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P L A T E VII.
PRIMULA CORTUSOIDES.
Siberian Priinrofe.
C L A S S V. ORDER L
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointai.
G E N E R I C
CALYX. Involucrum pol}'phyllum, multiflorium,
minimum. Periaathium monophyllum,
tubulatum, pentagonum,quinquedentatum,
acutum, ere6tum, perfiftens.
COROLLA. Monopetala. Tubus cylindraceus,
longitudine calycis, terminatus colo parvo
hemilphaerico. Limbus patens, femi-quinquefidus;
laciniis obcordatis, obtufis. Faux
pervia.
STAMINA. Filamenta quinque, breviiTima, intra
collum corollae. Antherae acumenat®,
ereflae, conniventes, inclufae.
P I S T I L L U M . Germen globofum. Stylus filiformis,
longitudine calycis. Stigma globofum.
PERICAKPIUM. Capfula teres, longitudine fere
perianthii, unilocularis, dehifcens apice
decem dentato.
SEMINA numerofa, fubrotunda. Receptaculum
ovato-oblongum, liberum.
S P E C I F I C
Primula, foliis petiolatis, cordatis, fub-lobatis,
crenatis; corollis laetè purpureis.
C H A x l A C T E R .
EMPALEMENT. Fence of many leaves, including
feveral flowers, and fmall. Cup one leaf,
tubular, five-fided, five-toothed, fliarp, upright,
and remaining.
BLOSSOM. One petal. Tube cylindrical, tlie
length of the cup, terminated by a ihort
bemifpherical neck. Border fpreading, half
cut into five divifions; the fegments are
inverfely heart-fliaped, and blunt. Mouth
open.
C H I V E S . Five threads, very fliort, within the
neck of the bloifom. Tips pointed, upright,
approaching, within the tube.
PoiNTAL. Seed-bud globular. Shaft thread-
Ihaped, the length of the cup. Summit
globular.
SEED-VESSEL, Capfule cylindrical, nearly as
long as the cup, of one cell, opening at
the top, with ten teeth.
SEEDS numerous, and roundilh. Receptacle oblong
egg-fliaped, and loofe.
C H A R A C T E R .
Primrofe, whofe leaves have foot-ftalks, are
heart-fliaped, llightly lobed, and fcolloped;
bloflbms of a bright purple.
R E F E R E N C E TG THE PLATE.
1. The Cup, and Fruit-llalk.
2. A Bloflbm cut open, to Ihew the fituation of the Chives, and its internal formation.
3. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit, (magnified).
T H I S fpecies of Primrofe is figured by Gmelin, in his Flora Siberica. It was in the year lygi, that
the feeds of this plant were fent by ProfelTor P. Pallas, from Siberia, to Meffrs. Lee and Kennedy, of
Hammerfmith; at whofe nurfery tlie drawing of this moll charming plant was made: though a
native of fo cold a clime, it feems with difficulty to endure the feverity of ours; thriving bell m a pot,
under any flight ihelter, or a very dry fituation if planted out: it is increafed by the root, which
Ihould be parted in March; and flowers in June, and July.
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