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9. Peduncles, pedicels, cal. and l.-edges with very short 
simple and stellate hairs. Varied: 1-fld (v. aretioides 
Gaud.) - Alp. 7 obtusifolia All. 1824. 
— Peduncles and pedicels villous with long hairs . 10 
10. Ls gray-villous on both sides, in hemispheric rosettes. 
—Dole in the Jura. 6 villosa L. 1825. 
— Ls villous at the edges, in open rosettes.—Alp. 6 
Chamaejasme Host. 1826. 
11 (6). Cal. glabr., shorter than the cor. (cor. white). Invol.- 
ls small.—Fields; G. W. (Upper Engadine, valleys of 
St. Nicolas and Saas). 6 septentrionalis L. 1827. 
— Cal. covered with stellate hairs, longer than the cor., 
much enlarged when mature. Invol.-ls very large! — 
Fields of central Wall. 4, 5 . . maxima L. 1828. 
OBS. A. glacialis-helvetica (Heerii Gaud.); A. glacialis-obtusi/olia (Eb- 
neri Kern.); A. helve! ica-pubescens (hybrida Kern.). 
473. Aretia. Aretia. V, 42. 
1. FIs yellow, green when dried. Cor.-tube twice as long 
as the cal. — High Alp.; southern chain of Wall.; Alp. 
of Loueche. 7 .... Vitaliana L. 1829. 
474. Primula. Primula. Y, 42. 
1. Ls smooth, glabr., white powdery underneath, rolled 
back when young. Cal. with indistinct angles. FIs flesh- 
coloured .. 2 
— Ls wrinkled, hairy, rolled back when young Cal. 
angular, with 5 distinct angles. FIs yellow, turning 
green when dried ....... 3 
— Ls rather fleshy, flat during their whole development, 
rolled inwards when young. Cal. cylindric. FIs red or 
violet, only yellow in P. Auricula ... 5 
2. Cal.-teeth lanceolate. Cor.-tube almost 3 times as long 
as the cal. (20 mm and more).—Alp., G. T. W. (Maria 
Sils; Campologno; Binn, Saas, Zermatt). 6 
longiflora All. 1830. 
— Cal,-teeth oval. Cor.-tube about 14/2 times as long as 
the cal.—Marshy fields; distrib., up to the Alp. 5 
farinosa L. 1831. 
3. Cor.-limb concave. Cal. rather swollen, yellowish, with 
oval, subacute teeth. Cor. scented, bright yellow; limb 
10 —15mm in diameter. Hairs of the peduncles very 
short.—b. suaveolens Bert. Ls white-tomentose under¬ 
neath, more distinctly cordate. — Dry fields; disrib. b. T. 
W. V. 4.officinalis Scop. 1832. *) 
*) The garden primula, P. hortensis Focke (Polyanthus hort.) appears 
to be a hybrid form, propagating itself by seeds, of P. officinalis and P. vul¬ 
garis. The garden auriculas are, according to Kerner, derived from P. Auricula 
and P. hirsuta. 
