1479 



(ENOTHERA* anisdloba. 



White Upright Evening Primrose 



OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Onagrarib Juss. {Introduction to the natural system of 



Botany, p. 56.) 



Tribus Onagrce De Cand. 



(ENOTHERA.— Supra, vol. 2.fol 



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foliis inaequaliter inciso-pinnatifidis brevioribus, caly 

 nosis rotundatis subtripl6 longiore, stigmate 4-partito 



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(E. anisoloba. Sweet's fl 



caulina 

 longiorc 



ciuiMjiuua. nweez s jiower-garaen, ivo. 



Caulis erectus, herbaceus, subsimplex, pallidus, pube levissimd vestitus, 



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ura> lacinits acuminatis, tncisis, aenians, oaseos mmorious. nores awi, 

 r -—osi, deflorati roseo-purpurei. Calycis tubus teres, albidus, levissime* 

 pubescens, 6 uncias longus, basi paululilm incrassatus. Petala subrotunda, 

 venis volde* conspicuis, 2 uncias longa. Stigmatis loin lineares, cruciati. 

 Ovarium breve, pedunculatum, angulis 4 acute gibbosis. 



Although this species is a native of the island of Chiloe, 

 some degrees to the southward of Valparaiso, yet it proves 

 more tender than CEnothera acaulis, from the last-mentioned 

 place ; so little does latitude often indicate the power of a 

 plant to resist frost. 



In our Gardens it grows \\ or 2 feet high, forming a 

 neat, bright-green, very erect, herbaceous bush, which 

 puts forth from its summit beautiful white blossoms, of an 

 unusually large size, expanding at the close of day, and 

 filling the evening air with their mild fragrance. 



If great care be taken to protect this plant by covering 



♦ See fol. 1220 



