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May-July. Sunny position in rockery. See P. 

 pubescens, No. 20. 



13. Heeri, Bruegg. Natural hybrid of P. hirsuta and 

 P. integrifolia: a showy dwarf tufted plant, with loose 

 heads in June of bright purple fls. Shady place in the 

 rock-garden, in light loam. 



14. Huteri, Kerner. Natural offspring of P. glu- 

 tin<i.<a x P. minima: very small, scarcely more than 1 

 in. high: fls. rather large for size of plant, deep violet, 

 borne singly; May, June. Tyrol. Of good constitu- 

 tion; prefers slightly shaded place. 



15. intermedia, Hort. Several applications are 

 covered by the name P. intermedia: described and 

 illustrated in G. 8:259 as "one of the most beautiful 

 of the members of a very large family, and closely 

 resembles the alpine auriculas, its fls. being purplish 

 crimson, with a conspicuous yellow eye, and pro- 

 duced on stout sts, in crowded clusters that overtop 

 the foliage:" fragrant. April. The garden plant under 

 the name P. intermedia is probably one of the natural 

 hybrids of P. Clusiana and P. minima. 



16. Kellereri, Widm. Natural hybrid Of P. hirsuta 

 and P. minima: very dwarf, but sturdy: fls. pale rose- 

 colored, in trusses; May, June. Tyrol. Slightly shaded 

 positions in a light sandy soil. 



17. Kerneri, Goebl & Stein. P. Auricula x P. hirsuta, 

 a natural hybrid (see P. pubescens, No. 20): 4-5 in., 

 hairy: fls. rose-lilac, with yellowish white eye; April, 

 May. Sunny and dry positions in rockery. 



18. Muretiana, Moritz. (P. Mureti, Charp.). Natural 

 hybrid of P. integrifolia and P. viscosa; a similar cross is 

 P. Dinydna, Lagger, which may be the preferable name 

 for the group: Ivs. pale green, in rosettes, stiff and 

 fleshy: scapes 4-5 in.: fls. bright purple, in clusters; 

 April, May. Lightly shaded places in rockery. 



19. Peyritschii, Stein. Natural hybrid of P. Auricula 

 and P. hirsuta (see No. 20): 45 in., producing many 

 crimson-purple fls. in large clusters; March-May. 

 Strongly recommended for partly shaded places in 

 well-drained soil in the rock-garden. 



20. pubescens, Jacq. Several natural forms of P. 

 Auricula x P. hirsuta are included under the name P. 

 pubescens; here may be referred the variants repre- 

 sented by the names P. helvetica, Don, P. rh&tica, 

 Gaud., P. Ardotis, Kerner, P. Goeblii, Kerner, P. 

 Kerneri, Goebl. & Stein, P. Peyritschii, Stein, all 

 probably differing in minor characters and garden 

 value. P. pubescens is a hardy plant, according to 

 Paul, and easy to grow in both sun and shade, if it has a 

 well-drained place: 3-4 in.: fls. rosy crimson with white 

 eye; May, June. P. pubescens alba=P. hirsuta var. 

 nivea (No. 41), a very free-flowering plant, with large 

 snow-white fls. which make an excellent display against 

 the rosettes of stiffish Ivs. Gn. 75, p. 88. G.L. 16:95. 



21. rhaetica. Gaud. One of the P. pubescens forms 

 (No. 20), hybrid of P. Auricula and P. hirsuta: Ivs. white- 

 mealy: scape 3 in. above foliage, mealy: fls. large, clus- 

 tered, brilliant violet-purple ; May- July, flowering con- 

 tinuously in a sunny place in the rockery. 



22. salisburgensis, Floerke. Natural form of P. 

 glutinosa x P. minima, perhaps not in cult.: Ivs. 

 cuneate, strongly 7-9-toothed toward the top, serrate 

 at summit: scape not glutinous: fls. rose-colored. 



23. Sturii, Schott. Natural hybrid of P. minima and 

 P. rillosa: dwarf and tufted but vigorous and free- 

 flowering: fls. large, bright rose-purple, borne singly; 

 April-June. For shaded places in the rock-garden. 



24. venilsta, Host (P. Jelenkse, Gusm.). Natural 

 hybrid of P. Auricula and P. carniolica: habit of P. 

 carniolica, but the Ivs. and calices sometimes more or 

 less white-mealy: vigorous and hardy; 3-4 in., forming 

 large spreading rosettes: fls. fragrant, red to brownish 



rose or purple; April-June. For half-shady places in 

 the rock-garden. 



