PRIMROSE FAMILY 



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tube ; stamens 5, epipetalous, included either in the throat of the 

 corolla-tube, or, on other plants, half-way down it ; style short in 

 the former case, long in the latter; capsule 5-valved with 10 teeth. 

 This heterostyle is connected with insect-pollination, the short- 



j-RIMULA VULGARIS (Primrose). 



styled form having its stigma dusted with pollen from the similarly- 

 situated anthers of a long-styled plant, and vice versa. (Name a 

 diminutive from the Latin primus, first, from the early flowering 

 of many species.) 



1. P. vulgaris (Primrose). — Among the most welcome of spring 



