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gular by contact, with prominent margins edged by a 
furrow ; raphe sulcate, with prominent margins ; 
chalaza inconspicuous ; but I have seen a departure 
from that outward form in seed of another Hermione, 
shewing that those of the whole genus and suborder 
require careful examination to ascertain the range of 
differences that is admitted, by which perhaps the 
several species ma 3 r be limited. It should be carefully 
observed whether such variations, as shall be found to 
occur, may in any manner correspond with greater or 
less repletion of the fistular cavity of the scape, which 
is remarkable in different species or varietie's of Ajax 
and Hermione. 
1. Bifrons. — Leaves deep glossy green; perianth yel- 
low ; cup more or less 6-lobed, shallow, patent ; 
style just exceeding. 
Var. 1. Princeps. — N. bifrons. Bot. Mag. 29. 1186. 
With me the tube fths, the limb near fths, cup 
3-16ths. Mr. Ker imagined that the primuline 
variety imported from Holland, degenerated into the 
form of this variety, after some years of neglected 
culture. This appears to be a mistake, for the fact 
was positively denied by Mr. Salisbury after many 
years experience. The segments of the limb are 
three times as long as the cup, not lapping. 
Var. 2. Primulina. — Bot. Mag. 32. 1299. 4-flowered 
or under ; cup 6-lobed, wider; limb three or four 
times as long as the cup. Haworth. Tube 6-8ths, 
limb near 5-8ths, cup almost flat, 6-lobed ; style 
1-1 6th of an inch exceeding the anthers. 
Var. 3. Compressa. — 2-6-flowered, cup more erect, 
crenate, rather cleft into three lobes. Haworth. 1 
apprehend N. tripartitus, Hormem. to be this plant. 
In the specimens of this variety received from Mr. 
Sabine, and from Mr. Ellacombe, I find the tube 
-|ths, the limb broad, above fths long, the cup flat, 
6-lobed, the style just exceeding the anthers. I 
believe Haworth’s description of the cup as erect, 
to be an error. 
Var. 4 ? Biscrenata. — Haworth. Unknown to me, but 
associated with these varieties by Haworth, who 
states it to exceed in stature with 6-9 flowers, the 