25. Venzdi, Huter (P. adultenna, P. cridalensis, P. 

 micrdntha, and P. valmenona, Gusm.). Natural hybrid 

 of P. tyrolensis and P. Wulfeniana: large or small, 

 mostly a strong and free grower with Ivs. in rosettes: 

 scapes 3-4 in. above foliage: fls. in loose heads or 

 clusters, large, lilac-purple. For half-shady places in 

 the rock-garden. 



26. vochinensis, Gusm. One of the natural forms of 

 P. minima x P. Wulfeniana: robust, 4-6 in., or much 

 less in the wild: Ivs. oblong, usually few-toothed but 

 rarely entire: fls. in trusses, bright red, spring to late 

 summer. Said by Paul to be serviceable for chalky 

 soils in dry sunny places. 



BB. Plants of various sections, probably not of the 

 A uricula group or kind. 



27. Arendsii, Hort . Arends. Said to be a hybrid between 

 P. obconica and P. megase^efolia, "in general appearance 

 similar to a glorified P. obconica:" fls. rich lilac-pink in 

 color, in many-fld. umbels: Ivs. more nearly resembling 

 those of P. megaseaefolia, the petioles exceedingly hairy. 



28. Briscoei, Hort. Veitch. (P. BuUeyana x P. 

 japdnica, of garden origin). Habit of P. japonica, but 

 with paler Ivs. and more crimsoned midrib, the infl. 

 inheriting to some extent the powdery character of P. 

 BuUeyana; the scapes and fls. are said also to resemble 

 P. pulverulenta; purple-fld.(?). 



29. Fortune!, Vatke, is undetermined. The plant in 

 cult, is described and figured in G.C. III. 53:238 as a 

 perennial with coarsely dentate Ivs., with very little 

 farina: scapes about 3 in. high, terminating in a loose 

 head of fls. which suggest those of P.farinosa: fls. about 

 J^in. diam., bluish lilac, with primrose-yellow eye. 

 "Flowering early in the year, it is a useful subject for 

 the alpine house, and the blooms last fresh for a con- 

 siderable period." Fl. Mag., X. 7 (1860). J.H. III. 

 63:343. Gn. 69, p. 210; 77, p. 182. G. 37:279. 

 Rare in cult.; at Kew grown recently from stock con- 

 tributed in 1905 by Col. Beddome. Perhaps hybrid of 

 P. denticulata and P. farinosa. Said to be suggestive, 

 as it grows, of P. frondosa. 



30. Lindsayi, Hort. Hybrid, parentage not recorded, 

 with deep crimson fls. with purplish yellow eye: "a 

 pretty plant with neat foliage and fls. of a kind of deep 

 crimson and a purplish yellow eye." Named for R. 

 Lindsay, Edinburgh. 



31. Sflva-Taroucana, Fedde (P. pulverulenta x P. 

 Cockburniana, a garden hybrid). Known also as 

 Unique : foliage much Like that of the common primrose, 

 the blade decurrent on the petiole: fls. turkey red, in 

 tiers, the calyx and pedicel white-farinose. A fine 

 garden plant. G.C. III. 41:391. 



32. Sueptitzii, Gusm. (P. rbsea var. grandiflora x 

 P. cashmeriana, a garden hybrid). Fls. fight blue, in 

 April, on strong sts., and strong plants: sometimes 

 bloom in autumn: hardy and free-flowering. Intro, by 

 P. Stiptitz, Bad Lauterberg, Germany. 



33. Tewfikiana, Hort. Vilm. Garden hybrid of 

 which one of the parents is supposed to be P. BuUeyana: 

 a vigorous grower, producing infl. 2 ft. high: fls. in sev- 

 eral tiers, salmon-rose with yellow eye: fertile. 



II. AURICULA. 



Fleshy-lvd. or coriacepus-lvd. species from the Alps, 

 Pyrenees, and other high mountains of Eu.: fls. in 

 umbels (rarely varying to nearly or quite single): 

 bracts not foliaceous or leafy. 



A. F Is. yellow (much modified in color in cult, forms, 

 particularly in No. 34). 



34. Auricula, Linn. (Auricula, liitea, Opiz). AURIC- 

 ULA. See p. 430 and Fig. 440, Vol. I, and also for 



