~Pentandria Monogynia.~ _Generic Character._ _Involucrum_ umbellulae. _Corollae_ tubus cylindricus: ore patulo. _Specific Character and Synonyms._ PRIMULA _villosa_ foliis obovatis dentatis villosis, scapo brevissimo multifloro. PRIMULA _villosa_. _Jacquin Fl. Austr. app. t._ 27. [Illustration: No. 14] Mr. Miller, in the Sixth Edition of the Abridgment of his Gardener's Dictionary, mentions only four Primulas, exclusive of the Auricula, the two first of which are named erroneously, and of the two last not a syllable is said either as to their place of growth or culture. The plant here figured, has been introduced pretty generally into the Nursery-Gardens in the neighboured of London within these few years: Mr. Salisbury informs me, that a variety of this plant with white flowers, brought originally from the Alps of Switzerland, has for many years been cultivated in a garden in Yorkshire. It is not noticed by Linnaeus: Professor Jacquin, in his Flora Austriaca, has figured and described a Primula, which, though not agreeing so minutely as could be wished with the one we have figured, is nevertheless considered by some of the first Botanists in this country as the same species; he gives it the name of _villosa_, which we adopt, though with us it is so slightly villous as scarcely to deserve that epithet. It varies in the brilliancy of its colours, flowers in April, and will succeed with the method of culture recommended for the Round-Leaved Cyclamen. [15] ~Narcissus Jonquilla. Common Jonquil.~ _Class and Order._ ~Hexandria Monogynia.~ _Generic Character._ _Petala_ sex. _Nectario_ infundibuliformi, monophyllo. _Stamina_ intra nectarium. _Specific Character and Synonyms._ NARCISSUS _Jonquilla_ spatha multiflora, nectario hemisphaerico crenato, breviore petalis, foliis semiteretibus. _Lin. Spec. Pl. p._ 417. [Illustration: No. 15] The fragrant Jonquil is a native of Spain, flowers in the open ground, about the latter-end of April, or beginning of May, and will thrive in almost any soil or situation, but prefers, as most bulbs do, a fresh loamy earth; indeed such a soil is favourable to the growth of most plants, as being exempt from a variety of subterraneous insects, which are apt to infest ground which has been long cultivated. It is found in the gardens with double flowers. Our plant accords exactly with the description of Linnaeus, above quoted, but must be carefully distinguished from some others very similar to it. [16] ~Iris variegata. Variegated Iris.~ _Class and Order._ ~Triandria Monogynia.~ _Generic Character._ _Corolla_ 6-partita; _Petalis_ alternis, reflexis. _Stigmata_ petaliformia. _Specific Character and Synonyms._ IRIS _variegata_ corollis barbatis, caule subfolioso longitudine foliorum multifloro. _Linn. Spec. Pl. p._ 56. IRIS latifolia pannonica, colore multiplici. _Bauh. Pin._ 31. The yellow variable Flower-de-Luce. _Parkinson Parad. p._ 182. [Illustration: No. 16]