688 



ONAGRARI^. VIL (Enothera. 



Pleasing Evening Primrose. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1825. PI. 1 ft. 

 49 CE. vimi'nea (Dougl. in bot. ma^. t. 2873.) stem erect, 



Stemless Evening Vrimrose. FL May, Sep. Clt. 1821. Pl.^ft. 



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55 (E. TARAXAciFotiA (Hort. and Sweet, fl. gard. t. 294.) ^ 



branched, glaucous, glabrous; leaves lanceolate, nearly quite stem branched, elongated, procumbent ; leaves pubescent, alter- J 



entire, glaucous, and glabrous ; tube of calyx about equal in nate, interruptedly pinnatifid, sinuately toothed, but the apex j^ 



length to the segments ; petals entire, denticulated, twice the entire ; tube of flower very long ; petals large, obovate, entire, | 



length of the genitals ; stigmas purple ; capsule cylindrical, at- 5-nerved ; anthers and stigmas shorter than the corolla ; capsules [|j 



tenuated at the apex, furrowed, pubescent. 0. H. Native of sessile, obovate, pubescent, tetragonal ; angles winged, if. H. j 



North California, near the river Aquilar, in dry prairies in lat. 

 43° north. Lindl. bot. reg. 1220. Flowers lilac. 



Native of Chili, about Conception. (E. grandiflora, Ruiz, et ^ 

 Pav. fl. per. 3. t. 318. f. 6. CE. acaulis /3, major, Ser. inD. C. -i 



Twiggy Evening Primrose. Fl. June, Sep. Clt. 1826. PI. prod. 3. p. 49. Flowers large, white, but becoming reddish as 



2 to 3 ft. 



50 CE. Lindle'yii (Dougl. in bot. mag. 2832.) stem ascend- 

 ing, diffuse, branched ; leaves linear-lanceolate, quite entire, gla- 

 brous ; tube of calyx 3 times shorter than the segments ; petals 

 entire, denticulated, twice the length of the genitals ; stigmas 

 yellow ; capsule cylindrical, elongated, tapering to both ends, 

 puberulous. O- H. Native of the north-west coast of Ame- 

 rica, about Fort Vancouver, and at the Mulnomak river. Petals 

 lilac, each marked with a purple spot ; claws yellow. 



Lindlcy's Evening Primrose. FL June, Nov. Clt. 1826. PI. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



they fade. 





Dandelion-leaved Evening Primrose. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. y, 



1825. 



PI. I foot. 



51 (E. DEcu^MBENs (Dougl. in bot. mag. 2889.) stem ascend- as they fade. Lindl. bot. reg. t. 1479. Leaves downy. 



56 (E. ANisoLOBA (Sweet, fl. gard. new. ser. 105.) stem suf; 

 fruticose, tall, straight, branched, downy; radical leaves elliptic, 

 entire, or few-toothed ; middle ones elliptic, sharply toothed, with 

 the segments at the base variable, linear, acute, and divaricating ; 

 upper ones unequal, pinnatifid, with the segments divaricate, 

 with the terminal lobes large ; tube of flower very long ; ovary 

 tetragonal; petals large, imbricate, with crenulated margins. 



Native of Chiloe. Flowers large, white, becoming red 



Lobes 



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ing ; leaves glaucous, quite entire, pubescent, lower ones broadly 

 ovate, upper ones ovate-lanceolate ; petals emarginate, crenu- 

 lated ; stigmas purple, with reflexed segments ; capsule bluntly 

 tetragonal, tapering from the base, villous. ©. H. Native of 

 California, in dry mountain valleys. Lindl. bot, reg. 1221. 

 Petals lilac, obcordate. From all its nearest allies this plant dif- 

 fers in the form of the stigmas. 



Deciimhent Evening Primrose. Fl. June, Nov. Clt- 1827. 

 PI. 1 to 2 ft. long, ascending. 



52 (E. PURPUREA (Curt. bot. mag. 352.) plant glaucescent ; 

 leaves lanceolate, attenuated at both ends, bluntish ; tube of calyx 

 short ; petals obovate, crenulated ; genitals exserted, much 

 shorter than the corolla ; lobes of stigma thick, short, dark pur- 

 ple ; anthers yellow ; capsule ovate, triquetrous, sessile, angular, 

 pilose ; seeds irregularly angular, and covered with dots when 

 examined by a lens. ©. H. Native of the north-west coast of 

 America. CE. humilis, Donn, hort. cantab. p. 41. Flowers 

 purple. 



Pwrp/^ Evening Primrose. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1794. PI. 1 ft. 



53 (E. RoMANZOVii (Ledeb. in Horn. hort. hafn. suppl. 133.) 



of stigma linear. 



