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CLARKIA* 61egans. 



Californian Clarkia. 



OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Onagrari;e Juss. {Introduction to the natural system of 

 Botany, p. 56.) 



CLARKIA.— Suprd, vol. 13. fol. 1100. 



C. elegans ; foliis ovatis dentatis integrisque, caule glauco racemoso, petalis 

 rhomboideis indivisis, stigmate pubescente, ovario piloso. 



C. elegans. Douglas in lift. 



Annua. Caulis erectus y excurrens, parce ramosus, 2-pedalis, teres, 

 glaucedine roseo suffusus ; ramis racemosl nee corymbosh dispositis. Folia 

 ovata, subsessilia, nunc dentata, nunc integerrima, glabra. Flores in 

 racemos excurrentes dispositi, in alabastro nutantes, sub anthesin erecti, 

 sessiles in axillis foliorum parilm mutatorum. Ovarium lineare, pilis 

 longis obsitum. Calyx viridis, secundus. Petala roseo-purpurea, rhom- 

 boidea, subsinuata, indivisa, obtusa, unguiculata. Stamina fertilia petalorum 

 longitudine, patentia : antheris rectis purpurascentibus ; sterilia erecta, bre- 

 viora : antheris albidis. Stigma parvum, pubescens, 4-lobum. 



The name of Clarkia, like that of Rose, carries a charm 

 with it which beautifies even a weed ; for it is impossible 

 not to associate with it the idea of that sweet North Ameri- 

 can flower that in a few short years has changed from an 

 obscure Botanical rarity to the ornament of every flower- 

 market from London and Paris to Moscow and Stockholm. 



The species now figured was raised last year in the 

 Garden of the Horticultural Society, and blossomed in the 

 open air from July to October. It had been discovered in 

 California by Mr. Douglas, along with some new Esch- 

 scholtzias, and many other things of surpassing loveliness, 

 as well as great Botanical importance. 



See fol. 1100. 









