686 



ONAGRARIiE. VII. CEnothera. 



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Native of North America. Mill. fig. 189. f. 1. Flowers small, 

 yellow. Capsule sessile, 8-cleft at the apex. 



29 (E. MOLLissiMA (Lib. spec. 492.) stem branched ; leaves 

 lanceolate, a little undulated, repandly toothed, clothed with soft 



Small-Jiowered Evening Viimrose. Fl. July, Sep. Clt. 1757. down; petals obovate, entire, shorter than the calyx; genitals 



PI. 3 to 5 feet. hardly the length of the petals; lobes of stigma filiform; cap- 



21 (E. CRUCiA^TA (Nutt. mss.) stem reddish, rather hairy ; sule cylindrical, striated, very long, downy, somewhat tetra- 



leaves lanceolate, acuminated, denticulated, glabrous, but the gonal, a little thickened at the apex. ^.H. Native of Buenos 



upper ones are rather downy; flowers sessile; petals linear, Ayres, Monte Video, and Chili, in fields. Schkuhr, handb. 1. 



rather shorter than the anthers; calycine segments reflexed, t. 105. OE. nocturna, Willd. herb, ex Spreng. — Dill. hort. elth. 



Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. 



linear, mucronate, longer than the petals, but about equal in 

 length to the stamens ; lobes of stigma thick, conniving, or 

 spreading a little ; capsule cylindrical, hairy. ^ . H. Native 

 of North America. Flowers small, yellow. 



C;'055-petalled Evening Primrose. 

 PL 2 to 4 feet. 



22 OE. GAURoiDEs (Horn. hort. hafn. 1 p. 362.) stem erect, 

 pubescent, red, branched at the apex ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 toothed, nearly sessile, spotted with red at the apex ; capsules 

 elongated, length of the bracteas. 

 America, near Baltimore. 



Clt. 1810. 



$ . H. Native of North 



Gaura-Uke Evening Primrose. 

 PI. 4 to 5 feet. 



Flowers small, yellow. 



Fl. July, Aug. 



23 Q2. ME^DiA (Link, enum. 1. p. 377.) stem erect, pubes- 

 cent ; leaves lanceolate-linear, acute, toothed, clothed with soft 

 pubescence ; tube of calyx long, pubescent ; petals emarginate. 

 $ . H. Native of North America. Flowers yellow. 



286. Flowers at first yellow, but afterwards changing to a red- 

 dish colour as they fade. 



Very soft Evening Primrose. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1732. PL 

 1 to 2 feet. 



30 CE. affInis (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 269.) stem branched, 

 suffruticose at the base, tomentose ; leaves lanceolate, acute, si- 

 nuately denticulated, tomentose ; petals quite entire, longer than 

 the calyx ; genitals shorter than the petals ; lobes of stigma 

 linear ; capsule cylindrical, somewhat tetragonal, a little thick- 

 ened above the middle, tomentose. 1/ . G. Native of Brazil, 

 in the province of Rio Grande de St. Pedro do Sul, on the mar- 

 gins of woods near the town of Rio Pardo. Flowers yellow. 

 Nearly allied to (E. mollissima. 



PI. 1 to 1| 



foot. 



Intermediate Evening Primrose. 

 PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. 



AWed Evening Primrose. 



31 (E. Catharine'nsis (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 270.) stems 

 trailing or ascending, simple or branched, puberulous ; leaves 

 lanceolate, acute, sinuately denticulate'd, puberulous ; petals ex- 

 ceeding the calyx, emarginate at the apex ; genitals shorter than 

 the petals ; lobes of the calyx linear ; capsule cylindrical, some- 

 24 G5. coRYMBOSA (Lam. diet. 4. p. 554. but not of Sims,) what tetragonal, a little thickened above the middle, pubescent, 

 stems twisted, furrowed ; leaves numerous, lanceolate, glabrous, It. G. Native of Brazil, in the island of St. Catharine, at the 

 a little toothed, green ; flowers sub-corymbose, terminal, pedun- entrance to Rio Janeiro. Flowers yellow. Very nearly allied 

 culate ? ; tube of calyx short, length of the ovarium, with the to (E. mollissima, from which it may be distinguished by the 

 segments ovate and concave, unguiculate on the back ; capsule 

 ovate-oblong, villous. $ . H. Native of North America.' 

 Cultivated in gardens. CE. speclabilis, Horn, ex Spreng. syst. 



2. p. 227. 



CoryTttfto^e-flowered Evening Primrose. 

