CVII. 
PRIMULA SEDIFOLIA. 
Sedum-leaved Primula. 
ORDO NATURALIS. 
Lysimachiz. Juss. Gen. p. 59. 
. phe delta apt AS shah tice 
Calyx inferne plus minus utricularis, 5-fidus, persistens, Corolla hypoérateriformis: Tubus cylin- 
draceus apice dilatato, ore plus minus 10-tuberculatus : Limbus profunde 5-fidis, laciniis sepius 
- yetusis. Filamenta 5, tubo ad basin dilatate partis inserta, brevissima. Anthere erecta vel converg- 
—entes. Pericarpium membranaceum, 4-10-valve. Stylus cylindricus. Stigma capitatum. Semina 
3-50, oblonga vel subrotunda. Herbe cespitose. Folia confertim imbricata sepius in rosas. Flores 
-in fasciculis 1-20-floris. Pedunculi ex und alterdve axilld foliorum novorum 1-rit, nunc fasciculo quast 
radicali subnulli, Bractec sub singulis pedicellis 1-rie, squameformes. Essentia generis, ni fallor, est’ 
in tubo infra insertionem filamentorum contracto, 0s enim plus minus tuberculatum mire ludit in un@ 
eddemque specie, et numerus valvarum seminumque pariter inconstans, 
P, foliis 14-2 lineas longis, lanceolato-cuneatis, integerrimis, obtusis, tomentosis : floribus solitariis, 
breviter pedicellatis. 
P. Vitaliana. Decand. Syn. p. 207. P. Vitaliana. Decand. in Lam, Fl. Franc, 2. ed. 0. 3. p. 450. 
P. Vitaliana. Allion. Fl. Ped. v. 1.p. 92. P. Vitaliana. D’ Asso Fl. Arag. p. 166. Androsace lutea, 
Lam. Fl. Franc. 1 ed. 0. 2. p.253. Aretia Vitaliana. Linn, Syst. Veg. ed. 13. p. 162. P. Vitaliana, 
Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2. p. 206. Aretia foliis, &c. Hall. Hist. Helv. v. 1. n. 616. Rara quedam plan- 
tula, &c. Allion. Stirp. Rar. p. 24. Vitaliana, &c. Sesler Epist. ed. Gallice. p. 69. ¢. 11. Sanicula 
repens, &c. Plant. Mart-Burs. in Linn. Aman. Acad. 0.1. p. 321. Auricula ursi alpina, gramineo 
folio, jasmini lutei flore. Tourn. Inst. p. 122. Sanicula alpina, angustissimis, &c. Plukn. Alm. p. 
_ 332. Phyt.t. 108. f. 6.Sedum alpinum F, Gregorii regiensis, Column. Ecphr.v. 2. p. 63. cum Ic. 
Sponte nascentem in summitate montis Xabalambre, legit J. D’Asso: in altissimis jugis montis Pelle- 
grino, legit L.Szster: in Piedmont alpibus abunde, ad nivem deliquescentem, legit C. ALLront. 
Floret Junio, Julio: apud nos Aprili. 
This rare plant was communicated by Messrs. Lez and Kenney, in whose nursery it seems to 
thrive as well as in its native Alps, and it is remarkable that another species from the same elevated 
regions, P. Auricula L. will live and flower abundantly, in the smokiest part of London, for years. 
annot separate it from Primula, merely for having few seeds, even their number being incon- 
stant, and the tubercles surrounding the orifice of the tube are still more so, in many species: the 
other two Aretias are probably congeners of Androsace. 
The plant, wher out of flower, is so like many Sedums, that about 200 years ago Father Grecory 
of Regio sent it to COLUMNA for a new one: though the specimen was only in fruit however, its 
habit did not impose upon his more learned friend, who expressly says that he believes it to be 
” Wis ancient synonym affords an excellent specific name : that of Vita- 
Dowarr’s Christian name, and not, as DECANDOLLE sup- 
time naked towards the bottom, round. 
cated, from 12 to 2 lines long, clustered into roses at the ends of the branches, lance-wedge-shap- 
ed, when more luxuriant linear-wedge-shaped, very entire, 
ie oer 6 Sree eee Polonie tescrally sot Bracte solitary at the base of 
the Pedicel, scarcely differing ges sd tase © - za ag ote iam ig sfap 
10-angular the angles under the pein doc ei Lo “ re 
slender, round, slightly cottony. 
middle yellowish, tumid, obsoletely 
thence green and 5-fid: Segments erect, semilanceolate, very entre, 
