Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Cowslip
COWSLIP, a well-known plant, Primula
veris, of the same genus as the primrose,
P. vulgaris, the oxslip, P. elatior,
etc. The two last are very much akin.
The first and second widely differ in
appearance, but statements from time to
time appear that they have been found
growing from the same root, in which
case they would not be two species, but
varieties of one. The cowslip has
ovate-crenate, toothed, and wrinkled leaves,
with the flowers in an umbellate scape.

The flowers are sedative and diaphoretic.
They make a pleasant soporific wine,