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1. D . nivalis (Lindl. in Brands’s J a m . Jan. 1828, p. 388.); foliis pnbe brevissima
stellata incana. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1886. Hook. Ic. PlaM. t. 180.
H a b . Near the sources of the Columbia, at an elevation of 12,000 feet above thelevel of the sea. Douglas.
2827.__Specimens were also gathered by MrDouglas in his last journey, in another part of the interior; but
the locality is not mentioned.
2. D. arctica s glabra, foliis pilis brevibus simplicibus ciliatis.
H a b . Arctic Sea-shore, between the Mackenzie and Coppermine Rivers. Dr Richardson. This is pro-
bably very rare, as only one Specimen exists in the collection. It is quite distinct from the preceding, though
agreeing exactly in habit, in the form of the leaves and flowers, and in the repeatedly dichotomous and densely
tufted stems : thus confirming the interesting Genua, which, whether we consider, its beauty or its localities,
has so appropriately been dedicated to the talented and unfortunate Douglas.
4. PRIMULA. L.
M P. nivalis (Pall. I t t. 9. ƒ 2.); foliis spathulato-lanceolatis planis dentatis glabris nudis,
umbella multiflora erecta, involucri foliolis bast coadunatis.—Lehm. Prim. p. 67; Cham, et
Schlecht. in Linncea, 1. p- 215.
H a b . Behring’s Straits. Cape Newenham (Nelson)-, and Mount Edgecomb. Menzies (in Herb,
nostr.). Unalaschka. Chamisso.
2. P.farinosa (L .); foliis cuneato-lanceolatis crenato-dentatis subtus dense farinosis,
umbella multiflora, pedicellis patentibus, calyce oblongo-ovato, corollas laciniis obbordatis
attenuatis subdistantibus tubo subdimidio brevioribus.— E. Bot. t. 6. Rich. App. p. 5.
H a b . Canada ( Goldie) to the Rocky Mountains (Drummond) ; and to lat. 66° on the Mackenzie River.
Dr Richardson.
3. P. Scotica (Hook.); foliis obovato-lanceolatis denticulatis subtus dense farinosis,
umbella subcapitata pluviflora, calyce ventricoso, corolla: laciniis late obcordatis approxi-
matis tubo subdimidio brevioribus. Hook. Pi. Land. N. S. t. 33. Brit. PI, ed. i.p . 94.
H a b . Labrador! Miss Brmton.—This lady has kindly communicated to me specimens of the Primula,
now under consideration, from Labrador, precisely agreeing with our P. Scotica, which bad hitherto only
been found in the extreme northern parts of Scotland, and on the Alps of Koordistan (Bucher m Herb,
nostr 1 The whole plant is as mealy as P. farinosa : flowers deep purple-blue, in almost capitate umbels,
with broader and more approximate segments to the corolla and more distinct glands at the mouth of the tube.
4. P . Hornemanniana (Lehm. Prim. p. 55. t. 4.); foliis öbovato-spathulatis' dentatis
nudis vel cum scapo calycibusque ventricosis paree farinosis, umbella pauci-l-6-flora,
corollse laciniis obovato-cuneatis tubo subdimidio brevioribus— Rich. App. ed. 1. n. 58.
P. stricta. Horn.FI Dan. t. 1385— P. Mistassinica. Mich. Am. I.p. 124. Ph. Am. I.p. 137.
Lehm Prim. p. 63. t. 7. Hook. Bot. Mag. 1. 2073. Cham, et Schlecht. inLinnma, 1. p. 213.
H | pusilla. Hook, in Ed. Phil. Jmrn. 6. p. 322, t.U .f .2 . Ex. FI. 1 .1. 68. Bot. Mag.
t. 3020. Rich. App. ed. 2-1I 5— P. farinosa, 0. stricta. Wahl. Lapp. p. 60.— P. farinosa.
Sm. in Linn. PI. Lapp. re. 79— ft omnino efarinosa, calycibus nigricantibus.
