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‘PRIMULA Pa.invrt.. 
Pahinurian Primrose. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.—Nar. Orv. PRIMULACEE. 
Gen. Cuar.—Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. hypocrateriformis, tubo cylindraceo, 
ore nudo. Stigma capitatum. Capsula unilocularis, decemdentata. 
Primula Palinuri; foliis obovato-spathulatis obtusis. dentato-crenatis 
glabris, scapo laterali foliis longiore, umbella nutante, involucri folio- 
lis meequalibus maximis.—-Lehm. 
Primula Palinuri, Jaca. Eclog. p. 63. t. 43. eee Fi. Neapelianns t. 14. 
—LeHM. Prim. p. 43. : 
Root 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 repando-dentate upwards, naked (not mealy), but slightly 
viscid. Scape longer than the leaves, glabrous, viscid. Bractee 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. Z'ube 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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