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ONAGRARI^. VI. Gaura. VII. CEnothera. 



Marginale Gaura. PI. ascending. 



(Lebtn 



of the tube. Petals 4 (f. 95. h. f. 96. J.). Stamens 8, erect, 

 ^16. Hook, fl. bor. amer, or declinate ; pollen triangular, clammy. Stigma 4-cleft or 

 p. 209.) stems ascending, sufFruticose at the base, quite gla- capitate. Capsule 4-celled, 4-valved, cylindrical or prismatic, 

 brous ; leaves narrow-lanceolate, undulated, glabrous ; spikes clavate, or tetragonal, inseparable from the base of the calyx. 

 elongated ; flowers alternate ; ovaries linear, tetragonal, gla- Seeds fixed to the central placenta, naked. Flowers opening at 



brou^. 7/ 



Native of North America, about Carlton House, sun-set and closing at sun-rise. 



on the Saskatchawan. Petals spatulate, red. 



ous 



13 G. ? MOLLIS 



PI. ascending. 



Sect. I. SpHiEROsxi'oMA (from tnraipa, sphalra^ a sphere, and 



_ ) cr«y/za, stigma^ a stigma ; in reference to the form of the stigma, 



plant sufFruticose? branches clothed with silky hairs; leaves which is globose). Ser. in D. C. prod. 3. p. 46. Stigma glo- 



lanceolate-oblong, remotely denticulated, pubesfcent ; petals bose (f. 95. c). Fruit oblong, cylindrical or tetragonal ; valves 



ovate, obtuse, cruciately opposite, pale yellow ; stamens straight ; linear. Anthers short, retuse at the apex. 



Native of Mexico. Perhaps a species of CE 

 Soft Gaura. PL 1 foot ? 



%.H. 



CE. DENTA^TA (Cav. icon. 4. p. 67. t. 398.) leaves linear, 

 denticulated, glabrous; capsule cylindrical, very narrow. 0. 

 H. Native of Peru and Chili. CE. dentata, Ruiz, et Pav. 



14 G. muta'bilis (Cav. icon. rar. 3. p. 30, t. 258.) leaves fl. per. 3. p. 81. t. 317. Lindl. coll. 10. (E 



ovate, sessile, remotely toothed; petals broadly ovate, acute, enum. 1. p. 378. Plant prostrate 

 cruciately disposed, spreading; styles and stamens straight; calyx, yellow. Stigma slightly 4-lobed. 



Petals longer than the 



stem shrubby. %. H. Native of New Spain. CEnothera 



mala, Curt. bot. mag. t. 388. Petals yellow, but becoming red PI. prostrate. 

 as they fade. 



Toothed-leeived Evening Primrose 



Fl. Ju. Aug. 



Clt. 1818. 



Changeable-dowered Gaura. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1795. 

 PI. 2 feet. 



15 G. cENOTHERiFLORA (Zuccagni, obs. bot. tent. 2. no. 65.) 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, running down the petiole at the base, 

 remotely toothed, villous; flowers sessile. ^. H. Native 



ra. Flowers 



CE. hi'rta (Link, enum, 1. p. 378.) hairy; stem branched, 

 erect ; leaves lanceolate, denticulated ; flowers sessile, minute ; 

 capsules curved, terete. 0. H. Native of California. CE. mi- 



22r. Plant hairy. Flowers 



crantha, Horn, ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 



Petals not so long as the sepals. 



country unknown. 



CEnothera longijl* 



at first yellow, but becoming red as they fade. Fruit elliptic, 

 quadrangular. Perhaps a variety of G. mutdhilis. 



Evening prtmrose-Jlowered Gaura. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1816, 

 PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



\ Species not sufficiently known. 



small, yellow. 



tate, slightly 4-lobed. 



Hairy Evening Primrose 

 ■^ to 1^ foot. 



3 ffi.CHEIRANTHIFOLIA (Horn. 



ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 223.) stems 

 branched ; branches ascending, 

 hairy; leaves sessile, spatulate, 



Stigma capi" 



Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1823. PI. 



