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Primula.'] 
E. B. t. 4. P. acaulis Jacq. P. gramlifiora Lam. P. veris y. 
acaulis L. — /3. umbel stalked. 
Woods, hedge-banks, and pastures, abundant. Tf.. 4,5. — If the 
flower-stalks of the var. a., or common form, are traced to their very 
base, they will be found to spring from one common point, and to 
constitute a sessile umbel. The var. /3. is the polyanthus of our gardens, 
and often supposed to be P. elatior. 
2. P. elatior Jacq. ( Jacquins O.) ; leaves ovate toothed 
wrinkled contracted below the middle, scape umbellate, outer 
flowers drooping, calyx tubular usually dose to the tube of the 
corolla, teeth lanceolate acute, limb of the corolla slightly con- 
cave, tube open at. the mouth without scales or folds. E. B. 
t. 513. P. veris /3. elatior L. 
Woods and meadows in the eastern counties of England, particu- 
larly about Bardfield in Essex. Hitcham, Suffolk. 4,5. — We 
are not satisfied that this species is really distinct from the numerous 
hybrids between P. vulgaris and P. veris. Mr. Bentham unites the 
three. 
3. P. veris L. ( common C., or Paigle ) ; leaves ovate crenate- 
toothed wrinkled contracted below the middle, scape umbellate, 
flowers drooping, calyx tubular campanulate, teeth short ovate, 
limb of the corolla concave, tube with a circle of scale-like folds 
at the slightly contracted mouth. E. B. t. 5. P. officinalis 
Jacq. 
Meadows and pastures, frequent in a clay soil in England, Rare 
in Scotland; near Edinburgh, and in Fifeshire. ty. 4,5, — On the 
continent the present species and P. vulgaris never grow intermingled, 
and constantly retain the characters assigned to them : in England, 
however, (and in Scotland wherever P. veris occurs,) they are found 
together, and a complete series of intermediate forms, constituting the 
common Oxlip, may be observed, which must either be accounted 
fertile hybrids, or proofs of the two extremes being only different 
races of the same species. If this latter view be adopted, the P. 
elatior may rank as a third and connecting race. Speaking of the 
two extremes, Mr. H. C. Watson says, “ the two may be pretty 
accurately distinguished, each having a variety ‘elatior.’ Indepen- 
dently of other characters, all the Cowslips and Cowslip- Oxlips have 
the scape and calyx tomentose ; whilst Primroses and Primrose- Oxlips 
have long soft hairs, and should be called villose or shaggy.” 
4. P. farinosa L. ( Bird's-eye P.) ; leaves obovate lanceolate 
mealy crenulate, calyx oblong-ovate, limb of the corolla plane 
its mouth obscurely glandular, the segments obcordate distant 
attenuate at the base nearly as long as the tube. E. B. t. 6. 
Mountainous pastures in the north of England, especially York- 
shire, not unfrequent. Very rare in Scotland; south of West Linton, 
near Edinburgh. If.. 6, 7. — One of the most elegant of plants, 
scarcely yielding in beauty to the next species. The powdery sub- 
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