h72 DESCRIPTIONS OF 



.IdiU^, Siigma capitafO'jclavatum fupra ilaminibus parum eleva^um.' 

 Capfula rotundata, fund(> calycis perfiflentis .globoib recoodita, bail ftyli 

 coronataj vertice dehilcens in valvulas quin.que ovatas .acatas. ^t- 

 .?7?,i/2^.plurima, mjnuta, fufca, arperala, fubromnda, inferta placenta 

 ■ ■globorgs paleaceo=vill©T3e pediceliat<K. 

 Ohfervat'on. The opinion of Dr. Fo Hamilton (late Buchanan,) and 

 Sir J. E, Smith, relative to Androfaee rotundifoiia. {Exot. Bot, 2. p* 

 fii3) applies with equal force to this pretty little plant ; both are 

 belonging to Androface, to which genus Cortuja Gmelini ought alTo 

 to he referred, as has been remarked by G^fiRTNER and Lamarck. 

 The affinity between the latter and my plant is very great. All it? 

 par's, efpecTally the footftalks and calyces are befet with long ve- 

 ry foft, tranfparent, beautifully articulated hairs, which frequently 

 « have a reddifh or purplifh tint. The leaves are faid to pofTefs 

 a dilagreeable fmell when frefh, 



'Primula prolifera. IVall, 



;1^labrrrrima, nuda, fo.his oblongis fobfpathulatis obtuf.s dentatis pe- 

 ■ tiolatis, fcapo lopgiffimo, floribus umbellan's demum verticillatis, 

 :bra<S-eis linearibus f, foliaccis difformibus. 

 ^Habitat in moritbfis prope Sylhet Bengali oriental'is ubi Horet a Februa- 



. rio ufqve ad Aprilemj 

 Flanta omnibus partibus glabra, farinaque carens* 

 ^Eadfx conftans ,fibris craflis cylindricis cornofis rubicundis, radicular 



capillares breves exferentibuSj 

 jFoi:a 'ere'do-patentia, .seate' ebovata, argute denticulata, .valde obtufa, 

 fupra lev-iter convexa, fubtus cofla magna nervifque prommentibus 

 notata, deorfum ^Venuiizm'pelio/um latum canalicular um niaf- 

 ginatum ; fpitham.e,a ad dodrantalia et ultra. 

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