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You will find a confiderable difference in 
the opinions of botanical writers concerning 
this genus. In the Flora Anglica, and in my 
Synopjis, there are three Species, viz. Primula 
vulgaris, Primrofe; P. veris y Cowflip; and 
P.farinofa y Bird's-eye. To thefe our friend 
Relhan adds P. inodora, Oxlip, which I have 
made a variety of P. veris. Now Linnaeus 
confiders the Primrofe, the Cowflip and the 
Oxlip, as varieties of the fame fpecies. Thefe 
are difagreements that frequently occur 
among botanical writers, owing to the dif- 
ficulty of drawing a diftin6l line between 
Species and Variety. Thefe feveral plants, 
however, whether you call them Species or 
Varieties, are fo evidently different in ap- 
pearance, that you can never miftake one 
for the other. 
This Clafs Pentandria, the 5th in the Lin- 
nsean Syftem, contains the moft plants, ex- 
cept the Clafs Cryptogamia. It comprehends 
6 Orders, diftinguifhed by the number of 
the pijlilla. In the Order in which you 
found the Primrofe, the plants are arranged 
according to the number and fituation of 
the petala> an*I feeds. 
That 
