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CENOTHERA acaulis. 

 Stemless (Enothera. 



OCTANDRIA MOyOGYNIA. 



Nat.ord. Onagrarix. JusneK oen. 317. 

 <ENO THEJtA. Supra vol. 7. fol. 662. 



iv. CapguHs ventrieasis angulaii» qmbusdam pediceUtUit, 

 CB. acaulig, foUis pinnatifidis : lacinia tenninali majore denticulate. Cue. 



ic. 4. 60. (. 399. Pen. tm. 1. 408. 

 CEnothera grandiflora. Ft. Pemv. 378. t. 318. 



Herba perennis?, tenia, depre$sa, primUm acaulis, tandem cauleaceH$, 

 Caulis teres, pallidus, pubescens. Folia tangi petiolata, obUmga, dentata, 

 lyrata: tacmiis inferiorihus linearUma obtusis, aupremd majore denticulate, 

 puttescentia, obscuro-viridia. Flores semles, axillares, vespertini, foUi» 

 dimidio breviores. Calyx tubo terete, graeiti, subclavato: lobis ovato-lan- 

 ceolatis, acutis, hinc apice conniventibus, indejism. 'PeteXtL alba, patentia, 

 olxwata, retusa, basi virescentia. Stamina erecta, pallide lutea, petalis 

 breviora. Orariom tetragonum. Stylus filiformia, tubi eatycis longitudine. 

 Stigma exsertum, 4r4obum : hbis linearibna. Capsula temlis, ohhmga, lig- 

 *ea, 4^locuIarig, apice 4-alata. 



We prefer retaining the name acaulis, irtiicfa has been 

 given to this plant by Cavanilles, because zi appears less 

 exceptionable than the appellation subsequently attached 

 to it by the authors of the Flora Peruviana ; and notwith- 

 standing the curious criticisms upon the Abb^ by the last- 

 mentioned Botanists; (See Fl. Peruv. 3. p. 79). We 

 scarcely need remark, that the (E. grandiflora of the Hor- 

 tus Kewensis, and of the gardens of this country, is a widely 

 different plant. 



For our drawing we are obliged to the Horticultural 

 Society, in whose garden it was made during the summer. 

 The seeds had been syat to the Society, by Mr. Francis 

 Place, from Chili, where it is stated, by Ruiz and Pavon, 

 to be common in waste places, and to be administered, un- 

 der the form of infusion, for medical purposes (" ad apo- 

 stemata interna expellenda") ; from which circumstance its 

 native name Cruadalagilen is derived. We believe the plant 

 to be perennial, and not biennial, as stated in the Flora 

 Peruviana. 



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