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PRIMULA Paliiiuri.
Unequal-bracted Primrose.
Natural Order. PrimulacEjE. Brown prodr. 427.
P R IM U LA . Calyx tubulosus 5-dentatus persistens.
Corolla tubus cylindricus; ore patulo ; limbo emarginato.
Stamina 5. Stigma 1, globosum. Capsula 1-locularis ; ore
10-fido.
P. Palinuri, foliis obovatis crenatis glabris, scapo foliis altiore
laterali, umbella nutante, involucro insequali pedúnculos
submquante, corollse limbo margine incurvo.
Primula Palinuri. Willd. enum. u. 1. p. 191. Link enum.
V. 1. p . 158. Hort. sub. lond. p . 32. Rcem. et Schult.
syst. 4. p . 138.
Subcaulescent. Stem short and stiff, erect. Leaves
sessile, obovate, slightly undulate, deeply crenate,
with rounded points, and attenuate at the base, of a
greasy appearance and very soft, but scarcely viscous,
about 2 inches broad, and long; when
rubbed, emitting a powerful fragrance resembling
Chamomile or Wormwood. Seape higher than the
leaves, viscid, pubescent. Umbel many-flowered,
nodding. Involucre of several unequal leafy bractes,
some longer, others about the length of the peduncles.
Bractes obovate, undulate, entire. Peduncles
cylindrical, a little longer than the calyx, thickly
covered with a white powder. Calyx 5-toothed,
densely clothed inside and out with a white mealy
jowder. Corolla tubular, tube nearly twice the
ength of the calyx; limb scarcely half the length of
the tube, emarginate; sides folded inwards, of a
bright yellow colour, slightly farinaceous, with a
golden circle at the mouth. Stamens 5, oblong,