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Bootlis Evening Primrose. PL 4 foot. 



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stem ascending, branched ; lower leaves stalked, rhomboid, supe- 

 rior ones sessile, lanceolate, all toothed and pubescent ; capsules 

 somewhat secund, cylindrical, attenuated at the apex, torulose. 

 0.? H. Native of North-west America, in barren sands near 

 the Utalla river. Habit of thej)receding species. 



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Pygniy Evening Primrose. 

 8 QE. spira'lis 



nearly cylindrical, rather hairy. $ . H, Native of Canada, 

 and on the plains of the Saskatchawan, and of the Straits of 

 Fuca. Fl. dan. 1. 1752. Flowers yellow. Upper leaves downy. 



lanceolate, acuminated, hairy, longer than the petals, 

 Strigse red at the base. 



Murtcated-stemmed Evening Primrose. 

 1789. Ph3 to 4 feet. 



Sepals 



Fl. July, Sep. Clt. 



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leaves lanceolate, acute, clothed with silky canescent pub 



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simple, decumbent, hoary ; leaves lanceolate, obtuse, quite en- obsoletely and remotely denticulated ; petals roundish-obovate, 

 tire, hoary, and beset with strlgose pili, attenuated at the base ; retuse, pale yellow ; stamens declinatc, about the length of the 



petals ; capsules sessile, cylindrical, slightly angular, clothed 

 with silky villi. $ . H. Native of Mexico. Flowers pale 

 yellow. 



Tall Evening Primrose. 



14 OL. puBE scENs (Willa. nero. ex spreng. syst. ^4. p. ^^v.) 

 stem simple, erect; leaves oblong-lanceolate, obsoletely toothed, 

 pubescent; capsule curved, cylindrical, clothed with silky villi. 

 , H. Native of South America. "' 



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spikes leafy ; petals twice the length of the stamens ; capsule 

 acutely tetragonal, acuminated, hoary, somewhat spirally twisted. 

 0.? H. Native of the north-west coast of America. Allied 

 to (E. Bodthiif but larger in all parts, and very easily distin- 

 guished by its entire hoary leaves and capsules. 

 %Va/-capsu]ed Evening Primrose. PI. | foot. 



9 CE. viride'scens (Hook. fl. bor. amer. p. 214.) plant 

 densely clothed with hoary tomentum ; stem erect, simple ; 

 leaves ovate, acute, sessile, coarsely toothed ; spikes leafy ; pe- 

 tals deep green in the dried state, twice the length of the sta- 

 mens; capsule acutely tetragonal, rather hairy, twisted.. ©.? 

 H. Native of the north-west coast of America. 



(/re^ni^A-petalled Eve ling Primrose. PL | 



10 (E. coNTORTA (Dough mss. ex Hook. fl. bor. amer. p. 

 vH.) stem weak, branched, glabrous; leaves linear, quite en- 

 tire, glabrous ; flowers small ; capsule cylindrical, twisted, 

 curved, elongated, torulose. ©. ? H. Native of North Ame- 

 r^'^a, in sandy barren soil on the interior banks of the Columbia 

 -*iyer. Although the specimens examined by Dr. Hooker of 

 this, as well as those of (E. j^ygmi^^aj are too imperfect to 

 determine exactly the form of the stigmas, he thinks it not impro- 

 bable from the habit of these plants that they should be ranged in 

 the present section. 



Twist ed'i^oMed Evening Primrose. PI. \ to ^ foot. 



Fl. July. Ch. 1826. PI. G feet. 



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PL 1 foot. 



Flowers yellow. 

 Pubescent Evening Primrose. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



15 CE. GRANDiFLORA (Ait. hort. kevv. ed. 1. vol. 2. p. 2, 

 (1789.) ed. 2. \o\. 2. p. 341. but not of Ruiz et Pav.) pubes- 

 cent ; stem simple ; leaves lanceolate, remotely toothed ; geni- 

 tals deflexed ; petals large, obcordate ; capsule sessile, cylindri- 

 cal, and slightly angular. $ . H. Native of North America. 

 Flowers large, pale yellow, solitary and sessile in the axils of 

 the leaves, 



Var. a^ pubescens (Sims, hot. mag. t. 2068.) stems, leaves, and 

 capsules pubescent ; calyx villous. $ . H. 



Far. /3, glabra (Sims, bot. mag. 2068.) stem, leaves, and cap- 

 sules glabrous. $ . H. 



Great'Jlowercd Evening 

 PI. 2 feet. 



