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ture, and that you will recolle6l to what 
Regiment and Company they belc*ng. 
Prl- The pale yellow flowers that fo beau- 
mula. t if u iiy ac jorn t hat bank, are alfo old 
acquaintance. You have known them, 
from a child, to be called Primrofes; 
but their vernacular appellation is all 
you know of them. Let us firft try to 
difcover their Clafs. Having ftripped 
off the calyx and divided the corolla, 
you fee, at the bottom of the tube, 5 
very fhort Jlamina: therefore it is of 
the Clafs Pentandria, and the fingle 
fiftillum in the centre, leaves no doubt 
as to the order. The corolla^ you fee, is 
regular, monopetalous, and fixed be- 
low thegermen. The feeds are inclofed 
in a capfula. Thefe circumftances fix 
it in the fecond diyifion of this Order. 
The genus is determined by the involu- 
crum at the bafe of the umbel^ the cy- 
lindrical fbape qf the tube of the corolla, 
and its open mouth; the fpecies> by 
its hairy wrinkled, dentaled leaves, and 
each flalk bearing but one flower. The 
down on the calyx and ftalk, is longer 
and thicker than in the Cowflip. 
You 
