PrimuLa OrrreiwN 
PRIMULA. Linn. Gem. Ph. PENTANDRIA 
ALIS. The Cowsrir. 
MONOGYNIA; 
Involucrum umbellule. Goroll¢ tubus cylindricus, ore patulo, 
Rari Syn Gen. 18. HERB. FRUCTU SICCO SINGULARI FLORE MONOPETALO, 
PRIMULA 
officinalis foliis rugofis dentatis fubtus hitfutis, fcapo multifloro, floribus omnibus nutantibus, 
corolle limbo brevi. | facg. Mifc. Auflr. V. 1. p. 159: n. 3. dit. Kew. V. 1. p. 193. 
PRIMULA foliis rugofis dentatis hirfutis, fcapis multifloris, floribus omnibus nutantibus. —Hz//. Hifl. 
+ 1. 610. 
PRIMULA officinalis foliis rugofo dentatis, limbo corollarum concavo, tubi collo oblongo. Hoff. Germs 
FI. £P 67. 
PRIMULA offcinah. Scop. Carn. ed. 2. n. 205; 
PRIMULA veris foliis rugofis dentatis. Linn. Sp. Pl. 204. var. « officinalis limbo corollarum concavo; 
Syff. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 192. Hudf. Fl. Angl. p. 84. veris, 
VERBASCULUM pratenfe odoratum. Bauh. Pin. 241. 
PRIMULA veris flavo flore elatior. 
PRIMULA veris odorata flore luteo fimplici. 
Clif: Hifl. 1. 9. 301. 
I. B. III. 495. 
PARALYSIS vulgaris pratenfis, flore flavo fimplici odorato. Park, Parad. 244. The common field 
Cowllip. 
PRIMULA veris major. Field Cowllips. Ger. Herb. p. 635. jig. 1. but jig. 2. more refembles the 
plant; emac. 780. f. 1. Threlk. Rai Sym. 284. Common Paigles, or Cowllips. 

RADIX fimilis Primule acaulis, fed odore fortiori 
anifi praedita. 
FOLIA fubcordato-ovata, ad bafin contracta, tunc de- 
currentia, ftru€tura folus P. acaulis fimilia, 
fed dimidio fere breviora, margine pleniore, 
plicato-crenulato, validiora, ob{curius viridia, 
bafi non attenuata, fubtus pilis mollioribus et 
brevioribus veftita; Petioli glabriores, albidi, 
vix rubentes. : 
FLORES parvi, nutantes, fubfecundi, lutei, fuaviter 
odoratt. 
SCAPI ere&i, foliis gplo aut 4plo longiores, pallidi, 
villofi, umbelliferi, multiflori. 
STIPUL/ZE ad exortam umbelle, pedunculos cingentes, 
| parva, acuminate. 
PEDUNCULI fubunciales, villofi, pallidi, 
CALYX: PrzniANTHIUM monophyllum, fubcampanu- 
latum, ventricofum, laxum, pentagonum, vil- 
lofum, quinquefidum, laciniis ovatis, acutis, 
ROOT like that of the Primrofe, but fmelling more 
powerfully of anifeed. 
LEAVES fomewhat heartfhaped-ovate, contracted at 
the bafe, then decurrent, in their ftructure 
like thofe of the Primrofe, but fhorter by 
nearly one half, fuller at the edge, which 1s 
fomewhat folded as well as notched, ftronger, 
of a deeper green, not running fo taper at 
the bafe, covered on the underfide with fofter 
and fhorter hair; the Leaf-ftalks fmoother, 
whitifh, with fearcely any red in them. 
FLOWERS {mall, hanging down, and generally to 
one fide, yellow, and fragrant. 
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STALKS upright, 3 or 4 times longer than the leaves, 
| pallid, villous, fupporting many flowers in an 
umbel. 
STIPUL E at the bafe of the umbel, furrounding the 
peduncles, {mall and tapering to a point. 
9 PEDUNCLES about an inch in length, villous, and 
pallid. 
CALYX: a Perrantutum of one leaf, fomewhat bell- 
Íhaped, bellying out a little, fitting loofely 
about the tube of the Corolla, five-cornered, 
villous, divided into five ovate, pointed feg- 
ments, //g. 1. 
COROLLA monopetalous: ze as in that of the 
Primrofe, a little longer than the calyx : the 
Limb very fhort, concave, yellow, marked at 
the bafe with fhivefmalldiftnct orange-coloured 
{pots , the Mourzb fimple, without any crown, | 
Jig. 2, 9. 4- | 
STAMINA and Pifüllum as in the Primrofe, fg. 5, 6. 
Jig. 1. 
COROLLA monopetala: 7zéz; uti in Acauli, calyce 
paulo longius: Limbus vero breviffimus, con- 
cavus, flavus, maculis, quinque parvis, dif- 
tinus, aurantiacis, ad bafin notatus. Faux 
fimplex, abfque corona, jig. 2, 3, 4. 
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STAMINA et Piftillum uti in Acauli, fiz. 5, 6. 
"In fpeaking of the Primrofe, we had occafion to notice the place of growth, and time of flowering of the 
Cowllip ; refpeéting the latter, we may add, that it is found in moift meadows, as well as upland paftures, and 
the borders of fields, and fometimes in that abundance as confiderably to diminifh their produce; hence, with 
all our partiality for this univerfal favourite, we hefitate not to pronounce 1t a plant noxious in agricülture; for, 
by the fread of its leaves, it occupies much ground, while its produce is infignificant, and not relifhed by 
cattle, vid. Pan. Suec. 
It retains its character when introduced into the garden, colour excepted, which it has a tendency to change, 
firft to an orange brown, or tawny, and finally to a deep red; Mr. Moone, who has long cultivated it, amidft a 
profufion of rare and valuable plants, in his garden, Hyde-Park, affures me, that it has conftantly undergone 
- this and no other change with him. | | 
. Both GznAnD and Parkinson, figure a variety of it with bloffoms perfeétly double, and which appears to 
have been common in our gardens when they wrote, though extremely fcarce, if exifting now; we poflefs a hofe and 
hofe variety with yellow, and another with deep fcarlet bloffoms, almoft equal in beauty to thofe of the 
Cyrilla pulchella, and we have had one plant of the common Cowflip, which from the fame root, produced fome 
flowers on peduncles, and others on a {capus, A 
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