FIG. 95. 



ji - 



■^* 



16 G. Chine'xsis (Lour. coch. p. 225.) leaves lanceolate, ser- ^^^^^^' ^"j!^ ^"^'^^> ^l"^"^> ^^- 

 rated, opposite, sessile ; spikes terminal ; stigma sessile. lt.?F. "^f^^^^; flowers sessile; — 



Native of China, about Canton. — Pluk. aim. t. 428, Flowers 



sule 



yellow. 



China Gaura. 



Stem tetragonal. 



cap- 

 subulate, curved, angular, 



F. Native of 



PL 1 foot. 



acute, hairy. Tj 

 Chili. Lindl. bot. 



reg. 



1040. 



17 G. suffrute'scens (Moc. et Sesse. fl. mex. icon. ined. t. Flowers middle-sized, pale yel- 

 374.) stems shrubby at the base; leaves oblong-linear, undu- rir /i J / 



lated, glaucescent ; young branches drooping ; flowers loose, 

 spreading ; bracteas lanceolate, acute ; limb of calyx deflexed ; 

 petals somewhat sccund, spatulate, on long claws ; stamens 8, 

 and are as well as the style ascending ; fruit unknown. T2 • Cr. 

 Native of Mexico. Flowers large, red. Stigma capitate. 

 Suffruticose Gaura. Shrub. 



Wall -A. 



Evening 



Primrose. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 

 1823. Sh. Ifoot. 



4 CE. ala'ta (Rafin. fl. lud. 

 p. 95.) branches winged; leaves 

 sessile, ovaU lanceolate, entire, 



tjun ruiiLu^at; vjuuiii. oiiruu. i i n m i « • i i. 



18 G.? EPiLOBiA (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. t. 375.) glabrous; flowers sessile ; petals unguiculate ; stigma globose ; 

 stem glabrous ; leaves oval-oblong, denticulately sinuated ; ra- capsule 4-wmged.— Native of Louisiana. 



cemes few-flowered ; flowers nearly sessile ; petals almost orbi- 

 cular, incumbent, hardly unguiculate ; fruit unknown. 1/ . F. 

 Native of Mexico. Flowers red. Stamens shorter than the 

 petals. 



EpilohiumAxke Gaura. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



Cult. The most part of the species of Gaura are little better 



JVinged'Stemmed Evening Primrose. PL 



5 (E. auADRivu'LNERA (Dougl. in bot. reg. 1119.) ^tem decli- 

 nate, branched, weak, puberulous ; leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 somewhat denticulated, puberulous ; petals with crenulated mar- 

 gins ; capsule tetragonal, attenuated at the apex, villous. ©. H. 

 Native of the north-west coast of America, on the banks of 



.S JI 



K^uii. jiiie most pari 01 ine species 01 uraura are iitue oeiier „ . _ " _ — ' /. .i 



than biennials, although some are marked perennial. A light . S''^^"^%^^ ""'^l^ ^^ *" ^^^ ^V^"" elevated country west ot the 



soil suits them best, and they are only to be propagated by 

 seeds, which should be sown early in spring in the open ground. 

 Those species natives of Mexico will require a little protection 

 in winter the first year from seed. 



VII. CENOTHERA (from oivoc, oino5, wine, and 0j;pa, thera, 

 a catching ; the roots of CE. biennis were formerly eaten after 

 meals, as incentives to wine-drinking, as olives are). Lin. gen, 

 469. D. C. prod. 3, p. 45. 



Lin. syst. Ocldndrta^ Monogyyita. Calyx of 4 sepals (f. 95. 

 a. f. 96. a.) ; sepals connected into a long, tetragonal, or 8-ribbed 



Mountains. Petals lilac, each marked with a more in- 



tense spot. Stigma globular, entire. 



Four-spotted-^oviexed Evening Primrose 

 1826. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



4 



Fl. July, Sep. Clt. 



6 (E. Bo6thii (Dougl. mss. ex Hook. fl. bor. amer. p. 213.) 

 stem branched ; leaves ovate, toothed, glabrous above, hairy 

 beneath, lower ones stalked ; flowers secund, in spikes ; petals 

 Rmall, obovate, entire, equal in length to the stamens ; style ex- 

 serted; capsule cylindrical, furrowed, twisted, pubescent. ©. 



H. 



grave 



tube ; segments of the limb deciduous, as well as the free part Flowers 



near the branches of Lewis's and Clarke's rivers, in lat. 46 



Stigma 



