52 *entandria monootnia. Primula. 



6. P. pusilla, Wall. 



Leaves crowded in tufts, spatulate, pectinate-dentate, hairy, ta- 

 pering into a short petiol ; scape filiform, very long ; umbel round, 

 from six to eight flowered; cahjx sub-ses ile, equalling the lanceo- 

 late involucels ; laciiiicz ot the corolla triangular, deeply tvvo.lobed, 

 equalling the tube ; throat shut with a dense tuft of white hairs. 



A very delicate lovely species, growing in tufts. — Root fibrous, of a 

 reddish tint. — Leaves crowded, spreading, about half an inch long, 

 two lines broad, acute, deeply marked on the margins with four or 

 five strong, linear teeth, sub-pinnatifid, beset on the upper sui face 

 with short, transparent, erect hairs ; smooth below, the middle rib ele- 

 vated. — Scape from three to five inches high, erect, thread-formed, 

 slightly pubescent at the base, thinly beset with a mealy powder at 

 the top, round. Umbel globose, scarcely an inch in diameter, slightly 

 mealy, with large, deep-purple, sub-sessile flowers. — Involucels lan- 

 ceolate, acute, reaching up to the apex of the calyces. — Calyx tubu- 

 lar, with oblong, acute segments, longer than the peduncle. — Tube 

 of the corolla twice as long as the calyx, cylindric, scarcely equalling 

 the spreading limb; lacinia broad, triangular, deeply bifid, with di- 

 verging, oblong, obtuse lobes, marked sometimes with a toothlet at 

 the bottom or sides of the sinus. — Throat completely shut up with 

 a round and elevated bunch of milk-white hair. — Stamina below the 

 middle of the tube; stigma capiiate, just under the faux. — Capsule 

 oblong, a little longer than the calyx, smooth, with five lanceolate 

 acute valves. 



Obs. This species comes near to P. minima, Linn, but differs 

 sufficiently by the character given above — N. W. 



7. P. petioi 'a? is. Wall. 



Smooth ; leaves ova', mostlv rounded at both ends, margins cre- 

 nato-denhite, crisped, several times shorter than the slender, naked 

 petioles ; peduncles radical many, one-floweied, shorter than the pe- 

 tioles; limb of the corolla flat. 



