1593 



(ENOTHERA* densifldra. 





Close-flowered Evening Primrose. 







i 





OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 







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



Botany, p. 56.) ^ 



(ENOTHERA. — Supra, vol. 2.fol. 147. 









densift 



incano-tomentosa, foliis lineari-lanceolatis sessilibus 



acuminatis dentatis, ramulis axillaribus corymbosis in caulem racemosis, 

 ovariis cylindraceis bracteis brevioribus, sepalis subcoloratis inttis glabris, 

 petalis bilobis obtusis, staminibus quatuor soepk sterilibus fertilibus dupl6 

 longioribus. 



Planta annua, undique incano-tomentosa. Caulis strictus, in solopingui 

 corymboso-ramosus. Ramuli axillares, superior es foliis vix longiores, apice 

 Jioriferi corymbosi. caulem rao.pmn&um cnnRt.itup.ntes. Folia caulina lineari- 



Bract 



a 



foliis conformeSj margine scepd coloratce, fioribus 

 vreviores. 



Stamina a ami — fertilia 



Petala purpurascentia, subrosea. Stigm 



w, retusm, lutece. 



A remarkable new species, of which seeds were sent by 

 Mr. Douglas from Northern California in 1831. It flowered 

 last year in the Garden of the Horticultural Society, where 

 °ur drawing was taken. It proves to be a hardy annual, 

 producing seed in great abundance. 





In some respects this is different from the numerous 

 species of Evening Primrose already in cultivation ; and at 

 one time we were disposed to think it might even prove a 

 distinct genus. Its peculiar habit arises from each of the 

 axillary buds of the main stem, which usually produce a 

 S1 ngle flower, being developed into a short branch, that 



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♦ See fol. 1142. 

















