ONAGRARI^. VII. (Enothera. 



687 



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 loft 

 :als 

 ap. 

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Petals obcordate, about the lengtli of the sepals. 



Sinuated-leaved Evening Primrose. Fl. Jul. Aug. CIt. 1770. 

 PL I foot. 



35 (E. ERosA (Lehm. in sem. hort, hamb. 1821. and in nov. 

 act. borin, 14. p. 813.) stem terete, pilose, fistular ; leaves Ian- 



stemless ; leaves lanceolate, deeply toothed ; tube of calyx very 

 long ; petals deeply obcordate ; genitals shorter than the corolla; 

 segments of stigma thickish, elongated, spreading; capsules ses- 

 sile, somewhat obconically-oblong, with the margins of the valves 



crestedly muricated. 1/. H. 

 hills about the Missouri. 



Native of North America, on 



Nutt. gen. 1. p. 346. (E. scapigera, 



ceolate, pubescent, veiny, erosely toothed at the base, somewhat Pursh, fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 263. ex Link, enum. 1. p. 377. 



sinuated, toothed to about the middle, but quite entire at the Flowers large, white, but afterwards changing to purplish as 



PL 



apex ; flowers small ; capsule cylindrical, 4-furrowed, thickened 

 a little in the middle. ^ . H. Native of the Cape of Good 



they fade. 



Tufted Evening Primrose. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1811. PI. -| ft. 



Hope, Petals obcordate, citron-coloured, finely crenulated. 43 CE. albicau'lis (Fras. cat. 1813. Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 



4 

 si- 

 ban 



A- 



[zil, 

 lar- 

 Dff. 



Lobes of stigma cylindrical, thick, obtuse. 



Erose-toothed-lesived Evening Primrose. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 

 1828. PL 2 to 3 feet. 



245.) stem erect, branched at the apex, white, quite glabrous; 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, almost quite entire, pubescent beneath ; 



36 



petals roundish, entire, about equal in length to the stamens ; 

 CE. viscosA (Rafin. fl. lud. p. 96.) stem branched, decum- capsule cylindrically prismatic, truncate. IJ.. H. Native of 



bent, terete, villous, and clammy; leaves sessile, lanceolate. North America, on the banks of the Saskatchawan and Missouri. 





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the 



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off 



nerved, sinuately toothed ; flowers axillary, sessile ; petals ob- 

 cordate ; stigma 4-lobed ; capsule cylindrical, channelled. $ . ? 

 n, Native of Louisiana. Flowers yellow. 

 Clammy Evening Primrose. PI. dec. 



37 (E. inde'cora (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 268.) stems many 

 from the same root, nearly simple, pubescent ; leaves lanceolate, 

 acute, obsoletely and sinuately denticulated, pubescent; petals 

 shorter than the calyx, emarginate ; genitals equal in length to 

 tne petals ; lobes of stigma linear, papillose ; capsule cylindrical, 

 pubescent. ©. H. Native of Brazil, not far from the town of 

 Kio Grande de St. Pedro do Sul. • Flowers small, yellow. 



Indecorous Evening Primrose. Fl. May. PI. | ft. 



38 (E. prostra'ta (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. p. 79. t. 315.) leaves 

 somewhat lanceolate, acute, sinuately toothed ; sepals longer 

 than the corolla ; petals obcordate ; capsule linear, bluntly tetra- 

 gonal, crowned, curved. ©. H. Native of Peru, in corn- 

 fields.^Pluk. 



Flowers white, large. 



White-stemmed Evening Primrose. 



PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



44 QE. pa'llida (Lindl. hot. reg. 1142.) roots creeping; 

 stems ascending, branched, glabrous ; leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 acuminated, quite entire or toothed, glabrous ; petals retusc, 

 crenulated, exceeding the stamens ; capsules cylindrical, twisted. 

 %. H. Native of North America, common over all the dry 

 sandy soil to the west of the Rocky Mountains. Petals white, 

 yellow at the base, becoming reddish as they fade. 



Pa/e-flowercd Evening Primrose. Fl. June, Sep. Clt. 1820. 

 PI. 1| foot. 



*** Flowers red or purple. Anthers innate. 



45 CE. HUMiFusA (Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 245.) plant pros- 

 trate ; stems branched, villous ; leaves linear-lanceolate, some- 

 what denticulated, or entire and setaceous ; tube of calyx rather 



aim. 



©. H. 



Native of Florida, on the sea shore. Flowers purple? 

 Trailing Evening Primrose. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1824. PI. 



t. 203. f. 3. Flowers at first yellow, but longer than the ovarium; petals obcordate ; capsule prismatic. 



afterwards changing to purplish as they fade. 

