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(ENOTHERA humifusa. 
Pencilled Evening Primrose. 
Nat. ord. OxAGRACEA, 
GNOTHERA.—Suprá, vol. 2. fol. 147. 
CE. humifusa ; tota villosa, caulibus prostratis, folis ex ovata basi angustis acu- 
minatis dentatis, spicis foliosis terminalibus, calycis tubo gracili ovario duplo 
longiore, petalis bilobis venosis staminibus longioribus, stigmatis lobis bre- 
vibus cruciatis, capsulis prismaticis. . 
CE. humifusa. Nutt. gen. amer. 245. 
CE. concinna. Don in. Brit, Fl. Gard. n. s. t. 183. 
Boisduvalia concinna, Spach in Ann. des sc. ser. 2. 4. 16]. 
Annua, cinerascens, undique pube brevi patente vestita, Caules pro- 
cumbentes, subsimpliciter ramosi, pallide virides. Folia sessilia, basi ovata, 
angusta, acuminata, paululum recurva, dentata ; superiora bractescentia in- 
tegriora. Tubus calycis sanguineus, gracilis, limbo ovarioque duplo longior ; 
limbus 4-partitus viridis. ‘ Petala obcordata, venosa; diurna, sub sole pallida, 
in umbra amené rosea. Stamina omnia fertilia, alterna breviora. Stylus 
filiformis staminibus longior, decolor ; stigma breviter quadrilobum. Semina 
oblonga, fusco-olivacea, glabra, subangulata ; testé levi tenui. 
A pretty little hardy annual, for a specimen of which I 
am indebted to the kindness of Mrs. Marryat, who origin- 
ally received the seeds from Mr. Lambert. In the Garden 
at Wimbledon it creeps close to the ground, forming a plant 
a foot in diameter, and shedding its seeds very freely. 
According to Professor Don this is a Chilian plant, in- 
troduced by Mr. Cuming. But I do not find any thing 
like it among the rich Chilian Herbaria collected by Cum- 
ing, Macrae, Mathews, Bridges, and others; Mr. Cruck- 
shanks, who is so well acquainted with the Chilian flora, is 
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