246 PRIMULA. [CLASS v. ORDER i. 



and thickened in its lower part. Calyx oblong, ovate, mealy, with five 

 prominent angular ribs, and about half-cleft into five lanceolate seg- 

 ments. Corolla a beautiful reddish purple, with a yellow eye, paler 

 beneath ; limb of five flat spreading obcordate segments, narrowing at 

 the base, and distant from each other ; tube about the length of the 

 limb, its orifice nearly closed with a yellow thickened notched border. 

 Stamens nearly sessile at the mouth of the tube. Pistil about half the 

 length of the tube. Stigma capitate. Germen broadly obovate. Seeds 

 small, numerous. 



Habitat. Wet mountain pastures ; in the North of England, espe- 

 cially in Yorkshire ; very prevalent in Teesdale. " Very rare in 

 Scotland : only seen, I believe, South of Edinburgh. The stations 

 given in Fl. Scotica all belong to the following species." Hooker. 



Perennial ; flowering in June and July. 



5. P. scot'ica, Hooker. (Fig. 326.) Scottish Primrose. Leaves 

 obovate, lanceolate, mealy, scarcely crenulated ; calyx swollen, ovate ; 

 limb of the corolla flat ; mouth of the tube with a glandular border; 

 segments broadly obcordate, close, half the length of the tube. 



Hooker in Fl. Lond. N. S. t. 133. English Flora, vol. i p. 273. 

 English Botany, Suppl. 2608. Hooker, British Flora, vol. i. p. 108. 

 Lindley, Synopsis, p. 184. 



Root with spreading branched fibres. Leaves numerous, ovate, 

 lanceolate, smooth, shorter and smaller than the above, as is the whole 

 plant, the mealiness greater, the margins scarcely crenulated. The 

 flowers less numerous. The stem from three to four inches high. The 

 calyx ovate, swollen, with less prominent angles, more mealy, not so 

 deeply cleft, the segments obtuse, and the scales at the base of the 

 pedicles oblong ovate. Corolla of a deep purple colour, \\ith a yellow 

 eye; the limb with flat obcordate spreading segments, broader, more 

 nearly approximating each other than in P. farinosa. The stamens 

 are placed lower in the tube, and its mouth is distinctly surrounded 

 with glandular scales, and is longer than the calyx. Pistil as long as 

 the stamens. The stigma with five points. The Germen globose. 



Habitat. Sandy shores ; very rare ; found on the North Coast of 

 Caithness by Mr. W. Gibb, North Coast of Sutherland, and in the 

 Orkney Islands. 



Perennial ; flowering in May. 



This most beautiful and distinct Northern species, appears peculiar to 

 the countries above mentioned, while P. farinosa is found abundantly 

 in the elevated pastures on the continent. They are both beautiful 

 plants for the garden ; their small umbels of simple flowers arising 

 from amid their white powdery leaves are very delicate, and seem 

 intermediate species between the Cowslip and Auricula. They are 

 readily cultivated either in the open borders, or in pots, in a damp open 

 situation. 



