690 



ONAGRARIiE. VII. CEnothera. VIII. Gayophytum. IX. Clarkia. 



Fl. 



I ft. 



angled, 4 of the angles winged. 

 America^ in most parts. Curt, 

 hot. masj. t. 335. Mill. ill. 188. . 

 Flowers yellow, about the size of 

 those o{ PotentiUavirna. Leaves 

 small, (f. 97.) 



. Z)wflr/ Evening Primrose. 

 May, Sept. Clt. 1757. PI. 



77 CE. RiPA^RiA (Nutt. gen. 

 amer. 1. p. 247.) stem erect, 

 nearly glabrous ; leaves lanceolate, 

 denticulated, glabrous ; flowers 

 subspicate, on short pedicels ; 

 petals emarginate, a little longer 

 than the genitals ; capsules 8- 

 furrowed, the 4 alternate ribs 

 more prominent than the rest. 



. H. Native of North Ame- 



i;. H, Native of North 



FIG. 96. 



84? CE- tetrago'na (Roth, cat. 2. ex Horn. hort. hafn. 

 suppl. 44.) leaves ovate, obtuse, entire ; flowers somewhat fas- 

 tigiate; capsules pedicellate, truncate, 4-valved. 1/. H. Na- 

 tive of North America. Link. enum. 1. p. 377. Flowers yellow. 



JVfrflo'owa/-podded Evening Primrose- PI. 1 foot- - i' 

 • 85 ? ^. adsce'nbens (Willd. herb, ex Spreng- syst. 2. p, 230,) 

 stems weak, ascending, branched ; leaves lanceolate, toothed, 

 pubescent; capsule sessile, clavate, curved. 2/.? H» Native 

 of South America. 



Ascending Evenin<T Primrose. 



PI. ascending. 



•f* Species not sufficiently known. 



86 (E 



$ 



Wil 



slender, erect ; leaves clothed with hoary tomentum, quite en- 

 tire, elliptic-ovate, acute ; racemes few-flowered, naked ; cap- 

 sules almost sessile, oblong, 4- angled. ^ . H. Native of Ma- 

 ryland. Flowers golden yellow. 



the Saskatchawan. Flowers small, yellow. 



87 



PI. a foot. 



River-hank Evening Primrose. 

 CE. chrysa'nth-( 



PI. 1 to li foot- 



) 



weak, minutely pubescent ; 

 flowers small ; tube of calyx not half so long as the segments ; 

 capsule sessile, clavate, 8-angled, the 4 alternate angles more 

 prominent tl^an the others. 



from Quebec to Hudson's Bay. Flowers yellow, the size of 



Dr. Hooker considers this iden- 



Hoary 



(E. austra'lis (Sal. prod. p. 278.) leaves linear-lanceo- 

 late, denticulated, undulated, minutely pubescent; capsule ses- 

 sile, cylindrical, obsoletely 8-angled. — Native about Port Desire. 



Southern Evening Primrose. 



D 



Cult. All the soecies of CE 



PL 1 foot. 



species o 

 flowers, and deserve to be 



cultivated. They will grow in 



those of Epilobium palustre, 



CE. jnimi 



]^. H.^ Native of North America, any common garden soil. The perennial kinds are easily in- 

 creased by seeds, by dividing the plants at the root, and some of 

 them by cuttings. The seeds of annual and biennial kinds 



Fl. May, Sept. PI. 



1 



G olden 'Jli 

 to 1 foot- 



79 (E. pusi'lla (Michx. fl. bor. amer- 1, p, 225.) plant mi- 

 nutely pubescent ; stems humble, simple ; leaves lanceolate- 

 oblong, bluntish, entire ; capsule sessile, clavate, almost equally 

 8-angled. 7/ . H. Native of North America, on rocks at Lake 



only require to be sown where the plants are intended to re- 



mam. 



'^ 



M 



Lam. diet. 4, p. 144. Flowers small, yellow. CE 



VIII. GAYOPHY'TUM (a name peculiarly composed from 

 M. Gay, the discoverer of the plant, and (pvroy, pkyton, a plant; 

 signifying Gay's plant). 



Lin- syst. Octdndrit 



Adr. Juss- in ann. sc- nat- 25- p. 18. 



