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Tribe II. Pri/muLece. 
2. Pri'mula L'in7i. Primrose. 
Cal.-tube angular. L. not mealy. 
1. P. vulgaris (Huds.) ; I. oblong-ovate tapering downwards 
wrinkled crenate, ped. villose radical 1-flowered, cal. tubular, 
teeth lanceolate-subulate very acute, cor. -limb flat with a circle of 
scalelike folds at the slightly contracted mouth, caps, ovate h the 
length of cal., long straightish teeth of fr.-cal. meeting at top. — 
B. 4. P. acaidis {WiW). — Young 1. reticulate-rugose. Scape 
rudimentary. Fl. erect. Cal. villose. — ^. P. variabilis 
(Goup.) ; 1. slightly contracted below, ped. raised on a scape, 
fl. erect. Sy. E. B. 1132, 1133. Often taken for P. elatior and 
called Oxlip. A hybrid between Sp. 1 <fe 2 according to Darwin. — ■ 
Woods and thickets. P. III. — V. Primrose. E. S. I. 
2. P. veris (L. em. Huds.) ; I. ovate abruptly contracted below 
then attenuate wrinkled crenate, scape tomentose umbellate 
many-flowered, cal. bellshaj)ed, teeth short ovate, cor. -limb 
concave with a circle of scalelike folds at the slightly con- 
tracted mouth, caps, oval h the length of inflated cal., short 
teeth of fr.-cal. converging. — E. B. 5. P. officinxilis (Jacq.). — 
Cal. tomentose. Cal.-teeth -J of the length of the tube, blunt 
or slightly acute. Cor.-segm. cordate. — Probably hybrids 
between this and Sp. 1 are mistaken for P. elatior. — 
jMeadows and pastures. P. FV. V. Cowslip. Paigle. E. S. I. 
3. P. elatior (Schreb.) ; I. ovate abruptly contracted below then 
attenuate wrinkled denticulate, scape umbellate many-flowered, 
cal. tubular, teeth lanceolate acute, cor. -limb concave, segments 
obcordate-oblong, its tube not crowned nor contracted at the 
mouth, caps, linear -oblong exceeding cal., teeth of fr.-cal. patent. 
— E. B. 513. — Young 1. transversely plicate. Cor.-segm. almost 
si[uare ; limb rarely flat. Outer fl. nodding. Fr. erect. 
Hybridizes rarely vnth Sp. 1 & 2. — Clayey woods and meadows 
in the Eastern Counties. P. IV. V. Oxlip {true). E. 
** Cal.-tube not angular. L. mealy beneath. 
4. P.farin6sa (L.) ; 1. obovate-lanceolate, ca^. oblong-ovate, 
teeth linear, cor. -limb flat, segments obcordate rounded below dis- 
tant as long as the tube, caps, twice as long as calyx. — E. B. 6. — 
Umbellate. Fl. pale lilac with a yellow centre ; but the colour 
and breadth of segments very variable. Germen obovate. 
