Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 270;
Eng. Bot. 4;
Hook. Fl. Scot. 71;
P. acaulis
Curt. Fasc. vi. 16;
Berwick Flora, 54;
P. elatior
Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 270;
Eng. Bot. 513;
With. ii. 319;
Hook. Fl. Scot. 71;
P. veris
Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 271;
Eng. Bot. 5;
Hook. Fl. Scot. 71;
Berwick Flora, 55;
α. In groves and thickets, and on the banks of hedges. Var. I; flowers of a brownish or dusky red. In
Felton woods, on the banks of the Coquet, N. In Swansfield plantations near Alnwick, N. — Bliss Pringle. Near
Harperley, D. — John Hogg, Esq. β on the banks of Team near
Urpeth, in meadows near
Chester-le-Street and
Lambton, and in
Dalton Dene, D. At
Snipperley. —
Rev. J. Symons. Near
Norton and
Stockton, D. — John Hogg, Esq. In
Hulne woods, near Alnwick, N. Mr. J. Davison. Var. I; flowers tinged with red. In meadows near
Castle Eden Dene, D. γ in meadows and pastures. Var. I;
With. ii. 390;Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 271;
. The outside of the corolla scarlet. Near
Brunton Mill, N. However singular it may appear, yet the experiments of the Hon. and Rev. W. HERBERT, detailed in the 4th vol. of the
Horticultural Transactions at p. 19, clearly prove the suspicions of Linnaeus, that the Primrose, Ox-lip, Cowslip, and Polyanthus, were only varieties of the same species, to be well grounded. On this subject, so interesting in a Botanic point of view, Professor HENSLOW'S paper, published in
Loudon's Magazine for September, 1830, throws additional light.