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THE LADIES’ FLOWER-GARDEN 
OTHER SPECIES OF SOLDANELLA. 
S. PUSILLA, Sivt. ; Sweet’s Brit. Flow., 2nd ser., t. 48. 
A pretty little plant, with campanulate violet-coloured flowers, the segments of which are deeply, but very 
finely, cut. The species is a native of Switzerland, and it was introduced in 1824. 
S. MINIMA, Hoppe ; Sweet’s Brit. Flow. Gard., 2nd ser., t. .53. 
This species is a native of the Carpathian Mountains, whence it was introduced in 1820. 
GENUS IV. 
CORTUSA, Lin. THE BEAR’S-EAR SANICLE. 
Lin. Syst. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Character. — Corolla funnel-shaped ; ring of the faux elevated. Capsule one-celled, ov.al, opening at the apex into five valves, 
many-seeded. 
Description, &c. — There is only one species in this genus ; and the name of Cortusa is that of the 
botanist who first discovered it. 
1.— CORTUSA MATTHIOLI, Lin. THE COMMON BEAR’S-EAR SANICLE. 
Engraving. — Bot. Mag., t. 987. 
Specific Character. — Calyx shorter than the corolla ; corolla funnel-shaped, j 
Description, &c. — This plant, though it has been introduced more than two hundred years, is still 
comparatively rare in British gardens ; and it has the peculiarity of standing alone in its genus, without any 
other species, or even variety. It is also remarkable for commemorating in its name the two botanists who 
introduced it to notice ; viz., Cortusa, its discoverer, and Matthiolus, who first described it. The flowers are 
of a dark crimson, but they are rather small, and not remarkable for their beauty. The leaves are coarse- 
growing ; but if they are applied to the cheeks, and left there for some minutes, they produce a most beautiful 
colour, equal in delicacy to the finest rouge, which remains for some hours, and then fades away, without the 
slightest injury to the skin. The plant is a native of Austria, whence it was introduced in 1596. 
GENUS Y. 
PRIMULA, Lin. THE PRIMROSE. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
lobes emarginate. Stamens inclosed in the tube of the corolla. 
Stigma globose. Capsule 10-toothed at the apex, many-seeded ; seeds 
numerous, subrotund. 
Lin. Syst. 
Generic Character. — Flowers subumbulate, involucrated. Calyx 
tubular, persistent, five-toothed, or five-cleft, angular. Corolla salver- 
shaped, or funnel-shaped ; tube cylindrical, generally longer than the 
calyx ; faux visible, or rather gland-like ; limb spreading, five-lobed. 
Description, &c. — The genus Primula takes its name from Primus, the spring, in allusion to the early 
flowering of most of the species. Few genera contain more well-known flowers ; and among these may be 
enumerated the Cowslip, the Primrose, the Polyanthus, and the Auricula. Nearly all the species of Primula 
are natives of Europe, with, the exception of the Chinese Primrose, and two or three kinds brought from 
North America ; and nearly all the kinds are hardy in British gardens. 
