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neath, at least when young; 1-4 inches long, 

 the margins crenulate-dentate. Flowers um- 

 bellate 3-20, on scapes 4-18 inches high; 

 corolla pink or lilac, usually with a yellowish 

 eye, the tube slightly longer than the calyx, 

 the lobes wedge-shaped, notched at the apex, 

 J of an inch or more long. 



In swamps and wet meadows in the lower 

 valleys of the eastern slopes of the Rockies 

 not penetrating far into the mountains; 

 flowering in June. 



Primula Similar to the preceding species 



Maccalliana but much smaller. Leaves 

 Wiegand. gpatulate or obovate, mostly 



Maccalla's 



Primrose. <l uite broad '> P ale g reen above, 



more or less mealy beneath, den- 

 ticulate or repand, obtuse at the apex, nar- 

 rowed or cuneate at the base, petioled or 

 sessile, J-iJ inches long, forming a rosette 

 at the base of the scape. Flowers f of an 

 inch broad or less, umbellate, on a peduncle 

 1-6 inches high; pale pink or bluish with a 

 conspicuous orange eye ; the lobes obcordate ; 



