed. A. 4in. to 9in. Caucasus 

 Ac., 1790. 



P. n. farinosa (mealy). I. mealy beneath. Central Asia, 1878. 



P. n. longifolia (long-leaved), fl. dark violet. I. ovate-oblon" 

 to lanceolate-oblong. Central Asia, 1878. (R. G. 930.) 



P. n. tnrkestanlca (Turkestan), fl. rose, generally in two 

 dense whorls, and about lin. in diameter. I. oblong, flat, 

 obtuse, smooth above, white below, h. bin. Turkestan, 1878. 

 One of the handsomest varieties in cultivation. (R. G. 930.) 



P. obconica (obconical).* JL pale lilac or purplish, drooping, 

 umbellate ; calyx between campanulate and funnel-shaped ; 

 corolla with a cylindric tube and a flat limb lin. in diameter. 

 Spring and summer. I. radical, many, petioled, broadly ovate- 

 oblong, cordate or rounded-cordate, the margins lobulately 

 toothed or nearly entire. A. 6in. to 12in. Central China, 1882. 

 (G. C. n. s., xix. 121 ; On., Sept, 1884.) SYN. P. poculiformis 

 (B. M. 6582). 



P. officinalis (officinal). Cowslip; Palsy ort. fl. bright yellow, 

 in terminal umbels, hanging more or less to one side ; calyx 

 lobes obtuse ; corolla limb cup-shaped. Spring and summer. 

 I. generally smaller than those of the common Primrose, much 

 narrowed towards the base, thickly pubescent with short, stiff 

 hairs. A. 4in. to 12in. Europe (Britain), West Asia, A well- 

 known plant, from which the Polyanthus (P. variabilit) is sup- 

 posed to have originated. See Fig. 277. (Sy. En. B. 1130; 

 L B. C. 1597, under name of P. inflata.) SYN. P. t*ru. See al*. 

 Polyanthus. 



FIG. 2?a UMBEL AMD DETACHED FLOWERS OF PRIMULA 



OFFICINALIS ELATIOR DUPLEX. 



P. o. elatior duplex (taller, double). A curious garden form, 

 with a petaloid calyx. See Fig. 278. 



Primula continued. 



P. poculiformis (cup-shaped). A synonym of P. obconica. 

 P. praenltens (very glossy). A synonym of P. rinenti*. 

 P. prolifera (proliferous). JL yellow, iin. in diameter ; scape 



tall, bearing several whorls of flowers. 1 large, obovate-oblone. 



denticulated along the margins, h. bin. to 24ik Himalaya and 



P. pubescens (downy). fl. rosy-crimson, in very large heads. 

 ApnL t. obovate-ob}ong, dentate-serrate at apex, the margins 

 densely glandular-ciliate. h. 3in. to 6in. South Europe, 1800. 

 A fine hybrid, of which P. Auricula is one of the parents. 

 (R. G. 1198*.) 



Fie. 279. UMBEL AND DETACHED SINGLE FLOWER OF PRIMULA OFFICINALIS 



MACROCALYX. 



P. o. maerocalyx (large-calyxed). A garden form, with the 

 calyx foliaceous, and abnormally developed. See Fig. 279. 



P. Palinurl (Palinnri). fl. bright yellow, with a Cowslip-like 

 perfume and a funnel-shaped corolla, disposed in a drooping 

 umbel at the top of the powdered scape. April and May. 

 I. broad-spathnlate, smooth, sharply and unequally toothed, 

 bright pale green, almost as large as those of young Cabbages. 

 h. bin. to 9in. Palinuri, Southern Italy, 1816. A rigorous- 

 growing and distinct species. (B. M. 3414 ; H. E. F. 118.) 



P. Parryl (Parry's).* fl. bright purple, with a yellow eye, nearly 

 lin. across ; scapes long and stout, bearing about a dozen fine 

 large blossoms in a panicle at the top. Spring. 1. erect, 

 narrowly obovate-ob!6ng, obtuse or sub-acute, sessile or narrowed 

 into the very broad petiole, obscurely toothed or entire, 5in. to 

 9in. long. h. bin. to 18in. Rocky Mountains, 1865. A beautiful, 

 large species. (B. M. 6185.) 



FIG. 280. PRIMULA SIKKIME.NSIS, showing Habit and detached 

 Single Flower. 



P. pusilla (weak). A synonym of P. migtastinica. 

 P. rosea (rosy).* fl. bright rosy-carmine, with a yellow eye, 

 nearly lin. across, disposed in heads of from six to ten blossoms, 

 on stout scapes 4in. to 6in. high. Spring. I pale bright green, 

 smooth, Sin. to 6in. long, in shape resembling those of the 

 common Primrose, but not wrinkled ; edges slightly serrated and 

 crimped, h. 4in, Kashmir, 1879. A handsome 

 spec/es, with a neat habit (B. M. 6437 ; F. M. 

 nVs;360.) 



P. sapphirina (sapphire-coloured). * fl. pale blue, 

 borne on slender scapes lin. to 2in. high. L 

 spathulate obovate, obtuse, toothed, disposed in 

 rosettes about iin. in diameter. Sikkim (at 

 13,000ft to 15,000ft. elevation), 1884. A minute 

 species. (G. C. n. s., 1884, xxi. p. 545.) 

 P. scotica (Scotch).* fl. rich purple, with a 

 yellowish eye; tube of corolla about equalling 

 the calyx and twice as long as the lobes ; umbel 

 few-flowered. June. /. obovate -lanceolate, toothed, 

 even, powdery on both sides, h. 2in. to 4in. 

 Scotland. A lovely little species, very like 

 P. farinota, but smaller, and proportionately 

 stouter. (L. B. C. 652 ; Sy. En. B. 1135.) 

 P. sibirica (Siberian). JL red ; corolla campanulate, 

 the segments lanceolate-ovate or lanceolate, acute 

 or slightly obtuse; involucre three to five- 

 flowered. May. L slender, flat, smooth, obovate. 

 entire, obtuse, very glabrous, long-petioled, with undulated 

 margins, h. 3in. Siberia, 18ia (B. M. 3167.) P. s. integerrima 

 is a variety with very entire leaves. (B. M. 3445.) 

 P. s. kashmiriana (Kashmir), fl. rosy-lilac, in stalked umbels. 

 June. I. long-stalked, ovate - elliptical h. bin. Western 

 Himalaya, 1879. A handsome, glabrous species. (B. M. 6493.) 

 SYN. P. elegant, of some gardens. 



P. -iviHmT.rf (Sikkiin).* fl. pale yellow, nearly lin. long and 

 more than Jin. across, numerously disposed in large umbels, 

 which sometimes produce as many as sixty blossoms ; scapes 

 from l|ft to 2ft high. Summer. I. rough, wrinkled, obovate- 

 oblong, obtuse, bidentate, attenuated into a footstalk, h. lift, 

 to 2ft Sikkim Himalaya, 1850. See Fig. 280. (B. M. 4597.) 

 P. irtii*"< (Chinese).* Chinese Primrose, fl. white or pale lilac, 

 normally small, the edges of the limb quite smooth, with a 

 terminal notch in each segment Spring. I fleshy, with sinuated 



