LV. 



PRIMULA VERIS. 



Cowslip. 



ClassY. Pentandria.— OrtZer I. Monogynia. 



Nat, Ord. PrimulacejE. 



Gen. Char. Calyx inferior, tubular, five-toothed. Co- 

 rolla salver-sliaped ; tube cylindrical ; mouth open. 

 Capsule one-celled, opening with ten teeth. 



Spec. Char. Leaves toothed, rugose, contracted below 

 the middle. Scape umbellate. Limb of the corolla 

 concave. 



SYNONYM ES. 



Latin . . . . - 



French .... 

 Italian .... 

 Spanish ... 

 Portuguese. 

 German . . 

 Dutch .... 

 Danish .... 

 Swedish . . 

 Polish .... 

 Russ 



Verbasculum pratense odoratura. Bauh. Pin. 241. 

 Primula veris odorata, flore luteo simplici. Bauh. Hist. 



p. 495. 

 Primula veris major. Ger. Em, 780. Raii Syn. 284. 

 Verbascum odoratum. Fuchs. 805, c. 327- 

 Herba Paralysis vulgaris. Truff. 201. 

 Primula veris officinalis. Lin. Sp. PI. 204. 

 Primula veris. Willd. Sp. PL i. p. 800. £ng. Fl. i. p. 271 

 Primevere ; Primevere officinale ; Primerolle ; Coucou. 

 Primavera; Primola. 



Primavera ; Primula ; Yerba de San Pablo. 

 Primavera. 

 SchlUsselblume. 

 Sleutelbloem ; Bak-kruid. 

 Oxedrif. 



Oxellcegg ; Orlagga. 

 Bukwica Biala. 

 Bukwiza. 



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Description. — The roots are perennial, consisting of a fleshy 

 rhizoma beset with several small tubercles furnished with nume- 

 rous long, nearly simple fibres. The leaves proceed immediately 

 from the root ; they are ovate-oblong, wrinkled, toothed, obtuse, 



