Pr im u l a F a r in o s a . B i r d ’s-E y e P r im u l a .
PRIMULA. Linn. Gen. Pi. PentandrIa MonoGYNïa .
Invalucrum umbellula;. Cor. tribus Cylindricus, ore patulo. Cap/.
ldocularis, teres, dentibus ï o-dehifcens, polyfperma.
Rau Sytr. Gen. 18. H erb.» fructu Sicco singular! flore monopetalo.
PRIMULA farinofa foliis crenatis glabris, florum limbo plano' Linn. Syft. Vegetal t l 14 Man t
llg h t f L f s c o 'iX . % T j . Sc°h Carn- ‘ d‘ 2> 133, . Hudf- FL A "ZL i l K > • « *
ARETIA foliis glabris, ellipticis, rugofis, fubtus farinofis, floribus umbellalis, Ball. Hiß. 625. *
1 I VERBASCULUM umbellatum alpinum minus. Bauh. Pin. 247. Roti Syn. ed. 3, p. 285. Birds-eye.
PRIMULA veris flore rubro et alb. Red and white Bird eine. Ger. I-Icrl. 639.f 1', 2. c,mac. jS g . f 1, 2.
PARALYSIS minor flore rubro et albq. , Park. Parad.p. 246. PI-243. id. ' T&eat. p. 536. 1, 2 ’.
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■ IdIX perennis, fubpraemorfa, fibroliflima, fibris (
^ ROOT perennial, fomewhat. flumped, very fibrous,
? fibres long, perpendicular; fweet-feented.
f LEAVES oblqng-obovate, crenated, fmooth, thickifh,
r, here and there turned back on the edges,
[> mealy on the under fide and veiny.
i> -STALK a hand’s breadth or fpan in height, upright,
I longis, perpendicularibus; odorata. (
H lIA oblongo-obovata, crenatfa, glabra, craffiufcula, <
B ad margines hinc inde reflexa, fubtus farinofa, ;
I venofa. 3
KGAPUS palmaris ad fpithamasum, ere&us, teres, r
R nudus, pallide virens, farinpfus. /
■ . m m <
1 - mealy.
• FLOWERS purple, fweet-fceiited, growing in an up*
»LORES in umbella ere£la, purpurei, fuaveolentes. $
ByOLUCRUM polyphyllum, foliolumy' braftea fub- \
1 INVOLUCRUM many-Ieav’d, each leaf or braflea
I ulata ad fingulum pedunculum. §
f peduncle.
1 CALYX : a Perianthium o f one leaf, continuing,
■ GALYX: Perianthium monophyllum, perfiftens, f
■ obovatum, pentagonum, quinquefidum, la- Q
I ciniis ere&is, obtufiufculis, apice fubconni- 9
1 ventibus, obfcure viridibus, farinofis, fisr. 1.2. 9 I I
■ 3R0LLA: monopetala, tubulofa; T ubus cylindra- 9
1 dull green colour and mealy, jfig. i, 2.
I COROLLA: monopetalous, tubular; T ube cylindrical,
■ ceus, calice longior, ih medio coarftatus, 9
I terminatus collo fubventricofo, lutefeente, 9
1 glabro, fauce pervia, lutea coronata; L imbus a
■ 5-partitus, patentiflimus, Jig. 3. jl
^»MINA: Filamenta quinque, breviflima, intra v
R collum tubi corollas; A ntherae ereflas, ob- $
■ longae, fubtrigonae, conniventes, flava, Jig. 4. X
■ STILLUM: Germen fuperum, fubglobofum, gla- A
I brum ; Stylus filiformis, longitudine tubi; |
R „n Stigma globofum, fig. fi. 9
^■ CARPIUM: Capsula cylin.dracea, calyce duplo f
I l°ngior, fufea, unilocularis, ore quinqueden- f
■ tato, fig. 6. . A
V A plurima, minima, fufea, Jig. 7. |
round, naked, of a pale green colour and
• right umbel.
awl-fliaped and placed at the bafe of each
obovate, five-eomer’d, divided into .five feg-
ments, which are upright, a little blunt,
doling together fomewhat at their tips, of a
longer than the'ealyx, contracted in the
middle, terminating in a neck fomewhat enlarged,
yellowilh, fmooth, crowned with a
iriouth which is open and yellow ; ■ L imb
divided into five fegments Ipreading very flat,
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STAMINA: five Filaments very fhort, within the
neck of the tube of the corolla; A nther as
upright, oblong, fomewhat three-cornered,
d o lin g together and yellow, Jig. 4.
