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(ENOTHERA pallida. 



Pale-Stemmed (Enothera. 



OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 



Nat* ord. Onagrarije. § Capsulares. 

 (ENOTHERA, Supra,voL2,foL 147. 



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CE. pallida; perennis, glaberrima, caulibus decumbentibus subangulatis, 



foliis lineari-Ianceolatis integerrimis dentatisque, lubo calycis ovarii 



longitudine, capsuli lineari-contorta falcata, radice repente, 



• Herbacea, perennis, radicibus repentihus. Caules erecti v. decumbentes, 



sesquipedales , ramosi, pallidi, angulatiy glabri. Folia lineariaj acuminata, 



integerrima v. dentata, glabra^ rarb ptnnatifida. Flores axillares, erecti, 



foliis iongiores, primitm albi, mox rubescentes, noctu odoraiissimi. Ovarium 



Itneare, 4'Sulcatum, deorsHm incrassatum, glabrum, ' Tubus calycis Jilifortnis ^ 



ovarii longitudine. Calyx membranaceus, glaberrimus, limbo tubo duplb 



breviore. Petala retusa, denticulata, calyce multo majora. Stamina pe talis 



breviora, Antheree longee^ lineareSy versatiles, luteee. Capsulse lineares, 



falcatcBy contorttBj Jibroso-lignoscB, caule inseparabiles 7iisi vi divulsce. Semina 



linearia, cuneata, pallidt Jusca, basi acuta, superficie Icsvi. 



A handsome, hardy, creeping-rooted perennial, found 

 by Mr. Douglas in the north-west of North America, 

 where it forms a creeping-rooted straggling plant, about 

 a foot high, growing among sand in all the dry country 

 west of the Rocky Mountains. The flowers are at first 

 white, afterwards they change to pale purple, and at night 

 are deliciously fragrant. 



The species of (Enothera are, in many cases, difficult to 

 distinguish from each other ; and this difficulty is in no 

 small degree increased by the imperfect manner in which 

 they are often described by authors. We do not, however, 

 conceive that the subject of this article has been before 

 published, although it must be confessed that it bears con- 

 siderable resemblance to the character given by Nuttall of 

 his (E, albicaiilis. But that species is described, firstly, as 

 having the under side of the leaves, and the calyx, slightly 



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