 1820. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt, 



25 (E. a'lbicans (Lam. diet. 4. p. 55^. ill. t. 270. f. 2.) plant 



clothed with glaucous pubescence ; leaves lanceolate, toothed, 



white : petals obovate, toothed at the apex ; filaments and anthers downy ; capsule elongated, cylindrical. 



greater size of the flowers, by the petals being emarginate at the 

 apex, by the stigmas being short in proportion to the length of 

 the style, and by the leaves being less velvety. 



St. Catharine Evening Primrose. PI. ascending. 



32 GE. odora'ta (Jacq. coll. 3. p. 107.) pubescent; stems 

 branched, suffruticose at the base ; leaves lanceolate, a little 

 toothed, undulately curled ; genitals length of the corolla; sepals 

 unguiculate on the back 



deeply 



villous. 



obcordate 



stigmas 



H. Na- 



red ; capsule pubescent, cylindrical, rather gibbous at the base, 

 8-lobed at the apex. If.? G. Native of Peru. Flowers yellow? 

 ^ Whitened Evening Primrose. PL 1 foot. 

 26 CE. noctu'rna (Jacq. coll. 3. p. 205. icon. rar. 3. t. 455.) 



petals 



Jacq. icon. rar. t. 456. GE. undulata. Ait. 

 hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 2. p. 342. On^gra undulata, Moench. 

 Leaves stiffish. Flowers at first yellow, but afterwards be- 

 coming reddish as they fade, about the size of those of CE.lon- 



tive of Patagonia. 



stems branched, terete, pubescent ; leaves lanceolate, remotely giflora 



toothed, flat, glabrous ? petals obovate, obtuse ; fruit ovate-ob- Var. , ^ 



long, somewhat revolute at the apex. ^ . H. Native of the glaucous ; peduncles and calyxes purplish ; genitals erect. 



Plant rather clammy. 



laucescens (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 3. p. 48.) leaves 



«j^ 



Cape of Good Hope. Leaves almost like those of Chenopbdium Jacq. icon. rar. 3. t. 456. 



ambrosiotdes. Petals at first yellow, but at length changing to red. 



48.) leaves 



Night-^meWxw^ Evening Primrose. 

 PL 1 to 2 feet. 



FL Apr. Aug. Clt. 1790. 



27 CE. longiflora (Jacq. hort. t. 172. Willd. spec. 2. p. 307.) exot. fl. t. 183. 



stems simple, pilose ; leaves lanceolate, denticulated, hairy ; 

 petals obcordate ; tube of calyx very long ; segments of the 

 stigma very long and linear ; genitals shorter than the petals ; 

 capsules long, thickened at the base, and narrow at the apex. 



Var. /3, virescens (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 3. p. , 



nerves of leaves, calyx, and germs usually red; genitals 



. t. 147. Sims, bot. mag. 2403. Hook/ 



FL April, May. Clt. 1790. 



green ; 



inclinate. 



Ker. bot. 



reg 



somewhat tetragonal, hairy, 

 and Brazil. 



$ . H. Native of Buenos Ayres 



Curt. bot. mag. 365. Flowers large, pale yellow. 

 Leaves like those of Picris echiotdes. 



Long-JIowcred Evening Primrose. Fl. July, Sep. Clt. 177G. 

 PL 1 to 1| foot. 



Srveet-scented Evening Primrose. 

 PL 1 to 2 feet. 



33 OE. sTRiA^TA (Ledeb. in Link, enum. 1. p. 377.) stem mu- 

 ricated, greenish ; lower leaves linear, very long, denticulated, 

 cauline ones lanceolate. $. H. Native country unknown. 

 Flowers yellow. Capsule cylindrical, but at length becoming 

 clavate, having the nerves thick and coloured. Seeds irregularly 

 oval-oblong, bay-coloured, striated longitudinally. 



FL July, 



28 QE. viLLOSA (Thunb. prod. p. 75.) stems rather angular, 1822. PL 2 feet. 



Striated-czly^eA Evening Primrose. 



Aug. 



Clt. 



"^ery villous; leaves lanceolate, toothed, undulated, very villous; 34 QS. sinua'ta (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 224.) plant ae- 



Native of the Cape of Good cumbent, clothed with soft pubescence ; leaves lanceolate, smu- 



kis snecies is allied to CE. wn- af^lir frk<^fVio/l n*- /»iif . flmvo^-c cmnll • cpnnls nnoruiculate towards 



capsules nearly terete. ^ . H. 



Hope. According to Sprengel this species is allied to CE. mo^ 



lUsnna and CE. odorata* Flowers yellow. 



ately toothed or cut ; flowers small ; sepals ungu 



the apex ; capsules cylindrically tetragonal, sonievvhat i"curi 



ved, 



FiWotti Evening Primrose. Fl. July. Clt. 1791. PI. 1 to 2 ft. pilose, length of the bracteas. O- H. Native of Virginia. 





