PRIMULA 



PRIMULA 



2797 



cordate at base, irregularly bi-crenate, rugose above 

 and densely farinose beneath: scape stout and erect, 

 3-9 in. high and equaling or exceeding the Ivs., bearing 

 a 10-25-fld. umbel: bracts leafy, lanceolate: fls. on 

 slender erect pedicels, large, fragrant, deep orange (or 

 deep yellow?) with an orange-yellow tube; corolla- 

 limb nearly 1 in. across, the lobes ovate or rounded and 

 deeply emarginate; calyx pouch-like or scarcely cam- 

 panulate: caps, ovoid. Pendulous from dry shady 

 crevices of limestone cliffs of the Lichiang Range, S. W. 

 China: in cult, said to thrive in limestone well-drained 

 soil in the alpine rockery. Intro. 1908. B.M. 8313. 

 G.C. III. 45:274, 299; 51:240. R.H.1912, p. 490. Gn. 

 73, p. 242. G.M. 52:325. G. 31:289; 36:209. R.H.S. 

 39:152. Placed in a new section Suffruticosa by Bal- 

 four. together with several others. A 

 very recent and interesting species of 

 this group is P. rufa, Balf., wkh golden 

 nieal and hairy: fls. yellow. Yunnan, 

 China. 



92. redolens, Balf. f. Allied to P. 

 Forrest ii and in foliage much resemb- 

 ling it but softer and more hairv: scapes 

 6-9 in. tall, bearing umbels of 12-20 

 fls. that vary in color from white to 

 pale pink and splashed purple, with a 

 small yellow eye. W. China; a very 

 recent intro., and probably not yet 

 tested in this country. 



93. caerulea, Forr. Rhizome not 

 woody: Ivs. petiolate, 2,-A in. long, 

 ovate or ovate-elliptic, densely pubes- 

 scent beneath and mostly bullate (puck- 

 eredj above, at the base more or less 

 attenuate, at the apex rounded, sinuate- 

 crenate: scape 1-3 in. high, more or less 

 woolly. 1- or 2-fld. : calyx broadly bell- 

 shaped, lightly pubescent, the lobes 

 triangular and acute; corolla purplish 

 blue, the tube funnelform and throat 

 greenish yellow, the limb 1 in. or more 

 across, lobes broadly obovate and 

 entire or nearly so. China, on rocks 

 in exposed situations. Intro. 1911. 



IX. CAROLIXELLA. 



Much like Bullata 3 , but Ivs. larger: 

 Asia Minor, China. 



94. megaseaefolia, Boiss. More or 

 less somewhat ferrugineously-pilose, 

 at length almost glabrous even-where : 

 Ivs. chartaceous, rotund or ovate- 

 rotund, obtuse, the base slightly cordate 

 or subrotund, remotely somewhat 

 spinulose-dentate, glabrous above, ferrugineous-pubes- 

 scent along the nerves below; the petioles stout, more 

 or less equaling the blade, narrowly winged: scape 

 shorter than or equaling the Ivs., glabrescent, bearing 

 1 or 2 closely approximate superposed many-fld. umbels: 

 biacts lanceolate, with a subulate-acuminate apex; 

 pedicels slender, nodding white infl.: fls. rose; calyx 

 glabrous, narrowly tubular, 5-ribbed, with lanceolate, 

 acute, slightly reflexed lobes; corolla-limb 1 in. across, 

 with obcordate, deeply emarginate lobes : caps, glabrous, 

 oblong, exceeding the calyx. Mountains of Asia Minor, 

 B.M. 7901. G.C. III. 29:223. Gn. 59, p. 298; 65, p. 

 323. G.M. 44:287. G. 32:347. Gn.W. 20:211. F.S.R. 

 2:24. R.H.S. 39:117. An interesting and distinct 

 species, suitable for outdoor planting. 



X. FALLACES. 



Lvs. membranaceous, rugose, hairy, cordate at base, 

 distinctly petiolate: infl. bracteate, about 2-3-fld. 

 Japan. 



