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division, whiclj sq)arate it into five (sometimes six) heart-like seg- 

 ments: and (lie edging sliould resemble a hiigjit gold lace, bold, 

 clear and distinct, and so nearly ol" the same colour as the eye and 

 stripes, as scarcely to he dislinguished from it. " ■ 



The second species has the Kav(;s contracted towards the middle, 

 almost as in the Cowslip: the scapes ivw, erect, longer than the 

 leaves, many-flowered : the flowers nmbelled, ])edicelled, the outer 

 ones generally nodding; like those of the Prinuose in form and 

 colour, but smaller. I'rom which it is cvidenlly dislinguished by ils 

 many-Howered scape; as it is from the cowslip by the flal border of 

 the corolla. It is found in liie woods and other places in this 

 country, flowering in April and ]\Iay. 



Marlyn remarks that if it be a variety, it is rather of the former 

 than the latter. And Dr. Smith rather inclines to think that it is 

 a hybrid production, or mule from a Primrose impregnated by a 

 Cowslip. 



It varies much in the colour of the flowers, but the chief are 

 purple-flowered, red-flowered, gold-coloured, orange-coloured, with 

 various shades of each. 



The third has a root like that of the Prinn-osc, but smelling more 

 powerfully of anise: the leaves obovate-oblong, contracted suddenly 

 towards the middle, or rather ovate with the petiole wino-cd, shorter 

 than those of the Primrose by nearly one-half, fuller at the ed"^e 

 which is somewhat folded as well as notched, stronger, of a deeper 

 green, not running so taper at the base, covered on the under side 

 with softer and shorter hair: the petioles smoother, whitish with 

 scarcely any red in them: the scapes few, three or four times lonuer 

 than the leaves, round, upright, pale, villose: the involucre at The 

 base of the umbel, surrounding the peduncles, consisting of many, 

 very small, concave, pale, acuminate leaflets: the flowers in an 

 umbel, unequally pedicelled, hanging down, generally to one side, 

 full yellow with an orange-coloured blotch at the base of each seg- 

 ment, contracted about the middle of the tube, where the stamens 

 are inserted, paler underneath, very fragrant. It is a native of 

 Europe, flowering in April and May. 



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