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. flowiers disposed in a kind of raceme ; petals obovate, hardly 

 longer dian the limb of the calyx ; capsule clavate, 10-angled, 

 the alternate angles broadest. ©, H. Native of Peru, in 

 fields, and among rubbish. Flowers purple. Therie is a variety 

 of this with nearly entire leaves, 



Tmg-^y Evening Primrose. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1823. Pl.pr. 



62 05. subula'ta (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. p. 82. t. 316.) leaves 

 subulate, long, villous ; petals bifid ; capsule clavate, tetragonal, 

 winged above, mucronate ; valves broad, somewhat 3-winged at 

 the apex. ©. H. Native of Chili, in dry fields. Flowers 

 purplish-red. 



SubulateAesived Evening Primrose. PI. |^ to | foot. 



63 (E. ROSEA (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. 2, p. 3. ed. 2. vol. 2. 

 p. 343.) shrubby; stem branched; branches twiggy; leaves 

 elliptic, attenuated at both ends, toothed, lower ones lyrate ; 

 tube of calyx short ; petals obovate-roundish ; genitals 

 shorter than the corolla; capsule clavate, 8-angled. Tj . F. 

 Native of Mexico. Curt. bot. mag. 347. (E. purpilrea. Lam. 

 diet. 4. p. 5G4. (E. riibra, Cav. icon. 4. p. 68. t. 400. Flowers 

 red, about the size of those oi Epildblum angustusimum, 



i?o^e-coloured-flowered Evening Primrose. Fl. May, Aug, 

 Clt. 1783. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



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1. p. 346. Corolla large, yellow. Calyx spotted as in (E. ma- 

 crocdrpa. Leaves sometimes glandularly denticulated. 



Missouri Evening Primrose. FL Ju. Sep. Clt. 1818. PL | fu 



69 CE, GLAu'cA (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 224.) plant quite 

 glabrous, decumbent, glaucous ; leaves ovate, repandly denticu- 

 lated ; limb of calyx longer than the tube ; petals large, obcordate, 

 erose; genitals shorter than the corolla; capsules ovate, tetra- 

 gonal, thick, short. "2/. H. Native of North America, in 

 woods west of the Mississippi. Sims, bot. mag. 1606. Flowers 

 pale yellow. 



Glaucous Evening Primrose. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1812. PL 

 1 to 2 feet. 



70 QE. hy'brida (Michx. fl, bor. amer. 1. p. 225.) stem 



erect, villous ; leaves pubescent on both surfaces, lanceolate, re- 

 motely toothed ; flowers on short pedicels ; bracteas wanting or 

 subulate ; capsules ovate, tetragonal, disposed in something like 

 spikes. % . H. Native of Upper Carolina. Flowers yellow. 

 There is a variety of this plant with glabrous leaves. 



Hybrid Evening Primrose. FL Ju. Oct. Clt. 1813. PI. 1 ft. 



71 CE. FRUTicosA (Lin. spec. 492.) stems erect, brownish, 

 glabrous, or pilose; leaves ovate-lanceolate, denticulated, pilose, 

 or glabrous; racemes spicate, leafy, nakedish at the base ; petals 



64 CE. TUBiFLORA (Moc. ct Scssc, fl. mex. icon. ined. t. 377.) broadly obcordate, erose, twice the length of the stamens ; cap- 

 root rather fusiform; stems depressed; leaves linear-oblong, sule clavate, pilose, 8-angled, 4 of the angles winged. i;.H. Na- 



acute, somewhat denticulated ; tube of calyx very long : petals 

 obcordate ; stamens longer than the stigmas ; fruit unknown, 

 i/. F. Native of Mexico. Flowers rose-coloured. This is a 

 very distinct species, but from the fruit being unknown it is 

 doubtful whether it belongs to the present section. 

 Tube-Jlowered Evening Primrose. PL ^ foot. 



tive of Virginia and Canada. Curt. bot. mag. t. 332. Qi 

 nadensis, Goldie, in edin. phiL journ. 1821, p. 7. Flowers 



Sept 



Clt. 1737. 



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Flowers yellow. 



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stemless ; leaves interruptedly pinnatifid, toothed, glabrous ; 

 petals obovate, slightly 3-lobed at the apex, the middle lobe mu- 

 CTonate; capsules almost 4-winged, large, sessile at the root. 

 !vi ^' Native of North America, in arid fields on the banks of 

 T ^^^ ^iver, and of Louisiana. Sims, bot. mag. 2566. (E 



large, deep yellow. Stem branched at the apex. 