Calyx 4-parted. Pe- 



piimila/3, minima, Hook. fl. bor. amer. p. 212. 



. Small Evening Primrose. FL May, Sept. C 



80 CE. multicau'lis (Ruiz, et Pay. fl. per. 3. p 

 f. 6.) stems tufted, depressed ; radical leaves lanceolate-oblong, ,"" ,r"^ 7'\' o" V/^' VIS i ^^u„/i;«oi t^Ii- 



de„ncub.ed, cauUne o^cs ovate ; flowers sessile, seound ; petA "':. ■ Tlt^LTlt^!?,- .^t^l^. 'i%'°Z f IbLs 



80. t. 317. 



Monogynia. 

 tals 4. Stamens 8, the 4 opposite the petals small and bar- 

 ren. Style short. Stigma capitate, obscurely 2-lobed from a 

 transverse furrow. Ovarium oblong-elliptic, compressed, 2- 

 celled. Capsule linear, 4.valved, 2-celled ; lateral valves revo- 



hardly exceeding the calyx in length ; capsules secund, clavate,. 

 8-angled, the 4 alternate angles more prominent than the others ; 

 seeds obovate, angular, fucescent. 0.?H. Native of Peru, 

 on the Andes, in the provinces of Tarma and Canta. Flowers 



yellow. 

 Many- 

 81 CE 



PI. depressed. 



stem straight ; leaves linear, very narrow, obtuse, entire ; flowers 

 spicate ; calyxes hispid, obovate-oblong ; angles bluntish ; petals 

 obcordate, 1-nerved; nerve thick, coloured. ©. H. Native 

 of North America, on rocks along the Akanza river. Flowers 

 2 lines broad, yellow. 



centa, 1 row in each cell, ascending, naked.— A small, glabrous 

 herb. Leaves linear-falcate, lower ones nearly opposite, upper 

 ones alternate. Flowers solitary, axillary, shorter than the leaves, 

 yellowish. Pollen trigonal. 



^ 1 G. Hu^iiLE (Adr. Juss. 1. c). ©. H. Native of San- 

 tiago, in Chili. 



Humble Gayophytum. PI. 1 to 3 inches. 



Cult. The seeds of this plant only require to be sown m the 



open border, in a warm sheltered situation. 



Flax-leaved Evemns Primrose. 



une 



CE. LiNEA^Ris (Michx 



PL 4 to 



RKIA (in honour of Capt. Clarke, the companion 

 of Capt. Lewis, in his journey to the Rocky Mountains o£ North 



bor. amer. 1. p. 225.) plant 



ft, America). Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 260. t. 11. 



slender, pubescent ; leaves linear, entire ; capsules on longish 



O.? H. Native of Upper 



3. p. 52. Hook, fl. bor. amer. p. 214. 



LiX. SYST. 



tetragonal, 

 Carolina. 



(Enoth 



-| to 1 foot 



13 GE. EVIL 



This species is hardly known. Flowers yellow. 



Fl. June, July. Clt. 1 822. 



Octdndria, Monogynia. Calyx tubular, 4-cleU, 

 lothera. Petals 4, unguiculate, cruciate, S-lobeU 



Xiwear-leaved Evening Primrose. 



ones sterile. 



ungui 



Stamens 8, the 4 alternate 



Cap- 



92.) stem branched ; leaves oblong or ovate-oblong, acute, nar- 



(f. 97. 6.), convolute in aestivation. , « 



Stigma 4-lobed (f. 97. a.) ; lobes petaloid. t^ap- 



sule cylindrical, furrowed, 4-celled, 4-valved. Seeds ascending, 



amer. 6. p. naked.— Smooth, annual herbs, with alternate, lanceolate, or 



rulous ; capsules pedicellate, clavate, 4-winged. If. ^ 

 Native of New Granada. Flowers orange-coloured. 



F» linear. ©. H. 



/I (Pursh, 1. c.) petals deeply 3-lobed ; learw 

 Native of North-west America, on the banks 



iVillaw- herb- leaved Evening Primrose 



foot 



Kooskooskv and Clarke's rivers, and from the great 



Mountains 



Hook. bot. mog' 



W 



■s 