95. Reinii, Franch. Densely covered with long, 

 many-celled hairs, especially the petioles and the upper 

 surfaces of the lower Ivs.: Ivs. petiolate, 4-6 in. diam., 

 rotundate or reniform, base deeply cordate, incise- 

 crenate to scarcely one-third the depth of the blade 

 the lobes with the edges overlapping: scape scarcely 

 longer than the Ivs., bearing 2-6 fls.: bracts lanceolate: 

 fls. pale violet ; calyx glabrous, lobed to the middle, the 

 lobes ovate, obtuse, and callous-mucronate; corolla 

 with deeply bifid lobes. Japan. G.M. 58:207. R.H.S. 

 39:177. 



96. tosaensis, Yatabe. Lvs. petiolate, membrana- 

 ceous, pubescent below, ciliate, about 2 in. diam., base 

 cordate, orbicular or very broadly ovate, slightly 

 lobed, the lobes acute, dentate; the petioles pubescent, 



subequaling the blades: scape ex- 

 ceeding the Ivs., pubescent, glabres- 

 cent toward the top, bearing a 

 simple 2-4-fld. umbel or 2 super- 

 posed umbels: bracts short, subu- 

 late: fls. pale purple; calyx tubular, 

 split scarcely to the middle with 

 narrowly triangular lobes; corolla- 

 tube slightly dilated toward the 

 top, the limb about 1J^ in. across, 

 the mouth annular; the lobes ovate, 

 emarginate: caps, long-cylindrical, 

 very much longer than the calyx. 

 Japan. Gn. 79, p. 266. 



XI. VF.RVAI.F.R. 



Lvs. membranaceous, rugose, 

 gradually attenuate at base (rarely 

 cordate): fls. pedicelled: handsome 

 species: Eu., Asia. This is a group 

 of spring-flowering plants to which 

 the polyanthus and the true cow- 

 slip belong. They are much varied 

 and hybridized, and the botany 

 of them is therefore much con- 

 fused. 



A. Limb of corolla concave; calyx 



open-campanuLate. 

 97. veris, Linn. (P. veris var. 

 officinalis, Linn. P. officinalis, Hill. 

 P. odordta, Gilib. P. domeslica, 

 Hoffmg. P. corondria, Salisb.). 

 COWSLIP. Fig. 3187. Stemless, 

 minutely soft-pubescent: Ivs. ru- 

 gose, membranaceous or chartace- 

 ous, ovate or ovate-oblong, obtuse, 

 more or less contracted or nar- 

 rowed to the petiole, crenate, more 

 or less pilose or canescent- or 

 white-tomentose below; the petiole winged, shorter 

 than or equaling the blade: scape pubescent, bearing a 

 many-fld. umbel, 4-8 in. high: bracts linear, acute, 

 small: fls. fragrant, bright golden or light yellow, 

 rarely purplish; calyx pubescent, campanulate, more 

 or less broadened, 5-ribbed, whitish, with triangular, 

 acute frequently mucronulate lobes; corolla-limb con- 

 cave, rarely somewhat flat, expanding little beyond the 

 bulge of the calyx, }^-\ in. across, with obcordate 

 obtuse emarginate lobes: caps, oval, included in the 

 calyx. S. Cent., and N. Eu., Britain, Asia. G.W. 4, p. 

 245 (var. grandiflora) ; 13, p.74; 15 p. 270. 



The cowslip is a variable species, with a strong ten- 

 dency to abnormal development of the calyx. Var. 

 macrocalyx (P. macrocalyx, Bunge. P. officinalis var. 

 macrocolyx, Koch), Asian, has calyx about %in. long 

 and broadly obconic at base, the lobes short-triangular 

 and acute-mucronate: corolla exceeding calyx, orange- 

 yellow, %-l in. or more across: Ivs. usually more or 

 less tomentose or subcanescent beneath (sometimes 

 greenish), attenuate or contracted into a winged petiole. 



3185. Primula Forbesii, the baby 

 primrose, at the beginning of its 

 blooming season. 



