PRIMULADS. 473 
The Primvu.ace# are herbaceous plants, with simple alternate 
leaves, and without stipules; their stems are chiefly subterranean, 
‘and their leaves form a rosette at the surface of the soil, from 
whence springs the stalk bearing the flowers. They are mostly 
natives of temperate regions, rare between the tropics, but abound- 
Fig. 431. The Cowslip (Primula veris). 
ing in mountainous parts of Europe and Asia. The Cowslip 
(Primula veris), Fig. 431, grows in our woods and fields. The 
farinaceous or Birds’ Eye Primrose is not uncommon in boggy 
Places as far north as Yorkshire. The Grandifloral Primrose is 
