ments 5, distinct, deeply cleft, obcordate. Stamens 5, inserted
in the tube a little below the mouth, and included: Jilaments
very short. Germen nearly globular, smooth, scarcely the
length of the calyx. Style short, smooth. Stigma large capitate.
Nearly related to P. villosa, from which it is distinguished
by the shorter and more coarsely serrated leaves, by its angular
stalk, and, finally, by the tube of the corolla being
quite smooth, and the wider calyx. A light loam suits it
well; and the plant is readily increased by parting. It is
admirably adapted for the rock-work, where its showy and
early blossoms, being one of the earliest of the Auricula tribe,
cannot fail to attract notice in the Spring. Our drawino- was
taken from a plant in Mr. Colvill’s Nursery, King’s-road
Chelsea. ’
The generic name is derived from primus, first; hence the
naine primrose, applied to P. vulgaris, from its being the
earliest of the Spring flowers.
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