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PRIMULA Palinuri. 
Palinurian Primrose. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA—Nat. Ord. PRIMULACEJE. 
©EN. Char.-— Cfl/. 5-dentatus. Cor. hypocrateriformis, tubo cylindraceo, 
ore nudo. Stigma capitatum. Capsula unilocularis, decemdentata. 
Primula Palinuri ; foliis obovato-spathulatis obtusis dentato-crenatis 
glabris, scapo lateral! foliis longiore, urabella nutante, involucri foUo- 
lis inaequalibus maximis. — Lehm. 
Primula Palinuri, Jacq. Eclog. p. 63. t. 43 — Tenore, Fl. Neapolitana, t 14. 
— Lehm. Prim. p. 43. 
Eoot large, thick, the upper part (which, indeed, may almost be considered 
a stem) appearing considerably above the ground, brown, scarred trans- 
versely, where the old leaves have fallen away ; frequently throwing out 
offsets. Leaves all springing from the top of the root, about four inches 
long, by two and a half broad, obovato-spathulate, slightly waved, spread- 
ing, recurved at the extremity, obscurely veined, fleshy, entire below, 
toothed, or repan do-dentate upwards, naked (not mealy), but slightly 
viscid. Scape longer than the leaves, glabrous, viscid. Bractece nume- 
rous, ovato-lanceolate, concave, waved ; the outermost large, diminishing 
gradually towards the centre, mealy. 
Umbel simple, very mealy, and almost white. Peduncles about as long as 
the tube of the corolla. Calyx one-half as long as the tube of the corolla, 
bluntly five-toothed. Corolla yellow, almost scentless. Tube somewhat 
prismatic upwards, straight. Limb suberect, more than half the length 
of the tube ; segments notched at the extremity ; the margins involute. 
Faux orange-coloured, open, mealy, destitute of teeth. Stamens inserted 
near the middle of the tube. Filaments very short. Anthers oblong. 
Pollen globular. Germen globular, green. Siyle filiform, as long as the 
tube. Stigma capitate, glandular. 
Primula Palinuri is a plant of recent introduction to our 
gardens, and a native of rocks at Palinuri, near Salerno, in the 
Neapolitan dominions. It is most nearly allied to Primula 
auricula ; but differs in many essential points. Lehmann 
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