PEIMULA. 
seeded, opening with 5 revolute fugacious valves. Seeds 
icith a nctlike coat. 
8. Glaux. Cal. bellshaped, 5-parted, coloured. Cor. ticme. 
Stam. 5, inserted at the base of the calyx. Caps, few-seeded 
I- (about 10), opening with 5 valves. 
9. Samolus. Ccd. 5-parted, its tube adhering to the loiuer 
half of the (jermen, persistent. Cor. salvershaped, tube short, 
limb 5-parted with intei-posed converging scales. Stam. 5, 
inserted near to the base of the tube of the cor. Caps. |- 
inferior, nianj'-seeded, opening with reflexed teeth. 
1. Pri'mula Linn. Primrose. 
1. P. vidffdris (Iluds.) ; I. oblong-ovate tapering downwards 
wi'inkled crenate, ped. viUose radical 1-flowered, cal. tubular, 
teeth linear-taticeolate acunmmte very acute, cor.-limb flat with 
a circle of scalelike folds at the slightly conti-acted mouth, caps, 
ovate i the length of cal., long straightish teeth of fr.-cal. meet- 
ing at top.— B. 4. St. 14. 6. P. acaidis Jacq. — Scape nidi- 
meutary. Fl. erect. Cal. villose. — ^. caulescens ; 1. slightly con- 
ti-acted below, ped. raised on a scape, fl. erect. Often taken for P. 
elatior. — Woods and thickets. P. IV. V. Primrose. E. S. I. 
2. P. veris (L. ) ; /. ovate ahniptly contracted belotv then attenu- 
ate wi'inkled 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 ^ 
the leiigth of inflated cal., short teeth of fr.-cal. converging. — 
E. B. 5. St. 14. 4. P. officinalis Jacq. — Cal. tomentose. Cal.- 
teeth 1 of the length of the tube, blimt or slightly acute. Cor.- 
segm. cordate. — Probably hj'brids are formed between this and 
Sp. 1, which are mistaken for P. elatior. — Meadows and pastures. 
P. IV. V. Cowslip. Paigle. E. S. I. 
.3. P. elatior (Jacq.) ; 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 equalling cal., teeth of fr.-cal. patent. — E. B. 
513. St. 14. 5. — Cor.-segm. almost square ; limb rarely flat. 
Outer fl. nodding. Fr. erect. — Clayey woods and meadows in 
the Eastern Counties. P. IV. V. Oxlip, E. 
4. P. farin6sa (L.) ; I. obovate-lanceolate mealy, cal. oblong- 
ovate, teeth linear, cor.-limb flat, segments obcordate rounded be- 
low distant as long as the tube. — E. B. 6. St. 14. — Umbellate. 
Fl. pale lilac with a yellow centre ; but the colour and breadth 
of segments very variable. Germen obovate. Stigma capitate. 
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