1432 PBIiMULA 



Switzerland to Lombarily, the Tyrol, Hungary and 

 Transylvania." In cultivation, the plant has run into 

 flowers of many colors. It is possible that some of 

 these forms are hybrid progeny with related species. 

 Baker, writes : "What the relation is of this widely- 

 spread wild type to the multiform races of the garden 



PRI.MULA 



base, and sometimes bearing a dark spot in tin . mic r 

 Mt. Sii.Hi, etc. R.M. 2842.-AU interesting ph.iil with 

 .sIriiMi I iiil.iil liL^ht yellow fls. about ^ in. loiii;. borne 

 ■ i]i -'■ I i' I i- I • Is in a whorl of sharp-toothed bract- 

 1^ - . il.' ! _' or ;t and standing well above the ro- 



sttir .ii >li:iii. i.ii.ihed root-lvs. 



1954. Primula cortusoides (sepaiate fls X V) 



Auricula is a subject that still remains to be fully 

 worked out." Pax mentions various natural hybrids. 

 2. Floribundje. 



2. florlbiinda, Wall. Hairy: Ivs. rather thin, .l-fi in. 

 long, ovate or elliptic or obovate, with a broad petiole, 

 strongly nerved and reticulated, the margins coarse- 

 toothed: scales slender but erect, 10 in. or less, bearing 

 loose whorls that are subtended by three or fiMir leaf- 

 like toothed bracts: lis. small, golden yell<nv. tlic simih r 

 tube e.\serted beyond the deep-cleft calyx, tin' s. -in. nis 

 obcordate and entire. Himalaya. B.M. i;7l.'. uIki. 

 Hooker remarks: "The plant here flguri'.l is luiin.l ,ii 

 lower elevations in the llimaltiyiis ihaii iiny .illi. r ..f tiic 

 numerous species that inliai.it ihai rid, n ';;ioii. ."rui- 

 ring between 2,500 and (;.:.( m li. al..ii^' ilir » Im.Ii- .livisicn 



Also in Afghanistan. B.iM. (I7IL'. lai.tliMili. (i.e. 111. 

 27:195. B.H. 1«95, p. 40l)-l. (It. 45:1421; 47. p. 221. 



3. verticillita, Porsk. Plant gr..\ving about 1 ft., bi-ar- 

 ing yellow fls. i 

 lanceolate: bra. 

 deeply 5-parti'. I 

 tube about 5 t i i 

 long and obtus. 



contracted. Aral. .a. I'u.l.al.U ja.i ii. .uUn aimii, the 

 plant known under this name in garduu.s bciug the fol- 

 lowing: 



Var. Boveina, Mast. ( P. mvedva. necne. P. verticil- 

 lAta, Hort.). l;vs, brna.llv s,,„t.ilat.-: I.rncts 3-nerved: 

 calyx cylindrical -.-a II i|.a II II 1:.!.. « nh :, .1. .'p dentate lobes 



ordlTlsions: (■iir..lla n.i ...iing the calyx, 



the segments r..ini.!. .1 i i . :■ i > i.iracted at tlie 



manj 



obtuse, entire or fanclj toothed: fls. in successive 

 whorls on the slender erect scape, pale yellow, the tube 

 much exceeding the shoit toothed calyx, the lobes flat 

 and sballowU obioidite Bengal. B. M. 6732.-N(it 

 knouij t > bi m I ult but inseited here to distinguish 

 ice confused. 

 The noblest of cultivated Pri- 

 I'i ft , and bearing five or six 

 whijils lit (k(|i ^ellow flowers of firm substance. — Once 

 tontoundid with P junlifeia, from which it differs, ac- 

 cording to Hooker in "the morerobust habit, the thicker 

 t(\tm( li id. 1 midrib, close reticulate nervation, and 



I nil 111 1 the toliage and its deeper colored 



II I ' \(S are sometimes IK ft. long; they 

 slate m outline, obtu 



„ij I 111 (uy small very sharp teeth, and the 



sua I L I 111 li I hstered and reticulated: fls. deep yel- 

 low or alniuat oiange, % in across, the tube K in. long 

 and much exceeding the short toothed calyx. Mts. of 

 Java B M 7217 Gn 40 823 G.M. 34:758-9. Not 

 hardy north. 



AA. Floivers purple {orwliite). 

 G. Jap6nlca, Gray. Scape 1-2 ft. tall, bearing several 

 superimposed whorls of clear purple fls. : plant gla- 

 brous, not mealy: Ivs. i.l.l.,ii!.--nl,.ivat.- or spatulate. ob- 

 tuse, convex abov.'. I I. . . 1 hiihii. .1, til.- margins with 



small teeth: fls. 1:' ... . h u In. rl, about 1 in. 



across, the lobes 1. 1.. . . Ma ml... nearly tbr.'C 



(Is. 



.iM. 



iln. 2!l,p. 382. R.H. 1871:570; 1895. p. 4 

 :.". ;7-s ; 1872:9. -There are white-tlowi 

 ...ins early in summer to midsummer. Jlal 

 ant in deep moist soil and a shaded pla 

 he North. 



4. Sinenses. 

 Calyx loose and large, often inflated. 

 B. Lvs. deep-lobed. 

 Sabine (P. Chinfnsis, Hort.). Chini 



round-ovHle. >..l 1 n.. . '■ir.Wy limp, ■■ci-.Tal lebed ;in(l 



the lobes toothe.l. 1. , . i, ,| [. . . |...,.|, sevi'ral: 



fls. now of many . . ' n an nnib.l, 



large and showy. :. .: .i .. _i i. ..I.i'or.lale: 



calyx inflated. Chma.. Wini.jr l.|....iii.r. as grown in 

 greenhouses. B.M. 25(14. H.R. 7:5:19 (as P. prtvnltevx). 

 P.S. 22:2334-37. I.H. 32:551; 35:42. Gn. 51:1124 and p. 

 4G9. G.C. lil. 25:181,203, 205. Gng. 2:91. A. P. 8:623, 