H ab . . . Canada {Dr Todd, Goldie, Mrs Shippard, Mr M‘Nab) to Great Bear Lake (Dr Richardson);
and from Labrador (Dr Morison) in the East, to the Rocky Mountains (Drummond, Douglas) ; and the
North-West Coast to Fort Vancouver (Mr Garry).—0. Unalaschka. Chamisso.. Arctic Sea-coast. Dr
Richardson. Sir John Franklin. Captain Bach.—A plant with so very extensive, a range, may be expected
to vary somewhat, as is really the case, in the outline of its leaves, the length of the pedicels, and the relative
length and breadth of the laciniee of the corolla .and tube. Its more usual form is so exactly, that of the
European P. Hornemanniana (P. stricta, Horn.), that I can have no hesitation in considering it the same,
and in adopting that name as thè most appropriaté. The arctic state of, the plant, as found by Chamisso
and Dr Richardson, in two very different localities, exhibits not the smallest traces of mealiness, and the calyces
are almost black : the leaves too, in the specimens of Dr Richardson, are most frequently quite entire ; those
from Chamisso generally toothed,
5. P. saxifragifolia (Lehm.); foliis obovato-cuneatis petiolatis serrato-lob atis, um bella
2-,3-flora, calycibus p rp fun de 5 -p artitis tub o trip lo brevioribus, lim bi laciniis sem ibifidis.
Lehm. Prim. p. 89. t. 9. Hook, et Am. in Bot. o f Beech. Voy. p. 128.
H a b . Unalaschka. Menzies (in Herb, nostr.). Chamisso. Cape Newenham. Nelson (in Herb, nostr.).
Kotzebue’s Sound. Beechey.—A very distinct and well-marked species.
6. P. Sibirica (Ja c q .); foliis ovatis subovatisve tenui-petiolatis integ errim is v. obsolete
d en tatis, um bella pauciflora laxa, involucri 2-3-phylli foliolis auriculatis v aginantibus.
Gmel. Sib. 4. p. 46. f 1. Lehm. Prim. p. 6 0. t. 5.— P. N orvegica. Betz.—Lehm.—P. in-
tegrifolia. Oed. FI. Dan. t. 188. (non L .)— P. Finm archica. Willd.— Wahl.—P. E galic-
censis. Horn. FI. Dan. t. 1511. Lehm. Prim. p. 64. t. 7.
H ab. Barren country between lat. 60° and 69°, in clayey soil, by river-banks and in marshy grounds. Dr
Richardson.—This very distinct and well-marked species doés not appear to have been found in the second
expedition. I have carefully compared Dr Richardson’s specimen with authentic ones of the European P.
Norvegica,, the Asiatic P. Sibirica, and the P . Egaliccensis from Hornemann himself, and there can be no
question about the propriety of referring them all to one and the same species. P. rotundifolia, Pall. It.,
and P . intermedia, Ledeb. in Mém. de 1’Acad. des Sc. de Petersb., may also be cited as synonyms.-
5. TRIENTALIS. L.
1. T. Americana (Ph.’) ; foliis term inalibus (reliquis abortivis squam asform ibus) lan -
ceolatis serru latis p etalisque acum inatis. Ph. Am. 1. p. 254. Bich. App. p . 12.— T .
E uropasa. Mich.;— var. A m ericana. Torr.
H ab . Canada to the Saskatchawan, frequent. Labrador and Newfoundland. Miss Brenton.
2. T. latifolia ; foliis term inalibus (reliquis abortivis squam asform ibus) ovatis in teg e rrim
is petalisque v ix acum inatis.
H a b . N. W. America. About Fort Vancouver. Walla-wallah River. Tolmie.—I can neither refer this
Western plant to our European Trientalis, nor to the one of Eastern America. The leaves are almost
exactly ovate, slightly acuminated or rather acute, and in some of the specimens two inches broad.
3. T. arctica (Fisch. m st. in Herb, nostr.); caule folioso,.foliis obovato-cuneatis in te gerrim
is petalisque obtusissim is.— T. Europasa. Cham, et Schlecht. in Linncea, 1. p. 224.
Hook, et Am. in Bot. of Beech. Voy. p. 116. (excl. syn. E. Bot.)
H a b . Western shore and islands, from Sandy Bay, in Clarence Straits (Tolmie), to Unalaschka. Langs-
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