Primula Officinalis. The Cowslip. 
PRIMULA. Linn . Gen. PI. Pentandria Monogynia. 
Involucrum umbellulas. Corolla tubus cylindricus, ore patalo. 
kail Syn. Gen. l8. Herbie fructu sicco singulari flore monopetalo. 
PRIMULA officinalis foliis rugofis dentatis fubtus hirfutis, fcapo multifloro, floribus omnibus nutantibus, 
corollae limbo brevi. ‘Jucq. Mi/c. Aujlr. V. i. p. 159- n - 3 • J ^ lt ' K ew - ^ - P' x 93 - 
PRIMULA foliis rugofis dentatis hirfutis, fcapis multifloris, floribus omnibus nutantibus. Hali. Hijl. 
n. 610. 
PRIMULA officinalis foliis rugofo dentatis, limbo corollarum concavo, tubi collo oblongo. Hoffi. Germ. 
FI. p. 67* 
PRIMULA officinalis. Scop. Cam. ed. 2. n. 205. 
PRIMULA veris foliis rugofis dentatis. Linn. Sp. Pl. 204. var. « officinalis limbo corollarum concavo. 
Syjl. Vegetal/, ed. 14. Murr. p. 192. Hudf. F/. Angi. p. 84. veris. 
VERB ASCULUM pratenfe odoratum. Baub. Pin. 241. 
PRIMULA veris flavo flore elatior. Chif, Hifl. 1. p. 301. 
PRIMULA veris odorata flore luteo fimplici. I. B. III. 495. 
PARALYSIS vulgaris pratenfis, flore flavo fimplici odorato. Park. Par ad. 244. The common field 
Cowflip. 
PRIMULA veris major. Field Cowflips. Ger. Herb. p. 635. fig- i- but fig. 2. more refembles the 
plant; emac. 780 . f. 1. Threlk. Rail Syn. 284. Common Paigles, or Cowflips. 
RADIX fimilis Primulae acaulis, fed odore fortiori 
anifi praedita. 
FOLIA fubcordato-ovata, ad bafin contra&a, tunc de- 
currentia, ftru&ura foliis P. acaulis fimilia, 
fed dimidio fere breviora, margine pleniore, 
plicato-crenulato, validiora, obfeurius viridia, 
bafi non attenuata, fubtus pilis mollioribus et 
brevioribus veflita ; Petioli glabriores, albidi, 
vix rubentes. 
FLORES parvi, nutantes, fubfecundi, lutei, fuaviter 
odorati. 
SCAPI ere£ti, foliis 3plo aut 4plo longiores, pallidi, 
villofi, umbelliferi, multiflori. 
ROOT like that of the Primrofe, but fmelling more 
powerfully of anifeed. 
LEAVES fomewhat heartfhaped-ovate, contra&ed at 
the bafe, then decurrent, in their ftru&ure 
like thofe of the Primrofe, but fhorter by 
nearly one half, fuller at the edge, which is 
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 fcarcely any red in them. 
FLOWERS fmall, hanging down, and generally to 
one fide, yellow, and fragrant. 
STALKS upright, 3 or 4 times longer than the leaves, 
pallid, villous, fupporting many flowers in an 
umbel. 
STIPULAL ad exortum umbellae, pedunculos cingentes, 
parvae, acuminatae. 
PEDUNCULI fubunciales, villofi, pallidi. 
CALYX: Perianth ium monophyllum, fubcampanu- 
■ latum, ventricofum, laxum, pentagonum, vil- 
lofum, quinquefidum, laciniis ovatis, acutis, 
J>S’ !• 
COROLLA monopetala: Bubus uti in Acauli, calyce 
paulo longius : Limbus vero breviflimus, con- 
cavus, flavus, maculis, quinque parvis, dif- 
tinftis, aurantiacis, ad bafin notatus. Faux 
fimplex, abfque corona, jig. 2, 3, 4. 
STAMINA et Pifiillum uti in Acauli, fig. 5, 6 . 
0 STIPULE at the bafe of the umbel, furrounding the 
1 ) peduncles, fmall and tapering to a point. 
0 PEDUNCLES about an inch in length, villous, and 
pallid. 
') CALYX: aPERiANTHiuM of one leaf, fomewhat bell- 
| fhaped, bellying out a little, fitting loofely 
about the tube of the Corolla, five-cornered, 
) villous, divided into five ovate, pointed feg- 
$ ments, jig. 1 . 
0 COROLLA monopetalous : Tube as in that of the 
© Primrofe, a little longer than the calyx : the 
y Limb very fhort, concave, yellow, marked at 
1 the bafe with five fmall diftinft orange-coloured 
a fpots , the Mouth fimple, without any crown, 
I A- 2 , 3> 4- 
I STAMINA and Piflillum as in the Primrofe, fg. 5, 6. 
In feealinc of the Primrofe, we had occafion to notice the place of growth, and time of flowering of the 
Cowllm relpeffing the latter, we may add, that it is found in mo.ft meadows, as we 1 as upland pallures, and 
the bordeis of field! and fometimes in that abundance as confiderably to d.min.lh then; produce; hence, with 
Si our partiality for this univerfal favourite, we hefitate not to pronounce n a plant noxious in agriculture ; for, 
by the ^reading of its leaves, it occupies much ground, while its produce is lnfigmficant, and not relilhed by 
Cat U retdt^chSfer 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. Moon, who has long cultivated it, am, dll a 
profufion of l|e and valuable plants, in his garden, Hyde-Park, alTures me, that it has conllantly undergone 
figure a variety of it with blolfoms perfeffly double, and which appears to 
have been common in our gardens when they wrote, though extremely fcarce, if ex.lhng now ; we polTefs a Siofe and 
tofe variety with yellow,” and another with deep fcarlet blolfoms, almofi equal m beauty to thofe of the 
clnlla pulchdU, and we have had one plant of the common Cowflip, which from the fame root produced Tome 
flowers on peduncles, and others on a Icapus. 
The 