J/weg^wa/'/oieJ-leaved Evening Primrose. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 

 1828. PI. 3 feet. 



57 (E. Pu'rshii ; pubescent; stem decumbent, white; radi- 

 cal leaves nearly entire ; cauline ones pinnatifid, with linear acute 

 divaricate segments; nerves of leaves white like the stem; 

 flowers few, disposed in a kind of spike ; petals obcordate, 

 white, large, longer than the stamens ; style filiform ; ovaries 



H. Native of North Ame- 

 CE. albicaulis, Pursh, fl. 



Flowers large, white. 



sessile, prismatic, furrowed. 0. 



rica, on the plains of the Missouri. 



amer. sept. 2. p. 733. but not of Nutt. CE. pinnatifida, Nutt. 



gen. amer. 1. p. 245. but not of Kunth. 



P«r^A'5 Evening Primrose. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1811. PI. dec. 

 58 (E. spECiosA (Nutt. in mem. acad. soc. hist. nat. phil. 

 1821. p. 119.) plant puberulous; stem suffruticose ; leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, attenuated at both ends, serrated, and some- 

 what pinnatifid, nerved, pubescent beneath ; flowers subrace- 



raceme naked, at first drooping ; petals obcordate, equal 

 to the stamens: cansule obovate. angular. %* H. 



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mose 



in length 



glaucous; stem erect; leaves lanceolate-oblong, mucronate, taper- Hook. exot. fl. t. 80. Sweet, fl. gard. 253. 



capsule obovate 



Native of North America, on the banks of the Red river. 



Flowers large. 



ing into the petiole ; tube of calyx very short ; limb one-half 

 shorter than the corolla ; petals broad-obovate, crenulated ; sta- 

 mens much shorter than the corolla; anthers green; stigmas nearly 

 sessile, inclosed, dark purple ; capsule oblong-cylindrical, some- 

 what tetragonal, pilose ; seeds hoary, and rather scaly when ex- 

 amined by a lens. ©. H. Native of North America, on the 

 western coast. D. Don in Ker. bot. reg. t. 6C2. Flowers vio- 



laceous. 



Jtomanzov's Evening Primrose. 

 PL 4 to 1 fl. 



Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1817. 



Sect. III. 



CEnotheVium (an alteration from the generic 

 name). Ser. in D. C. prod. 3. p. 49. Stigma quadrifid (f. 96. c). 

 Tube of calyx cylindrical, dilated at the apex. Anthers oblong. 

 Capsule oblong or obovate, tetragonal ; the angles prominent ; 

 valves obovate. 



Flowers white. 



54 CE. ACAULIS (Cav. icon. 4. p. 68. t. 399.) leaves rosulate, 

 pinnatifid; the terminal lobe large and denticulated; tube and 

 flowers large ; calycine segments free, reflexed ; petals obovate, 

 rather retuse, entire ; anthers and stigmas narrow, shorter than 

 the corolla : 



white, but becoming reddish as they fade. 



;S^e7r2/ Evening Primrose. Fl.Mar.Sept. Clt.1821. P1.2to3ft. 



59 (E. tetra'i'Tera (Cav. icon. 3. p. 40. t. 279.) stem 

 branched, pilose; leaves lanceolate, pinnatifid, or toothed, some- 

 what ciliated, hardly petiolate; tube of calyx almost want- 

 ing ; petals obcordate, entire ; genitals shorter than the corolla ; 

 anthers and stigmas narrow and long; capsule obovate, 4-wmged, 

 ribbed, pilose, tapering into a pedicel at the base ; seeds ovate, 

 acute, smooth, pale. 0. H. Native of New Spain. Sims, 

 bot. mag. 468. Petals white, but becoming red as they fade. 



Four-winged-caipsn\ed Evening Primrose. Fl. June, oept. 

 Clt. 1796. 



PL 1 foot. 



60 



CE. LATiFLORA (Moc ct Sesso, fl. mex. icon. ined. t. 376.; 

 root fusiform ; stem terete, hairy, branched at the apex ; leaves 

 lanceolate-linear, acute, deeply toothed, alternate, opposite, or m 

 whorles; flowers on short pedicels. ©. H. Native of Mexico. 

 Flowers large, white, but becoming reddish as they fade. Fruit 

 unknown. 



Broad-Jlowered EvenmgFrimrose. PL 1 foot. 



capsule obovate, tetragonal, a little winged, sessile. 

 Native of Chili. Ker. bot. reg. 763. Petals large, 

 white, but becoming red as they fade* 



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Flowers red or purple > 



U. F. 



61 (E. viRGA^TA (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 29. t. 315.) stem pros- 

 trate or erect, branched ; leaves lyrate and lanceolate, toothed; 