PISTILLUM : G ermen above, fomewhat "globular,
fmooth; Style filiform, the length of the’
tube; Stigma^globular, j^ . 5.'
SEED-VESSEL: a cylindrical Capsule, twice the_
length of the calyx, brown, of one cavity,
the mouth five-toothed, Jig. 6.
SEEDS numerous, 'very minute, and brown, Jig. 7.
B M i l l ' i l l Iler® figged, called\farimfa, from the mealinefs chiefly obfervable on the plant in the
Bplliire anJ i i u ° f the m? re nrorthern parts of Europe, is found abundantly in certain diftrifts of
K i H H S B H H B E ' ' “ b°Ss and b<W ■ bn. jt ■ prqtuiion as to empurple them with its blofloms. - -d ew s , in feme of which
B e flowed vary wh°hWd?ff ^ W & I P ; ,in ou^ raLore gardens, a month or fix weeks earlier. I I plant is ° Purpile; andLthey. have been found entirely white; in point of
■ " ' S B P U .VT tl0n, ;- f m Skirrith-Wood, near Ingleton, we oblerved
■ jt viviparous ‘00t and a half high. in the cultivated plant, we have fomettmes feen it have a tendency to
R ib a n d frequLtWwhen6 S R R f t Wfts o f .lea” s flowers of the umbel; in its wild (late it feeds .
■ flam formsnfefLn V i t ! towards the end of September its outer leaves fade, and the heart of
R&frringh e»MnS, ifJpl " b“ tS>n' a km d ° f hvbernaculum in which it remains during the winter;
B>|vrmen till it E l m ft h? T “ then ? pPT w.holIY white and mealy; the corolla continues to envelope
■ « h with five teeth h L “ matuncy ./ °™ '"gL f r° " oalyptra to it; the capfule ultimately forms
M I 1henei»hho,,rL j “ h f f l have t?n to anP" rer to>a l y to the charafter of a Primula.
R S h o f t im e . and °th-L ° n n°? cu' t" 'ators foWont blow this plant in perfeBion, arid rarely keep it for
R | d‘y abide I ’ « M d - would
i f “7whole ftoc|, r 'U<i “ “ wcver,.is the faB.'a s I have too frequently experienced ; one winter, indeed I
| ! '" e »f the late rw caufe’ ai?d r?newed l£ by the kmdnefs o f my friend Mrs. C h o r l e y , o f Tottenham
f S h is not to be • J w (ho“ ld . fu'fer’, it commonly does, from a fcantv fupply o f water in the
. . 0 «riW Ts Ld [ 3 but that 11 Ihould be. deftroyed b y too much wet in the winter, few would
the few p,ants ^ had m pots- «»h 1
M l form alreaf nJ!!,Elant feed ,is worth the while, fince a ilrorrg root o fit may be divided
E d" ‘ I each8offiet ftonM ? fotbersj berft time fordoing this ts in the fpring, foon after its-'leaves have
H i i h»fiheli?hY S dk ib 'P f a ,fer rate ? ot-nfil'ed w«h two parts ftiffilh loam, and one part
W m l I S M S " , waterred and .fct ln the (hade, under a north wall or paling, but riot under
i f f o 1 bc taken out , J T 1 danng f«mmer in pans of water ; in the autumn, as the wet feafon comes on,
■ re “ PurP0fe of kee„:„ PranS 3 ■ plaPed’ dur,nS the wlnter' under a common cucumber frame, chiefly
i « £ , r nd thus thevP l MmLfr°m lm,moderate wet; the next year (if not the Tame) there plants will blow
parted Y “ d be treated every year, for Primulas in general require to have their roots
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