 Prostrate Evening Primrose. PL prostrate. 

 39 (E. MINIMA (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 262. t. 15. f. 1.) 

 stem simple, 1 -flowered; leaves small, lanceolate, quite entire, 

 Fose: flowers sessile, hairy ; ovary prismatic. O- H. Native _ _ 



' - -- - " Perhaps CE. retuse, violaceous; style longer than the stamens, which are 



trailing. 

 46 CE 



i:. 



dt 



be- 



Pl-i 



ft. 



rt» 



at 



of Georgia and New Jersey. Flowers yellow, 

 sinuata minima of Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 245. 



I^east Evening Primrose. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1825. 



*0 (E. serrula'ta (Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 246. journ. acad. 

 Pnilad. 1821. p. 120.) stem branched, and is, as well as the 

 ^u s|^e of leaves and capsules, rather pubescent; leaves 

 *^^long-linear, irregularly serrulated, ending in a hard acute 

 l>oint; flowers remote, sessile ; calyx angular; capsule prismatic; 

 ^tals entire; stamens and style very short. If. H. Native of 

 ^orth America, on the mountains about the rivers Platte and 

 ^^lissouri. Lindl. in Hook. exot. fl. 140. Sweet, fl. gard. t 



branched, erect ; leaves linear-spatulate ; petals obovate, rather 



and el 



here. 



erect, but much shorter than the petals ; segments of stigma nar- 

 row, short; capsule sulcate, cylindrical, curved, tomentose, longer 

 than the bracteas. ©. H. Native of Chili, about Coquimbo 



Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. t. 316. Sims, hot. 

 mag. t. 2424. Plant rather glaucous. Flowers purple ; petals 

 crenulated at the apex. Lobes of stigma as well as anthers dark 



purple. 



Delicate Evening Primrose. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1823. PI. 



itofft. 



47 CE 



icon. 4. p. G7. f. 997,) stem 



% 



ovate, somewhat truncate, crenated at the apex ; style longer 

 Fl. June, July. Clt. than the stamens, which are erect, but shorter than the petals ; 



J ^33. Flowers small, deep yellow. Corolla salver-shaped. Stigma branched; branches ascending; leaves lanceolate; petals ob- 



^ capitate, slightly 4-lobed. ^^"* * ""'" — -of^,T of ^^.^ o^^.- . .^.A^ \^r^^r.r 



oerrw/a^erf-leaved Evening Primrose. 



'^f- PL 1 foot. 



2ln\ ^' i-^ucocA^RPA (Comien, mss. in Hook. fl. bor. amer. p. 

 J ^^•) stem branched ; leaves stiff, serrulated, spatulate-lanceo- 

 ^e, upper ones lanceolate, when young rather silky; petals 

 J"a»'ginate, crenulated at the apex ; tube of calyx shorter than 



rl 





lobes of stigma narrow, short; capsule cylindrical. ©. H. Na- 

 tive of Chili, about Coquimbo, where it is commonly cdWiidsercnn, 

 Sweet, fl. gard. new. ser. t. 19. Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 81. t. 

 317. Flowers purple. Very like (E. tenella. 



Fine-leaved Evening Primrose. Fl. June 

 PI. I ft. 



July. Clt. 1828. 



( 



Jersadnate; capsule cylindrical, clothed with hoary silky down. 48 CE. AMCE^NA(Lehm.iHnov. act. bonn. 14. p. 81 1. 1. 45. and 



^•H. Native of NnVth Amprira. on the drv banks of the in ind. sem. hort. hamb. 1821.) pubescent ; stem terete ; leaves 



Native of North America, on the dry 



^^katchawan, and common upon limestone rocks on the Red lanceolate, blnntish slightly toothed glaucous ; peuls 3 t.mes 

 ^f Assinaboyne rivers Flowers yellow. Plant with the habit longer than the calyx, obovate, slightly emarginate, undulatcly 

 °' a species of HeUAntiipmnn, crenated ; capsule cylindrically tetraffonal ; lobes of stigma scmi- 



> 



ite-h 



PI. I ft. 



. • 



Flowers nlule. 



crenated ; capsule cylindrically tetragonal; lobes of stigma semi- 

 cylindrical. ©. H. Native of North America. (E. rosco-alba, 

 Bernh. in sched. hort. elf. 1 824. Sweet, fl. gard. 268. Petals 

 whitish, but rose-coloured at the base, and below that marked I)y 



*2 (E. ccEsPixosA (Sims, hot. mag. t. 1593.) plant almost a triangular, purple, striated blotch. 



