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PL 88 & 39] PRIMULA ANDBOSAOB 25
suddenly contracted into the stalk which is more or less as
long as the hlade. Flowering stem longer than the leaves,
3-7 in. high, slender, bearing a lax, few-flowered umbel
;
bracts
oblong, blunt, about J in. long, saccate at the base. Flowerstalks
f-1 in. long, slender. Calyx about i in. long, glabrous,
tubular, 5-ribbed, lobes short. Corolla lilac or rose, tube
slightly longer than or twice as long as the calyx, limb flat,
i-i in. diameter, often smaller, lobes deeply notched. Ovary
globose, top rounded, thickened. Capsule cylindric, exserted.
Seeds very small, angular, smooth, pale.
Locality. In alpine regions.
Distribution. Mountains of Central Asia to the N.W.
Himalaya, W. Tibet, Altai, Baikal region, arctic region of
Europe, America and Asia.
ANDROSACE, Linn.
Plato 39
(From the Greek aner, andros, a man, and safcos, a shield, because
the leaves of some species resemble the shield of the ancients.)
A. Flowering stems usually several. Leaves
all radical. Stolons absent.
I. Leaves lance-shaped, elliptic, or
spoon-shaped, forming dense
rosettes.
1. Flowers white or rose-coloured
(fig. 1) ... ... ... ... A. septentrionalis.
2. Flowers flosh -coloured or red
(fig. 4) ... ... ... ... A. aizoon.
II. Leaves rounded - kidney - shaped,
usually 7-lobed and lobes again
3-lobed, long - stalked. Flowers
deep pink, varying to nearly white
(fig. 5) ... ... ... ... A. rotundifoha.
B. Flowering stem solitary. Flowers in
umbels, except sometimes in
A. villosa.
1. Leaves very small, cartilaginous,
hairless except the ciliate margins.
*1. Stolons 1-2 in. long. Flowers
flesh-coloured (fig. 3) ... ... A. sempervivoides*
2. Stolons scarcely any
... ... A. mucronifolia.