PRIMULA 



PRIMULA 



2805 



157. kichanensis, Franch. (P. Clementina, Forr.). 

 Plant more or less covered with farina: Ivs. spatulate, 

 sharp-serrate, obtuse or nearly so: scape slender, 

 exceeding the Ivs., bearing a spreading-drooping umbel 

 of several almost sessile lilac-purple fls.: calyx-lobes 

 short. W.China. Intro. 1908. R.H.S. 39:165. 



158. umbrella, Forr. Farinose, with short scape: Ivs. 

 oblong-pointed and irregularly dentate: fls. 5 or 6, lilac- 

 purple, deflexed; calyx-lobes long and pointed. Yun- 

 nan, China. Intro. 1908. R.H.S. 39 : 168. "The bracts 

 radiate from the top of the scape, each one forming a 

 channel in which a pedicel, twice the length of the 

 bract, lies." 



XVIIL PETIOLARES. 



Lvs. in rosettes, glabrous, or nearly so a_nd mostly 

 narrowed to their insertion, dentate, the midrib wide: 

 fls. large, pedicelled, umbelled, the scape mostly short, 

 sometimes long: caps, globose: Himalaya, China. 



159. petioliris, Wall. Glabrous, with or without 

 farina or meal: Ivs. membranaceous, rugose, poly- 

 morphous, the petiole long or short, the blade oblong or 

 roundish in outline and more or less irregularly erose- 

 denticulate: scape short or even none, sometimes equal- 

 ing or exceeding the Ivs., bearing long-pedicelled white, 

 rose or pale purple fls.: calyx tubular or narrowly 

 tubular-campanula te, somewhat enlarging after flower- 

 ing, the lobes narrow and acute; corolla exceeding calyx, 

 funnelform, the limb about 1 in. across, the lobes obcor- 

 date and emarginate, crenate or dentate: caps, globose, 

 included in the dilated calyx-tube. Himalaya. Per- 

 haps not in cult., although P. Winteri, by some regarded 

 as a form of it, is in gardens. 



160. Winteri, W. Wats. (P. petiolaris var. pul- 

 verulenta, Hook. f.). Whole plant yellowish or whitish 

 farinose: Ivs. obovate^spatulate and irregularly den- 

 tate, 4 in. long and 2 in. broad: fls. 20 or more in a 

 crowded umbel on a short scape, pale purple with a 

 yellow eye and a broad white ring surrounding it; 

 corolla-tube 1 in. long; limb flat, 1 % m - across, the lobes 

 rounded and toothed. Himalaya. G.C. III. 49:130; 

 55:238. Gn. 75, p. 130; 76:206. G.M. 54:163; 58:200. 

 G. 33:303; 34:607; 35:207; 36:206; 37:217. R.H.S. 

 39:185. 



XIX. CAXKRTEXIA. 



Lvs. nearly or quite glabrous, membranaceous or 

 paper-like, serrulate or denticulate, narrowed to the 

 petiole: fls. in superposed umbels: caps, globose: 

 China; also Japan, Himalaya, Java, X. Amer. 



A. Fls. yellow. 



161. imperialis, Jungh. Tall, stout, not farinose, 

 the infl. excepted, glabrous: Ivs. 4-16 x 2}^-4>6 in., 

 elongate-obovate or spatulate, obtuse, long-narrowed to 

 a winged petiole which is shorter than or rarely equal 

 to the blade, wrinkled, finely denticulate, the very 

 broad midnerve produced beyond the blade: scape 

 stout, much exceeding the Ivs., 16-32 in. or more 

 high, bearing several many-fid, superposed umbels 

 which are 2-3 in. apart, more remote in fr.: bracts 

 lanceolate from a broad base, acuminate: fls. golden 

 yellow; calyx open-campanula te, farinose or not so, 

 with short, broadly triangular acute lobes; corolla- 

 tube slightly delated toward the ringed throat, the 

 limb about %in. across, rarely less, with obcordate 

 emarginate lobes: caps, globose, included in the calyx. 

 Mountains of Java. B.M. 7217. Gn. 40:266; 61, p. 

 27'2. G. M. 34: 758, 759. Not hardy X. The noblest 

 of cult, primulas, the scape rising 3*2 ft-, and bearing 

 5 or 6 whorls of deep yellow fls. of firm substance. 

 Once confounded with P. prolifera, from which it 

 differs, according to Hooker, in "the more robust habit, 

 the thicker texture, broader midrib, close reticulate 

 nervation, and bullate surface of the foliage and its 

 deeper colored flowers." 



