Mr. Lambert procured from th 



among other things 



specimens of another Evening Primrose, the (E. tenuifolia 



pon which ripe seed 



found 



The 



be 



produced the plant now figured, which is, as far as Gardens 

 are concerned, a very different plant, but which, in the eye 

 of a Botanist, can hardly be considered distinct. It differs 

 from (E. tenella in having longer and more channelled leaves, 

 and much larger and far more shewy flowers ; for while in 

 (E. tenella the flowers are half hidden by the leaves, in 

 (E. tenuifolia the leaves can i 

 flowers. 



carcely be discovered for the 



of 



Beyond these differences we can discover nothing worthy 



Id specimens so many grada 



d 



in 



our 



ble in all the parts, that we feel it 

 der the two supposed species as any 



tions of size 



impossible to 



thing more than wild varieties. Among the specimens dis 



tributed by Mr. Cuming, No. 522, referred by Dr. Hooker and 



Mr. Arnott 



the two : 



(E. tenella, is precisely intermediate bet 



while the specimen 



presented h 



flowers 



much larger than any wild ones we have met with 



Mr. Don 



whom we 



are obliged for some notes on 

 the subject, considers it to be also the (E. subulata of the 

 Flora Peruviana; but this we are not disposed to admit: at 

 least it is very different from the specimens from Conception 

 referred to (E. subulata by Hooker and Arnott. 



A hardy annual of great beauty, requiring no particular 

 treatment, and ripening seeds in abundance. It flowers in 



July and August. 



J. L. 



