PRIMULACE/E 205 



Distribution. — Carpathians, Eastern, Central, and Western Alps ; 

 Jura, Black Forest, Servia, Apennines, 



Primula marginata Curt. 



Stem 2-6 inches high, fleshy, bearing a few-flowered umbel of 

 rather larger rose-purple flowers. Leaves smooth, thick, oval- 

 elliptical, narrowed into a foot-stalk, cartilaginous, serrate, the 

 margin mealy and white. Involucral bracts short and oval or 

 nearly orbicular. Petals obcordate. Calyx mealy, with rounded 

 tube and short oval bracts. Capsule sub-globular. A somewhat 

 variable plant, according to position, etc. 



Rocky places (limestone) in the Western Alps of Dauphiny and 

 Provence, Liguria, and Piedmont ; very local. June, July. 



We have seen this species as low as 800 metres, near San Dal- 

 mazzo di Tenda in the Maritime Alps, and up to 2745 metres, or 

 9000 feet on Monte Santa Maria in the same district, and at Mont 

 Cenis at 2590 metres or 8500 feet. 



Primula Allionii Lois. 



Somewhat like the last in habit, but pubescent, viscous, and 

 greyish green in colour. Plant about 2 inches high, from a creeping 

 root. Scape almost wanting or much shorter than the leaves, 

 bearing a solitary bright rose flower. Leaves oboval, lengthened 

 into a long foot-stalk, entire or crenate, velvety and very viscous. 

 Calyx viscous, with oval, obtuse teeth. Corolla-tube twice as long 

 as calyx. Capsule globular, shorter than calyx. 



Rocks in the sub-alpine region of the French and Italian Maritime 

 Alps. (Endemic.) March to May. 



Primula spectabilis Tratt. 



Leaves lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, acute, entire, glabrous, 

 with cartilaginous margin, very shortly ciliated, dotted on the 

 upper side. Umbels 1-5 flowered. Involucral bracts linear, 

 equalling the flower-stalks. Calyx tubular-campanulate, shorter 

 than the corolla-tube. 



Stony pastures and limestone rocks descending to the lower Alps. 

 June to August. 



Distribution. — Eastern Alps (Southern Tyrol and Camiola). 



Primula tiroliensis Schott. 



Leaves on the lower parts of the stem imbricate, ending in a 

 rosette about three-fourths the height of the stem, ovate ; the upper 

 ones broader, dentate, covered on both sides with glandular hairs ; 

 uppermost leaves small, scale-like. Scape 1-2 flowered, very 

 short. Flower-stalks shorter than the scale-like bracts. Lobes of 

 corolla bifid. CoroUa bright rose-coloured. Leaves thick and 

 succulent, with thickened cartilaginous teeth at the margin. 



Southern Tyrol, on dolomitic limestone ; rare. June. 



