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EUTOCA* multifldra. 



Many-flowered Eutoca. 



PENTANDBIA MONOGYNJA. 



Nat. ord. Hydrophylle^. R. Br. 

 ■ EUTOCA R. Br. — Cali/x 5-partitus slnubus edentulis. Capsula 

 polysperma. — — Herbae annucB, pubescenfeSy eglandulos<B , Folia alterna, 

 scepihs pinnatifiday nunc indivisa ! Racemi terminales et guandoque b sura- 

 mis aliSf secundu ehracteati^ novelli spiraliter revolutL R. Brown, in 

 Franklin's Appendix, p. 764. 



E. multijiora ; foliis linearibus scabris, inferioribus tripartitis pinnatifidisve, 



racemis secundis mukifloris, capsulis ovatis, stylo hirsuto. 

 E. multiflora. Douglas jour n. ined. 



Caulis erectus, pubescenSy ramosus. Folia pilosa, scabrUy sessilia^ supe- 

 riora linearia, subintegerrimay inferiora tripartita vel pinnatijida. Flores 

 in racemis elongantibus secundis dispositi^ pallidb ccerulei. Calyx inferus^ 

 5-phyllus^ sepalis linearibus pilosis ; pilis simplicibus, acicularibus, nan 

 basi bulbosis. Corolla monopetala, hypogyna, campanulata, S-loba^ lobis 

 erectis rotundatiSy squamulis decern ad basin tuli per paria collateralibus 

 conniventibuSy lobis oppositis. Stamina imd basi corollce inserta^ lobis 

 corollcB alterna ; filamenta Jiliformiay corolla paulb longiora^ pilis paucis 

 brevibus subcapitatis conspersa. Antherse ovatce, cordata, anticce, bilocu" 

 lareSf longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Pollen sph<Bricumy glaberrimum^ Ova- 

 rium ovatum, unilocularey pilosumy placentis duabus parietalibus poly- 

 sperynis. Stylus pilosus, bi/idus. Stigmata 2, simplicia. Capsula ovata, 

 calyce pcrsistente brevior, subcompressa^ acuta, pilosiuscula, polysperma, 

 placentis duabus parietalibus; semina exacts ut in E. Frankliniiy parva, 

 oblonga, reticulata ; embryo teres in axi albuminis carnosi. 



Common in dry places, in the most exposed sandy 



the north-west of North America, accordin 

 to Mr. Douglas, by whom it was discovered, and sent ti 

 the Horticultural Society in 182G, in whose Garden at Chis 

 wick the accompanying drawing was made in May 1828. 



A hardy annual, of great beauty, flowering from Apr i 



* Apparently from iuroKcsy fruitful, in allusion lb the number of seeds 



^Yhich it bears. 