162. serratifdlia, Franch. Lvs. long-elliptic or 

 oblong, sharply irregularly serrate, rugose above, 

 broad at the end or only short-acute: scape slender, 

 much exceeding the Ivs., bearing a few fls. on short but 

 slender drooping pedicels; corolla pale yellow with 

 lemon-tinted blotch in center. S. W. China. Appar- 

 ently confused in the descriptions, the P. serratifolia of 

 Pax's monograph being, according to Balfour, "a 

 chimera including P. Befsiana, P. pulvendenta, and 

 P. serratifolia," Intro. 1908. R.H.S. 39:173. 



163. Bulleyana, Forr. Plant 1*4-2^ ft. tall: Ivs. 

 paper-like, ovate-lanceolate, rounded or acute at apex, 

 narrowed into a short winged petiole, sharply irregu- 

 larly toothed, glabrous and lightly hispid above: scape 

 tall and strong, farinose at apex, bearing 5-7 super- 

 posed umbels each 15-17-fld.: bracts linear, farinose 

 when young: fls. faintly fragrant, deep reddish orange. 

 in bud deep brownish crimson, on spreading or droop- 

 ing pedicels that are erect after anthesis; calyx cam- 

 panulate or in fr. cup-like, the lobes triangular to 

 subulate; corolla-tube cylindrical to funnelform, the 

 limb nearly 1 in. across, the lobes obovate to roundish: 

 caps, ovoid, scarcelv exceeding calyx. Yunnan, China, 

 10,000-1 1, 000 ft. framed for A. K. Bulley, England, 

 for whom Forrest collected in China. Intro. 1908. 

 G.C. III. 46:16, 17. J.H. III. 68:103. R.H. 1911, p. 

 467. G.M. 52:403. G. 35:325. R.H.S. 39:172. Pro- 

 duces heavy rosettes and fl.-sts. 2-2H ft- tall; a moist- 

 ure-loving species, and apparently adapted to cultiva- 

 tion in this country. 



164. helodoxa, Balf. f. A very recent addition to 

 this group, collected in 1912 in China and intro. into 

 Great Britain in 1913. It is described as a magnificent 

 plant of strong growth, producing many whorls of dark 

 yellow fls. Intro. 1913. 



165. Cockburniana, Hemsl. Glabrous: Ivs. mem- 

 branaceous, 2-4 in. long, obovate-oblong, obtuse, the 

 young ones more or less puberulent, soon becoming 

 bare, obscurely lobed and at the same time minutely 

 or obsoletely denticulate, narrowed toward the base 

 but scarcely petiolate: scape slender, 418 in. high, 

 bearing 2 superposed 3^6-fld. umbels: bracts minute: 

 fls. yellow; calyx farinose, narrowly campanulate with 

 deltoid acute lobes; corolla-tube cylindrical, the limb 

 scarcely 1 in. across with obcordate spreading retuse 

 lobes. W. China. Intro. 1906. B.M. 8073. G.C. III. 

 37:331; 40, 231, 249. R.H.S. 39:172. Useful for pots 

 and also planted out. P. "Unique," offered by Bees, in 

 England, is a hybrid between P. Cockburniana and P. 

 pulvendenta: fls. cinnabar-red, in tall graceful spikes 

 (see Xo. 31). 



AA. Fls. white, rose, or purple. 

 B. Scape pilose. 



166. sonchifdlia, Franch. (P. gratissima, Forr.). 

 Lvs. papery, 6-8 in. long, glabrous, sprinkled with 

 raised dots, oblong or obovate-oblong, obtuse, double- 

 sinuate, the mature ones subruncinate, the teeth or 

 lobes broadly triangular and acute and spreading or 

 somewhat reflexed, sharply denticulate: scape about 

 equaling the Ivs., thick, the top as well as the pedicels 

 and the calyx very shortly scabrous, bearing a simple 

 umbel: bracts very short, ovate-triangular: fls. violet; 

 calyx mealy or not, short-campanulate, cut scarcely 

 one-third its length, with ovate, obtuse lobes; corolla- 

 tube broadened toward the throat, the limb \$r\. in. 

 or more across, slightly concave with obovate shortly 

 emarginate lobes: caps, globose, included in the calvx. 

 S. W. China. G.C. III. 47:58. 



BB. Scape pulverulent or farinose. 



167. pulverulenta, Duthie. Resembles P. japonica 

 in general habit, but distinguished by its sil very- 

 farinose scape and infl. and by the deep rose-purple or 

 violet-colored fls., also by the long and gradually 



