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pitiok'S, ohtiisc or subobtiise, crose-denticulate or rf|iaii(l-iltiiticiilatc, 

 iR'iirly smooth above, more or less tliiekly covered with yellowi.-Ii-wliitc 

 meal beneath, espeeially when youn;;. Umbel raised on a scape (very 

 rarely sessile); pedicels slightly niieqnal, n>ost of them about equal 

 to the calyx (except in the scapelcss forms), erect ; bracts of the 

 involucre slightly gibbous at the base. Calyx oblong-ovoid; segments 

 half the length of the tube, oblong, abruptly acuminated towards the 

 apex, obtuse. Tube of the corolla half as long again as the calyx-teeth ; 

 limb narrower across than the length of the tube, rotate, e[)reading; 

 segments deltoid-obovate, deeply obcordatc, contiguous. Hat. Capsule 

 oblong-ovoid, scarcely exceeding the calyx. Flowers not dimorphous. 

 In damp pastures. Rare and local. Confined to the counties of 

 Sutherland and Caithness, and the Orkney Isles. 



Scotland. IVreiniial. Karly Summer, and again in late Summer, 

 and sometimes a third time in Autumn. 



Very similar to P. farinosa, from which, however, it is jierfectly 

 distinct. The leaves have the Ijroadi st part nearer the middle; the 

 scape is rarely moi'e than 4 or 5 inches high even in fruit; the bracts 

 of the invohure are much less saccate at the base; the cal^x is much 

 more swollen; the corolla tube longer, and the limb narrower, deeper 

 purple, with the segments broader; and the ca[)sulc is very much 

 shorter, not above one-fourth longer than the calyx, and oftt'ii not so 

 nuich. The flowers are app:u'ently never dimorphous, for though the 

 point of insertion of the stamens varies, the height of the stigma varies 

 with them, and a single plant seeds freely; the seedlings show no 

 tendency to approach 1*. farinosa. 



In the forni with sessile lunbels, the pedicels are nuicli longer than 

 the calyx. 



Scottish Bird's eye Primrose. 



GENUS Ili.-O Y C L A M E N. Toumcf. 



Cal}x deepl}' 5-clcft, free from the ovary. Corolla deciduous, with 

 a short globular tube, and a limb of 5 reflexcd slightly twisted seg- 

 ments. Stamens 5. Capsule globular or globular-turbinate, slightly 

 fleshy, opening at the apex by 5 valves, which are generally split, and 

 at length rcvolute. Seeds several, amphitropous. 



Herbs with globular dejjrcssed rootstocks, and stalked radical leaves 

 with a roundish or ovate lamina, cordate at the base, generally angu- 

 lated, and often marked with pale gn^en or white. Flowers drooping, 

 solitary at the extremity of scapes, which \i\ most of the species roll 



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