PnaiMULA FARiNOsA. Birp’s-Eve PniMULA. 
— PRIMULA. Linn. Gem PL PrNTANDRIA Monocynta. 
| Involucrum umbellula.' Cor. tubus cylindricus, oré patulo. Gaf/ 
1-locularis, teres, dentibus 10-dehifcens, polyfperma. 
Rak Syn. Gen. 18. HERBJE FRUCTU SICCO SINGULARI FLORE MONOPETALO. 
PRIMULA farino/a foliis crenatis glabris, florum limbo plano. Linn. Sy. Vegetab. ed. 14, Murr. ps 
192. Sp. Pl ed. 9. f. 205. Scop. Carn. ed. 2. p. 193. Hudf.. FL Angl. ed. 2. p. 84« 
Lightfoot Scot. v. 1. ps 197. 
ARETIA folis glabris, ellipticis, rugofis, fubtus farinofis, floribus umbellatis. Ha//. Hf. 625. 
VERBASCULUM  umbellatum alpinum minus. Baub. Pim. 247. Ram Syn. ed. 3. pi 285. Bird's-eye. 
PRIMULA veris florerubroetalb. Red and white Bird eine. Ger. Herb.639. f. 1,2. emac. 783. f. 1, 2. 
PARALYSIS minor flore rubro et albo. Park. Parad. p. 246. P]. 243.10. Theat. p. 536. 1, 9. 

RADIX perennis, fubpremorfa, fibrofiffima, fibris 
longis, perpendicularibus; odorata. 
FOLIA. oblongo-obovata, crenata, glabra, craffiufcula, 
ad margines hinc inde reflexa, fubtus farinofa, 
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ROOT perennial, fomewhat ftumped, very fibrous, 
fibres long, perpendicular; fweet-fcented. 
LEAVES oblong-obovate, crenated, fmooth, thickifh, 
here and there turned back on the edges, 
mealy on the under fide and veiny. 
STALK a hand's breadth or fpan in height, upright, 
round, naked, of a pale green colour and 
mealy. | | 
FLOWERS purple, fweet-fcented, growing in an up- 
right umbel. 
INVOLUCRUM many-leavd, each leaf or bra&tea 
awl-fhaped and placed at the bafe of each 
eduncle. 
CALYX: a Perianruium of one leaf, continuing, 
obovate, five-cornerd, divided into five feg- 
ments, which are upright, a little blunt, 
clofing together fomewhat at their tips, of a 
dull green colour and mealy, fig. 1, 2. 
COROLLA: monopetalous, tubular; Tune cylindrt 
ceus, calice longior, in medio coarélatus, cal, longer than the calyx, contracted in the 
‘terminatus collo fubventricofo, lutelcente, $ middle, terminating in a neck fomewhat en- 
glabro, fauce pervia, lutea coronata; L1MBUS larged, yellowifh, fmooth, crowned with a 
5-partitus, patentiffimus, jg. 3. : : mouth ‘which is open and yellow; LiwB 
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SCAPUS palmaris ad fpithameum, ereftus, teres, 
nudus, pallide virens, farinofus. 
FLORES in umbella erefta, purpurei, fuaveolentes. 
ulata ad fingulum pedunculum. 
CALYX: PrnraNTHIUM monophyllum, perfiftens, 
obovatum, pentagonum, quinquefidum, la- 
ciniis ereétis, obtufiufculis, apice fubconni- 
ventibus, obícure viridibus, farinofis, fg. 1, 2. 
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divided into five fegments fpreading very flat, 
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STAMINA: FinaAwENTA quinque, breviffima, intra 0 STAMINA: five FiLAMENTS. very fhort, within the 
collum tubi corolle; ANTHER# erectae, ob- Q neck of the tube of the corolla; ANTHER& 
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longe, fubtrigoue, conniventes, flavae, jig. 4. à upright, oblong, fomewhat three-cornered, 
0 clofing together and yellow, jg. 4. | 
PISTILLUM: Germen fuperum, fubglobofum, gla- ó PISTILLUM : Germen above, fomewhat globular, 
brum; SrvLus filiformis, longitudine tubi; : fmooth; SrvLz filiform, the length of the 
Stiema globofum, jig. 5. : tube; Stigma globular, fe. 5. 
PERICARPIUM : CapsuLa cylindracea, calyce duplo 5 SEED-VESSEL: a cylindrical CapsuLe, twice the 
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- longior, fufca, unilocularis, ore quinqueden- à length of the calyx, brown, of one cavity, 
tato, jig. 6. 6 the mouth five-toothed, jig. 6. 
SEMINA plurima, minima, fufca, fig. 7. Q SEEDS numerous, very minute, and brown, fr. 7. 
The fpecies of Primula here figured, called farino/z, from the mealinefs chiefly obfervable on the plant in the 
fpring of the year, a native of the more northern parts of Europe, is found abundantly in certain diftricts of 
Yorkfhire, and other northern counties of Great-Britain, chiefly in bogs and boggy meadows, in fome of which 
it occurs in fuch profufion as to empurple them with its bloffoms. 
In its native foil, it lowers in July and Auguft; in our more fouthern gardens, a month or fix weeks earlier. 
The flowers vary with different fhades of purple, and they have been found entirely white; m point of 
fize, the plant is alfo fubje€t to much variation; in a bog in Skirrith-Wood, near Ingleton, we obferved 
fpecimens of it a foot and a half high: in the cultivated plant, we have fometimes feen it have a tendency to 
be viviparous, to produce one or more tufts of leaves among the flowers. of the umbel; in its wild flate 1t feeds 
readily, and frequently when cultivated; towards the end of September its outer leaves fade, and the heart of 
the plant forms itfelf into a knob, or button, a kind of hybernaculum in which it remains during the winter; 
in the {pring it expands, and the leaves then appear wholly white and mealy ; the corolla continues to envelope 
the germen till it has almoft arrived at maturity, forming a fort of calyptra to it; the capfule ultimately forms 
a mouth with five teeth, it fhould have ten to anfwer ftrictly to the character of a Primula. 
In the neighbourhood of London cultivators feldom blow this plant in perfection, and rarely keep it for 
any length of time; and this juflifies Parkinson's obfervation, who long fince remarked, that it ** would 
* hardly abide any culture ;" that it fhould fuffer, as it commonly does, from a fcanty fupply of water in the 
fummer, is not to be wondered at, but that it [hould be deftroyed by too much wet in the winter, few would 
apprehend, z priori ; fuch, however, is. the fa£t, as I have too frequently experienced ; one winter, indeed, I 
loft my whole ftock from this caufe, and renewed it by the kindnefs of my friend Mrs. Cuonrzv, of Tottenham, 
niece of the late Dr. Foruerciit, who kept the few plants fhe had in pots, dry, by laying them on their 
fides, as is fometimes praétifed with Auriculas. 
To attempt raifing this plant from feed 1s fcarcely worth the while, fince a flrong root of it may be divided 
fo as to form a great number of others; the beft time for doing this is in the fpring, foon after its leaves have 
expanded ; each offset fhould be placed ina feparate pot, filled with two parts ftififh loam, and one part 
bog-earth of the light fandy kind, watered and fet in the fhade, under a north wall or paling, but not under 
trees, there they fhould be kept during fummer in pans of water; in the autumn, as the wet feafon comes on, 
they fhould be taken out of the pans and placed, during the winter, under a common cucumber frame, chiefly 
for the purpofe of keeping them from immoderate wet; the next year (if not the fame) thefe plants will blow 
ftrong; and thus they íhould be treated every year, for Primulas in general require to have their roots 
frequently parted. | 
