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Thee BER 1. Di, S. A HERBAL. . 
The leaves ftand in pairs, and are of a cordated 
or heart-fathioned fhape: they are of a deep 
green; they have no footftalks, and they fur- 
round the ftalk at their bafe. The feveral pairs 
do not ftand in the fame line, but oppolite; and- 
fometimes, asin our common kind, there grow 
three leaves or more at a joint, inftead of two. 
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! maximo flore. 
The flowers ftand on flender footftalks, and 
are of a beautiful blue. 
"The feed veffel is round, and the feeds are 
fmall. 
ft is a native of Spain, and flowers in Auguft. 
-Tournefort calls ic Avagallis Hifpanica latifolia 
Others, Cruciata montana cerulea. 
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PRIMULA. 
HE flower confitts of a fingle petal ina long cup; the tube of the petal is of the length of the 
cup, and its edge is divided into five fegments, which are obtufe, and dented in the middle : 
the feed-veffel is fingle and long 5 and the flower ftands fingle upon a naked footftalk. : 
Linnaeus places this among his pentandria monogynia, the threads in the flower being five, and the 
rudiment of the fruit fingle : but he includes the cowflip and auricula under this name, making them 
all one genus. 
This is not neceffary nor convenient. The cowflip. has its particular name and peculiar virtues, 
and it is faffiiently diftinguifhed by having feveral flowers upon a ftalk, whereas in the primerofe 
thereis but one; nor does the auricula want its marks of diftinétion from both, 
Dav 1.SiOgny al. 
Common Primrofe. 
Primula vulgaris. 
The root isa fhort, thick head, furnifhed with 
a great number of long and large fibres. 
The leaves rife in a great tuft; and are large, 
oblong, and without footftalks : they are rough, 
of a deep, but pleafant green, and not dented at 
the edges. 
The flowers rife among thefe on fingle foot- 
flalks : thefe are flender, naked, hairy, whitith, 
and each fuftains one flower. 
This is large, and white, or yellowifh, deeply 
divided into five fegments, which are broadeft 
at the end, and indented there in a heart fafhioned 
manner. 
DuLV 1IS,;1,0.N; II. 
Purple Primrofe. 
Primula purpurea folio brevi. 
The root confifts of a fmall head, and a vaft 
quantity of fhort fibres. 
The leaves are numerous, and form a thick 
tuft: they are fhort and broad, irregularly and 
flightly finuated at the edges, and pointed at the 
ends. 
The ftalk which fupports the flower is three 
inches high, whitifh, naked, and flender. 
The flower ftands at th¢ top, fingle and large: 
it has a green hufk, ribbed in five places, and 
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The feed-veffel is Iongifh, flender, and co-. 
vered; and the feeds ate numerous and roundifh. 
It is. common in woods and thickets, and 
flowers in fpring. 
C. Bauhine calls it Verba/culum fylvaticum majus 
Jingulari flore. 
The roots of the common primrofe are ufed as 
1a fternutatory againft difeafes of the head. The 
beft way is to bruife them, and prefs out the 
juice, which is to be fnuffed up. It occafions vio- 
lent fneezing, and brings away a great deal of 
water, but without danger. : 
Dried and powdered, the roots are good in 
nervous diforders ; but the dofe muft be fmall- 
It is reported to be a cure in the night-mare. 
SePeh.C Ese 
is itfelf divided into five fegments; theft 
broad, and heart-fafhioned at the ends : he o 
lour is a beautiful purple, except in the centre 
where there is a yellow ftar. ; 
The feed-veffel is long, and the feeds are nu- 
merous and fmall. 
It is a native of Turky, and flowers in fpring. 
Cornutus calls it Primula veris Conftantinopo- 
litana. Others, Primula purpurea, 
The Turks call it Carchichec: they oi 
: they give the 
roots dried and powdered in diforders of ee fto- 
mach, and, as is faid, with great fuccefs, 
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COWSLIP, 
PARALY STs. 
HE flower confifts of a fingle petal, tubu'ar in the lower 
~ fegments, obtufe, and dented in the middle : 
ftand upon one naked ftalk, 
part, and at the edge divided {nto five 
the feed-veffel is fingle and oblong : feveral flowers 
Tinnzus 
