| Primula polyneura, Franch. Lvs. petiolate, 1-2 1/2in. long, broadly deltoid or suborbicular, about 11-lobed, the lobes broadly ovate and dentate or crenate, the petiole very long: scape 4-16 in. tall, much overtopping the lvs., pubescent, the umbel solitary or 2 or 3 superposed: bracts lanceolate, shorter than the villose pedicels: fls. purplish or violet(?); calyx ribbed, long-tubular, pilose, the lobes lanceolate-acute; corolla-tube cylindrical, twice exceeding the calyx, the limb about 1/2in. across, lobes bifid. Cent. China.—P. Vèitchii and P.lichiangensis may be minor forms of this. | | Primula polyneura, Franch. Lvs. petiolate, 1-2 1/2in. long, broadly deltoid or suborbicular, about 11-lobed, the lobes broadly ovate and dentate or crenate, the petiole very long: scape 4-16 in. tall, much overtopping the lvs., pubescent, the umbel solitary or 2 or 3 superposed: bracts lanceolate, shorter than the villose pedicels: fls. purplish or violet(?); calyx ribbed, long-tubular, pilose, the lobes lanceolate-acute; corolla-tube cylindrical, twice exceeding the calyx, the limb about 1/2in. across, lobes bifid. Cent. China.—P. Vèitchii and P.lichiangensis may be minor forms of this. |
| + | syn. Primula lichiangensis, Forr. (P. cortusoides var. lichiangensis, Forr.). Much like P. Veitchii, but foliage less hairy and not white underneath, and fls. fewer, larger, and more drooping, with larger eye and purple anthers, the calyx somewhat inflated at base: plant 6-14 in. tall: lvs. petiolate, ovate-oblong, deeply cordate, lobed, and toothed: bracts lanceolate: fls. fragrant, rich rose-red or almost crimson in shade, the eye greenish yellow. Lichiang Range, N. W. Yunnan, China, altitude 10,000 ft. |