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acute. Corolla of abright lilac, tubular ; tube paleyellow,
a little longer than the calyx ; limb spreading flat, 5-
cleft, with a broadish open mouth, slightly rugged round
the opening ; segments obcordate, notched in the centre,
or sometimes three-lobed. Stamens 5, inserted in the
tube : filaments very short ; anthers slightly sagittate at
the base. Omrium large, somewhat flattened, a little
powdered. Style smooth, included in the tube. Stigma
a brownish purple head.
Several plants of this handsome little species, were
received from Labrador last Autumn, by Mr. William
Anderson, Curator of the Apothecaries’ Company’s Garden
at Chelsea, with several other very curious plants.
I t is nearly related to our common V. farinósa, and still
nearer to V.stricta, but is sufficiently distinct from both ;
we have no doubt but ours is the same species as that
collected by Mr. Goldite in Canada, though some difference
appears in the specimens in his figure, from the
plants from which our drawing was made ; in our plants,
which were all precisely alike, the leaves were deeply
toothed with long sharp unequal teeth, and the pedicles
were not longer than the bractes, agreeing better with
the figure at the left of the plate in Mr. Goldie’s figure,
than with the other, or with Dr. Hooker’s ; there are
now several species of this section of the genus with
mealy leaves and scapes, none of them more beautiful than
P. scotica, first noticed by P . Neal, Esq. of Edinburgh.
Like the other species to which the present plant is
related, it succeeds best in peat soil, and requires to be
well supplied with water when in a growing state ; in
the Winter it is quite dormant, the leaves being closed
all round each other, so as to give it the appearance of
a little bulb ; it may either be grown in a peat border,
in rock-work, or in small pots, and may be increased by
dividing at the root, or by seeds ; if by the latter they
should be sown as soon as ripe, they will otherwise be a
long time in coming up.
Primula is derived from primus, first, from the P r imula
acaulis, and some other species, being amongst the
first flowers that bloom in Spring.
1. The inflated Calyx. 2. Tube of the Corolla spread open, to show the insertion
of the 5 Stamens. 3. Ovarium, terminated by the smooth Style and capitate
Stigma.