 Shrubby Evening Primrose. FL June, 



PL 2 to 3 feet. 



72 CE. SEROTiNA (Hort. ex Sweet, fl. gard. 184.) stems as- 

 cending, branched, pubescent ; leaves lanceolate, acute, denti- 

 culated, glabrous, attenuated at the base ; petals wrinkled or 

 plaited ; capsule pedicellate, 4-winged, oblong, pubescent ; seg- 

 ments of stigma blunt, spreading. %. H. Native of North 



" America. Flowers yellow. Habit procumbent and branching. 

 Xafe-flowering Evening Primrose. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1820. 



PL procumbent. 



73 CE. ambi'gca (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 229.) stem simple, 

 pilose ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, denticulated, dotted ; ca- 



flizocarpa, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 230. Flowers radical, pale yel- lycine segments short ; capsule gessile, clavate, 4-winged. 7/. H. 



^^s^eet-scented in the evening. Tube of calyx very long- 

 /'iree'lobed-petaWed Evening Primrose. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 

 |822. PL 1 to ^ foot. 



91 \ ^* i'innati'fida (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 



L) stem erect, branched at the base ; leaves pinnatifid, pubes- 

 ^^^^ j^ capsule 8-angled, somewhat 4-winged, on short pedicels. 

 y F^ Native of Mexico, about Actopan. Flowers yellow, 

 about the size of those of Epildbium hirsuium, axillary at the 

 ^<>Ps of the stem and branches. 



^^matijid^]eaved Evening Primrose. PL 1 foot. 



^7 (E. macroca'rpa (Pursh. fl. amer. sept, 2. p. 734.) 

 'tern simple, prostrate, downy ; leaves lanceolate, quite entire, 

 ^^'^ glandularly denticulated, with the margins and nerves coveredl 

 ^^th white silky down ; petals broad, obcordate ; stamens 

 ^|ched, shorter than the corolla ; lobes of stigma cylindrical, 

 ofv' ^^Ps^le large, sessile, oblong, 4-winged. l/.H. Native 

 * iNorth America, on the banks of the Mississippi, near St. 

 J'Ouis. Sweet, fl. gard. t. 5. Stem purplish. Corolla large, 

 yellow. Calyx spotted with red; tube long. 



^arge^fruited Evening Primrose. FL June, Aug. Clt. 1811. 

 *^'- prostrate. 



*58 (E. Missourie'nsis (Sims, bot. mag. t. 1592.) stems sim- 

 P ^) downy, decumbent ; leaves lanceolate, tapering to both ends, 

 J^arginate and slightly ciliated ; petals broad, obcordate, with a 

 ^^^h in the recess ; capsule 4-wini:ed, slightly pedicellate. 

 *• H. Native of North America. (E. alata, Nutt. gen. amer. 



VOL. 11. 



Native of Pennsylvania. (E. fruticosa /3 

 amer. 1. p. 247. Flowers yellow. 



Ambiguous Evening Primrose. FL June, Aug. Clt. 1818. 



PL 1 to 1| foot. 



74 GE. Frase'ri (Pursh, fl. amet. sept. 2. p. 734.) smoolhish ; 

 stems simple at the base ; leaves ovate, glandularly denticu- 

 lated ; tube of calyx longer than the ovarium ; petals obcordate, 

 broad, erosely undulated ; capsule obovate, thick, tetragonal. 

 %.¥{.' Native of South Carolina. Sims, bot. mag. 1C74. 



Flowers yellow. 



Fraser's Evening Primrose. FL Ju. Oct. Clt. 1811. PL 1 ft. 



75 (E. Takque'nsis (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 91.) procumbent; leaves lanceolate-oblong, acute, narrowed at 

 the base, nearly quite entire, puberulous ; petals obovate-round- 

 isb, retuse ? genitals shorter than the corolla ; capsules very 

 nearly sessile, 4-winged, bluntly truncate at the apex. 1/. F. 

 Native of South America, near the town of Quito, in the valley 

 of Tarquo, at the height of 4000 feet above the level of the 

 sea. Flowers yellow. Like C£. pumila, but differs in the 

 leaves being broader and puberulous, and in the calyxes, cap- 

 sules, and ovaries being clothed with silky down. 



Tarquo Evening Primrose. PL procumbent. 



76 (E. pu'mila (Lin. spec. 493.) stems usually simplish, as- 



cending, rather pilose ; leaves lanceolate, quite entire, obt 

 a little ciliated ; flowers subaplcate, on short pedicels ; petals 

 obcordate, rather longer than the genitals ; capside clavate, 8- 



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