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PENTANDRIA. M0N0GYNIA. Primula. 



Var. 2. Liver-coloured. Blossoms a red liver colour. 

 Hedge banks and pastures, between Penzance and Treveylea, 

 Cornwall. May. 



ela'tior. P. Leaves wrinkled and toothed : stalk many-flowered : 



outermost flowers drooping : border of the blossom 

 flat. 



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E. bot. 5l3~Kniph. \~FL dan. ±3i-Fuchs. 851-7. B. m 

 4-96. 2-C&ir. 3©1. 2-ZW. 147. l-Lob. obs. 305. 3-Ger. 



em. 780. 2-Ger. 635. 1-CoL phytob. 6. 2. 



Bloss. pale yellow ; diameter of the border more than the 

 length of the tube. Leaf-stalks shorter than the leaves. 



Primula. Hall. n. 6'CK). Primula <veris elat'ior. LlNN. Vul- 

 garis $ Huds. ed. II. Verts fi ed. I. Oxlips. Great Cowslips* 



Oxlip Primrose. Woods, hedges, and sometimes pastures. [Clayey 

 pastures, Suffolk. Mr. Woodward. High pastures, near Little 

 Wenlock, Shropshire.] P. April, May. 



Dr. Smith thinks it possible that the Oxlip may be a hybrid 

 production between the common Primrose and the Cowslip, or 

 that, if a variety, it rather belongs to the former than the latter. 

 In its long common fruit-stalk it resembles the Cowslip, in its 

 scentless flowers and the expanded border of the blossom it agrees 

 with the Primrose. — Mr. Turner says he has specimens in 

 which both the Primrose and Oxlip are produced from the same 

 root. 



officinalis, p. Leaves wrinkled and toothed : stalk many-flowered ; 



all the flowers drooping: border of the blossom con- 

 cave. 



£. bnU 5~Kniph. 3-Lud<w. 42-F/. dan. i33*-Black<w. 226- 

 Wale.-Curt. 67-Fuchs, 850-Clus. u 301 • l~lob. obs. 305. 

 1-Ger. em. 780. \-Trag. 201-G*r. 635. 2. 



Leafstalk often longer than the leaves, which is not the case 

 in the Primrose or Oxlip. Bloss. sweet-scented, full yellow, with 



the middle 



h 



offii 



clayey soil 



Cowslip Primrose. Meadows and pastures in loamy 



P. April, May 



farino'sa. P, Leaves scolloped, smooth : border of the blossom flat 



* The blossoms are used for making cowslip wine. The leaves are 

 sometimes eaten as a pot-herb, and in sallads. The root has * fine scent, 

 like anise.— Silk worms are loud of the leaves and flowers. Trans. 0} 

 See. of Arts , ii.^. 157, 



