4 PRIMULACE&. [ANDKOSACE. 



1. PRIMULA, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii, 482. 



Perennial seapigerous herbs. Flowers umbelled or whorled, rarely 

 solitary, dimorphic in regard to length of style and position of 

 stamens. Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla funnel- or salver-shaped ; throat 

 n>iked, or with folds opposite the lobes; lobes 5, spreading or incurved* 

 Stamens 5, included. Ovary ovoid, obovoid or globose. Capsule 

 globose oblong or cylindrical, 5-valved ; valves simple or 2-fid. 

 Seeds angular or subglobose, peltately attached. Species about 

 150, mostly in northern and temperate regions. 



P. floribunda, Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. 43, t. 33 ; F. B. I. iii, 495 ; Collett 

 FL Siml. 299. 



Glandular-pubescent. Leaves 2-4 in., elliptic, acute or obtuse, narrowed 

 into a broadly-winged petiole, coarsely and irregularly toothed. 

 Scapes numerous, stout, 4-8 in. long. Flowers in whorls of 2-8 ; bracts 

 shorter thau- the very unequal pedicels, ovate or elliptic, acuminate, 

 toothed. Calyx campanulate, hemispheric in fruit, cleft to the 

 middle ; lobes ovate, acute, glandular. Cor olla salver-shaped, yellow; 

 tube -3 in., pubescent, throat dilated, month annulate ; limb 4'i in. 

 in diam., lobes obcordate. Ovary rounded at the apax, stigma globose. 

 Capsule globose. Seeds very small, black, angled, minutely papillose. 



Dehra Dun, in damp shady ravines (Wallich, T. Thomson, eto.) Flowers 

 during the cold season. DISTRIB. : W. Himalaya up to 8,000 feet, extend - 

 ing to Afghanistan, 



2. ANDROSACE, Linn.; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii, 495. 



Perennial, rarely annual, low herbs. Leaves various, rosulate, 

 or imbricate on the branches. Flowers small, white, lilas or red. 

 Calyx 5-lobed or-partite. Corolla salver-shap3d with a very short 

 tube, or funnel-shaped; limb 5-lobed ; mouth annulate, or with folds 

 opposite the lobes. Stamens 5, anthers subsessile, included, obtuse. 

 Ovary globose, style short. Capsule ovoid or globose, 5-valved. 

 Seeds 2, rarely more, angular or subglobose; embryo transverse, 

 Species about 50, chiefly in N". temp, and Arctic regions, or on lofty 

 mountain ranges. 



A. saxifragsefolia, Bunge Enum. PI. Chin. Bor. 53 ; Prain Beng. PI . 

 40. 



A glandular-pubescent annual. Leaves -f in. in diam., ovate or subor- 

 bicular, cordate, crenate ; petiole equalling or longer than the blade. 

 Scapes many, twice or three times longer than the leaves; inpol- 

 bracts |- in. long, pedicels very unequal. Calyx deeply 5 cleft ; lobes 

 acuminate, enlarging and spreading in fruit, prominently 



