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cylindrical stelk, cor. exceeding the calyx, 1. pectinate. — L. 

 submerged, crowded. Fl. rising above ,the water, pale pullj. 

 Style exceediuj^ the cal., stam. inserted in tube, anth. and fila- 

 ments about, equal in length; or style falling short of cal., 

 stam. inserted at top of tube, filaments 3 , or 4 times as long as 

 the anthers.— Ponds a;nd ditches. P. V. VI. E. I. 



2. Pei'mtjla Linn. Primrose. 



1. P. vulgdris (Huds.) ; I. ohlong-orate tapering down-n-ards 

 wrinkled crenate,, ped. villose radical 1-flowered, cal. tubular, 

 teeth Imice.olate-iubulate- Yery acnte, oor.-limb flat with a circle of 

 scalelike folds at the slightly contracted mouth, caps, ovate j the 

 length of cal, long straightish teeth of fr.-cal. meeting at top. — 

 St. 14. 6. P. acaulis Jacq. — Scape rudimentary. Fl. erect. 

 Cal. villose.^^. P. variabilis (Qoup.) ; 1. slightly contracted be- 

 low, ped. raised on a scape, fl. erect. Often taken for P. elatior 

 — Woods and. thickets. P. III.— V. Primrose. E.S.I. 



2. P. veris (L.) ; I. cmate ahrupily contracted below then attenu- 

 ate wrinkled crenate, scape tomentose, umbellate many-flowered, 

 cal. bellshaped, teeth short ovate, cor. -limb concave with a circle 

 of scalelike folds at the slightly contracted mouth, caps, oval J 

 the length of ii^ated cal, short teeth of tr.-bal. converging. — 

 St. 14. 4. P. officinalis Jacq. — Cal. tomentose. Cal. -teeth \ of 

 the length of the tube, blunt or slightly acute. Cor.-segm. 

 cordate. — Probably, hybrids are formed between this and Sp. 1, 

 which, as is P. variabilis, are mistaketi for P. elatior. — Meadows 

 and pastures. , P. IV. V- Cowslip. Paigle. E. 8. I. 



3. P. elatior (Jacq.) ; I. ovate abruptly contracted below then 

 attenuate wrinked denticulate, scape vmibellate "many-flowered, 

 cal. tubular, teeth lanceolate acute, cor.-limb comcawe, segments 

 obcordate-oblong its tube not crowned nor contracted at the month, 

 caps, linear-oblong equalling cal., teeth of fr.-cal. patent. — Sti 

 14. 5. — Cor.-segm. almost square ; Umb rarely flat. Outer fl. 

 nodding. Fr. erect. — Clayey woods and meadows in the 

 Eastern Counties. P. IV. V. " O.dip. E. 



4. P.farindsa (L.); I. obovate-lanceolate mealy, cal. oblong- 

 ovate, teeth linear, cor. -limb flat, segments obcordaie rownded be- 

 low distant as long as the tube. — St. 14.^ — Umbellate. Fl. pale 

 lilac with a yellow centre ; but the colour and breadth of seg- 

 ments very variable. Germen obovate. Stigma capitate. 

 Barely the scape is wanting and the fl. are amongst the leaves. 

 —North ofEngland and South of Scotland. P. VI. \"II. Bird's- 

 eye Primrose. E. S. 



5. P. scofica (Hook.); I. obovate-lanceolate mealy, cal. sivollen, 

 teeth short ovale blunt, cor. -limb flat its segments broadly obcor- 



