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ŒNOTHÉRA* vimínea. 
Long-branched Œnothera. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. ONAGRARIE. 
` ENOTHERA. — Supra, vol. 2. fol. 147. 
(E. viminea ; caule suberecto virgato glabro, foliis lineari-lanceolatis glaucis, 
petalis calyce duplò longioribus, capsulis teretibus sulcatis pubescentibus. 
(E. viminea. Douglas in bot. mag. fol. 2873. 
Caules annui, suberecti, virgati, 3-pedales, basi lignescentes, purpurei, 
glabri, flexuosi. Folia glabra, lineari-lanceolata, glauca, subundulata. 
Flores magni, purpureo-carnei, diurni. Petala cuneata, erosa, calyce duplo 
ad minimum longiora. Stigma crassum, purpureum, 4-lobum, lobis patenti- 
bus. Capsula pubescens, teres, sulcata. 
Found by Mr. Douglas near the Aguilar, a river in the 
northern part of California, in latitude 43° north. It grows 
commonly in dry prairies, flowering in dry situations in 
April; but in low, overflowed grounds all the summer. It 
is a sort of woody annual, of great beauty, and perfectly 
hardy. | 
Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticul- 
tural Society in September 1828. 
Stems annual, somewhat erect, rod-like, about 3 feet 
high, smooth, purple, wavy, becoming woody at the base. 
Leaves smooth, linear-lanceolate, glaucous, somewhat 
 wavy. Flowers large, pinkish-purple, opening during the 
day. Petals wedge-shaped, eroded, twice, at the least, as 
long as the calyx. Stigma thick, purple, 4-lobed; lobes 
spreading. Capsule pubescent, taper, furrowed. 
J: L. 
* See fol. 1142. 
