PRIMULA 



PRIMULA 



2789 



The species is said to be grown sometimes as P. vis- 

 cosa. Runs into var. angustata, Widm., with oblong 

 Ivs. gradually narrowed into a petiole, and rose-colored 

 fls.; var. exscapa, Pax, scape very short or none, and 

 Ivs. nearly sessile; var. nivea, Sims, fls. white. B.M. 

 1161. Gn. 78, p. 314. G.M. 57:191. The white-fld. 

 plant cult, as P. niralis and as P. pubescens alba is 

 this form (see Xo. 20). In gardens are forms known 

 as vars. ciliata, coccinea, and Balfouriana. 



EE. Fls. short-pedicelled (pedicels usually ^in. or shorter): 



scape equaling or exceeding the Ivs. 



F. Shape of h's. narrow and cuneate. 



42. oenensis, Thomas (P daonensis, Leyb. P. 



cadi7iensis, Porta). Lvs. very viscid and bearing large 



red glands, oblong-cuneate to lanceolate-cuneate, grad- 



44. villosa, Jacq. Lvs. strongly viscid and densely 

 covered with red glands, broad-obovate or oblong or 

 oblong-lanceolate, gradually rarely suddenly narrowed 

 to the petiole, obtuse, often dentate from the middle 

 or only at the apex or even more or less subentire: 

 scape red-glandular, about 6 in. high, exceeding the 

 Ivs., 1-12-fld. : bracts green or scarious, broadly ovate, 

 obtuse: fls. rose or lilac; calyx glandular, not split to 

 the middle with short triangular acute or obtuse lobes; 

 corolla-tube slightly broadened toward the white throat, 

 the limb J^-l in. across with emarginate obcordate 

 lobes. E. Alps. Gn. 61, p. 429. G.W. 6, p. 112. R.H.S. 

 39:105. Var. commutata, Chitt. (P. commutata, 

 Schott. P. vittbsa, subsp. commutata, Widm.), from 

 Steiermark, has larger and thinner often oblong and 

 coarsely toothed Ivs. Gn. 61, p. 328. 



3176. Primula sinensis. A young plant, as the flowers are beginning to appear. ( X } 2) No. 60. 



ually narrowed to a petiole, obtuse or truncate at 

 apex, upper margin serrate or dentate: scape mostly 

 exceeding the Ivs., about 3 in. high, with 1-7 fls.: bracts 

 broadly ovate, scariose: fls. rose-colored; calyx densely 

 glandulose, tubular-campanulate, with ovate obtuse 

 lobes; corolla white in throat, the limb 3^-^in. across, 

 with emarginate obcordate lobes: caps, about equaling 

 the calyx. Rhsetian Alps. R.H.S. 39:105. Said to be 

 easily raised in partial shade in a variety of soils. 



FF. Shape of Ivs. oblong to broad-ovate. 



43. apennina, Widm. Lvs. bearing large, short, yel- 

 low at length brown glands, ovate, oblong or lanceolate- 

 cuneate, gradually or suddenly narrowed to the petiole, 

 obtuse, entire or toward the apex slightly denticulate 

 or dentate: scape slightly exceeding to double the 

 length of the Ivs., bearing 1-8 fls.: bracts scarious, 

 ovate or rounded: fls. reddish purple; calyx glandular: 

 caps, included in the calyx. Apennines. Dwarf, bloom- 

 ing freely in April and May, in a shady part of rock- 

 garden; said to prefer limestone soil. 



45. Cottia, Widm. Lvs. viscid and very densely 

 covered with red glands, obovate or oblong-lanceolate, 

 gradually or rarely suddenly narrowed to the short 

 petiole, obtuse or subacute, denticulate or dentate from 

 the middle, rarely from the base or rarely entire: scape 

 frequently exceeding the Ivs., glandular, bearing 2-12 

 fls.: bracts subscarious, obtuse: fls. rose; calyx glandu- 

 lar, campanulate with triangular obtuse or subobtuse 

 lobes; corolla-tube scarcely broadened toward the 

 glandular white throat, the limb %-^A in. across with 

 emarginate obcordate lobes: caps, about equaling or 

 slightly shorter than the calyx. Cottian Alps, 3,200- 

 8,000 ft. altitude. R.H. S. 39:105. 



cc. Foliage farinose or not, sometimes glutinous but not 



red-glandular. 

 D. Bracts elongated: Ivs. coriaceous, truncate at apex. 



46. minima, Linn. Lvs. little more than Y<i\n.. long, 

 shiny, firm, almost glabrous, the margin not carti- 

 laginous, cuneate or obtriangular, exceedingly truncate 

 and serrate at the apex, narrowed toward the base: 



