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PRIMULA Pallasii. 
Pallas’s Oxlip. 
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PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Primutacenm, © 
PRIMULA.. Supra vol. 7. t. 539. 
P. Pallasit; foliis obovato-oblongis eroso-dentatis glabris subundulatis, 
umbellé pubescente, calycibus ovatis hiantibus, corolle limbo plano. 
Lehm. Monographia Primularum, p. 38. t. 3. Romer et Schultes. 
4.137. 
P. altaica. Pall. in Herb. Willd. ex Rom. et Schultes. 4.785. non Leh- 
manni. 
Folia cespitosa, vere primo parva, rugosa, erecta, oblonga, acuminata, 
lamine lateribus in se replicatis, petiolo latissimo ; postea explanata, multoties 
majora, obovato-oblonga glabra. Scapus erectus, teres, leviter pubescens. 
Umbella 6-flora, involucro brevi diphyllo ; pedicelli erecti leviter pubescentes. 
Calyx oblongus, pentagonus, pubescens, fere tubi longitudine : laciniis brevibus 
rectis, post anthesin hiantibus. Corolla hypocrateriformis, pedicello longior, 
pallide sulphurea, tubo terete calyce vix longiore, limbo plano, laciniis discretis, 
obcordatis, tube longitudine. 
This was first published from Willdenow’s Herbarium, 
by Lehmann, in his Monographia Primularum. From the 
Oxlip of our meadows, it is distinguished by the proportion 
and form of the calyx, and by the form of the leaves. The 
latter during the time the plant is in flower are very small, 
with their sides so much folded back as to make the petiole 
appear as wide as the lamina; after flowering they become 
large, obovate, and fully expanded. 
Raised in 1822 at the Garden of the Horticultural So- 
ciety, from seeds presented by Professor Schrader, of Got- 
tingen. A hardy perennial plant flowering in the begin- 
ning of February, and requiring the same treatment as the 
Primrose and Polyanthus. It is sensibly distinguished 
from the Oxlip and Cowslip, by the peculiar form of its 
leaves, and by the pale sulphur colour of its flowers. 