16 (E. swAVE OLENS (Desf. tabl. ed. 1804. p. 169. et Pers. 

 ench. 1. p. 408.) stems, calyxes, and capsules pilose; leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, obsoletely toothed ; petals large, emarginate ; 



Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1778. 



oECT. II, Ona^gra (a name given by Tournefort to the genus 

 ^nothera). Ser. in D. C. prod. 3. p. 46,— Onagra species, 



Journ. inst. p. 302. t. 156. Gsertn. fruct. 1. p. 159. t. 32. f, 1. ,? ' "' /^%''^'' "' iT'fl^"'''''''''! m^"1 GV«^^^^ 

 Stffma nno*i..;fij A a n V 11 ' * «. thc scent and size of the flowers, which are yellow, 



^ligma quadrmd. Anthers oblong-linear, usually emarginate at ' ^ ^ -^ . 



the base. 



capsule elongated, about equal in thickness from base to apex. 

 $ . H. Native of North America. 



Capsule cylindrical, prismatic, or obsoletely tetragonal, 

 sometimes thickened at the base, but never at the apex. 



Sfveet-scented Evening Primrose. 

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Flowers yellow^ 



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leaves oblong-lanceolate, cauline ones ovate-lanceolate, toothed, 

 pubescent ; petals hardly obcordate, exceeding the stamens ; 

 ''obes of stigma linear and thickish ; capsule nearly cylindrical, 

 thickest at the base ; valves either entire or bifid, opening at the 

 '^P^x. ^ , H. Native of North America, in Virginia, Canada, Lam. Flowers yellow. 



This plant is cultivated for 

 h are yellow, 

 Fl. June, Aug. PI. 2 ft. 

 'na (Ser. in D.C. prod. 3. p. 47.) stem straight, 

 hispid, furrowed ; leaves lanceolate, repandly toothed ; tube of 

 calyx 3 times the length of the ovarium ; sepals very narrow, 

 length of the petals ; petals obovate, rather truncate, denticulated 

 at the apex ; stamens arched, shorter than the corolla ; lobes of 

 stigma linear, thickish ; capsule sessile, cylindrical, slightly an- 

 gular, with the valves reflexed at the apex. S • H. Native of 

 Mexico. 



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,*^d on the north-west coast, from whence it has migrated to 

 *;Urope in the year 1614, and now found apparently wild in 

 *^ngland ; particularly between the first and second ranges of 

 *^^d banks on the coast of Lancashire, a few miles north of 



Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816, PI. 3 ft. 



Sims' s Evening Primrose. 



CE. Lamarkia'na (Ser. in D. C prod. 3. p. 47.) stem 



petals large, entire; capsules 



H. Native of 



'iverpool 



It covers several acres of 



branched; leaves quite entire; 

 glabrous, cyhndrically tetragonal, short. 



North America. 



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fP^ound near Woodbridge, Suffolk. This plant is common in of Ait. Flowers yelW. 

 ^rdens, and often escapes from thence into rich waste ground. ' " ^ ^ 



^"t on the dreary sand of our Lancashire coast it is truly wild, 



^^^g planted there by the band of nature, though perhaps trans- 

 Parted by natural means from the other side of the Atlantic. 

 *'!• dan. 446, Smith, engl. bot. 1534. Flowers large, pale yel- 

 <^^ delicately fragrant. Roots eatable. 



Biennial or Common Evening Primrose. Fl. July, Sep. Brit. 

 *^1' 2 to 4 fPAf 



Lamark's Evening Primrose. 

 CE. sALiciFOLiA ('Desf. cai 



PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



pie, angular ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, nearly entire, 

 rather pilose, thickish ; genitals about equal in length to the 

 corolla; Jobes of stigma oblong-linear, large, thickish; capsule 

 oblong, tetragonal ; valves linear, with red nerves. $ . H. Na- 



296. Murr. nov. coram. 



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^'- (E. morica'ta (Lin. syst. veg. 



g^tt. 6. p. 24. t. 1 .) stem erect, branched, purplish, muricated 

 J>th Btrigae; leaves oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, remotely 

 '^^ticulated ; petals obcordate, length of the sUmens ; capsule 



live country unknown. 



WilloW'leau 

 PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



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Flowers yellow. 



I Primrose. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. 



492.) stem even, reddish, 



OE. PARVIFLORA (Lm. SpCC 



rather villous ; leaves ovatc-lanceolatc, denticulated ; sUmcns 



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