PRIMULA 



PRIMULA 



2795 



orbicular in outline, cordate or subtruncate at base, the 

 many lobes oval and few-toothed, the petiole exceeding 

 the blade: scape 6-8 in. tall, over-topping the Ivs., soft- 

 pubescent below and glabrescent above, carrying a 

 many-fld. umbel: bracts lanceolate, acute, exceeding the 

 pedicels: fls. rose-purple; calyx glabrous or nearly so, 

 the lobes erect and acute; corolla exceeding calyx, 

 the limb more than J^in. across, the obcordate lobes 

 emarginate. Cent. Asia. 



78. polyneftra, Franch. Lvs. petiolate, 1-2H in. 

 long, broadly deltoid or suborbicular, about 11-lobed, 

 the lobes broadly ovate and dentate or crenate, the 

 petiole very long: scape 4-16 in. tall, much overtopping 

 the Ivs., pubescent, the umbel solitary or 2 or 3 super- 

 posed: bracts lanceolate, shorter than the villose pedi- 

 cels: fls. purplish or violet (?); calyx ribbed, long- 

 tubular, pilose, the lobes lanceolate-acute; corolla- 

 tube cylindrical, twice exceeding the calyx, the limb 

 about Hin- across, lobes bifid. Cent. China. P. 

 Vtitchii and P. lichiangensis may be minor forms of this. 



79. Veitchii, Duthie. Lvs. petioled, when young 

 subrugose, about as broad as long, lobed, the lobes 

 dentate, green and pubescent above, dense-white 

 floccose-tomentose beneath; the petiole equaling the 

 blade: scape exceeding the Ivs., 10-12 in. high, bearing 

 a rather densely many-fld. umbel or several umbels 

 superposed: bracts shorter than the pedicels, ciliate, 

 pubescent: fls. rose-purple or violet, the anthers yellow; 

 calyx subtruncate at the base, pubescent, with lanceo- 

 late acute often unequal lobes; corolla pubescent, the 

 limb yellow-tinted at the mouth with broad-obcordate 

 emarginate lobes: caps, twice as long as the calyx. 

 Cent. China. Intro. 1906. B.M. 8051. G.C. III. 

 37:344. G.M. 48:314. R.B. 36, p. 270. R.H.S. 39:144. 

 A very desirable hardy free-flowering species. P. 

 Vt.itchiana, Petitm., is a different species, apparently 

 not in cult. 



80. lichiangensis, Forr. (P. cortuscndes var. lichian- 

 gensis, Forr.). Much like P. Veitchii, but foliage less 

 hairy and not white underneath, and fls. fewer, larger, 

 and more drooping, with larger eye and purple anthers, 

 the calyx somewhat inflated at base: plant 6-14 in. 

 tall: Ivs. petiolate, ovate-oblong, deeply cordate, 

 lobed, and toothed: bracts lanceolate: fls. fragrant, 

 rich rose-red or almost crimson in shade, the eye green- 

 ish yellow. Lichiang Range, N. W. Yunnan, China, 

 altitude 10,000 ft. Intro. 1908. G.C. III. 50:472. 

 R.H. 1912, p. 488. G. 35:9. R.H.S. 39:129. 



81. geraniifdlia, Hook. f. Very short-pubescent: Ivs. 

 about 2 in. long and broad, orbicular in outline, cordate 

 at base, 11-15-lobed, the lobes triangular and many- 

 toothed and acute, the slender petiole much exceeding 

 the blade: scape 8-10 in. high, bearing 1 or 2 umbels: 

 bracts small (about M m - long), linear: fls. rose-colored, 

 on slender pedicels about H m - long; calyx campanu- 

 late. glabrous, the lobes acute; corolla exceeding calyx, 

 the limb about Hin. across, the lobes lightly emarginate. 

 Thibet. R.H.S. 39:184. 



82. Paxiana, Gilg. Plant tall and very showy: Ivs. 

 very thin-membranaceous, reniform from an open cor- 

 date base, acute, many-lobed, at first sparse-pilose on 

 the nerves, somewhat ciliate, primary nerves 3, promi- 

 nent, dividing ternately, the lobes shortly and broadly 

 triangular, denticulate; the petiole much exceeding the 

 blade: scape tall, 16-20 in. high, sparsely puberulent, 

 bearing 3-4 superposed umbels which are 4-6-fld. and 

 1-2 in. apart: bracts small, almost subulate: fls. bluish 

 lilac; calyx campanulate, somewhat strigose-puberulent 

 with acute lobes; corolla cylindrical, the limb up to 1 

 in. across, with obpvate, deeply bifid lobes. China. 

 The foregoing species may be difficult to separate from 

 printed descriptions. In P. Kaufmanniana and P. 

 polyneura, the If .-lobes are oval and few-toothed; the 

 former has a glabrous and the latter a pilose calyx. In 

 P. geraniifolia and P. Paxiana the lobes are triangular 



and many-serrate; in the former the corolla-tube is 

 twice and in the latter thrice or more longer than the 

 calyx. 



V. MONOCARPIC^E. 



Lvs. little if at all lobed: calyx leafy, often much 

 enlarging after flowering: Chinese. 



83. malacoides, Franch. FAIRY PRIMROSE. Fig. 3184. 

 A slender and open grower, 8^-20 in. high, larger and 

 more branched than P. Forbesii, somewhat hairy below 

 with white hairs, glabrous above: Ivs. thin-papery, 

 glabrescent, broad-ovate, under surface sometimes 

 sparsely white-farinose, upper pale green, the base 

 open-cordate, broadly 6-8-lobed, the lobes acutely 

 incise-dentate; the petiole exceeding the blade: scape 

 more or less exceeding the Ivs., bearing 2-6 many-fld. 

 superposed umbels which are distant from each other: 

 bracts short, linear-lanceolate, acute, white-farinose 

 below: fls. rose and lilac; calyx densely white-farinose, 

 campanulate from a spherical base, with the lobes 



3183. Primula saxatilis. Often cultivated under the name 

 of P. cortusoides. (Separate fls. X l /Q 



short, acute, and spreading; corolla-tube cylindrical, 

 slender, the limb a little concave, j^-J^in. across, with 

 obcordate lobes: caps, globose, included. China. Intro. 

 1908. G.C. III. 44:396, 397; 52:308. R.H. 1912:156. 

 Gn. 76, p. 157; 77, p. 291, 624. J.H. III. 60:399. G. 

 31:53. G.M. 51:914; 56:917. G.W. 13, p. 42. Var. 

 alba, Hort., has white fls. Var. plena, Hort., has double 

 fls. G.C. III. 54:428. An excellent greenhouse species, 

 blooming well in winter. Although perennial, it is 

 usually treated as an annual; seed sown in spring should 

 produce flowering plants in autumn. It blooms several 

 months, bearing fls. in successive whorls on very slender 

 sts., which sometimes reach a height of 18 in. It is now 

 common in cult., and self -sows about the greenhouse. 

 Several shades of color are represented, and also large- 

 fld. forms which are possibly hybrids (see G.C. III. 

 55:180). The plant grows well out-of-doors in the 



