208 



ONAGRARI^. Gaura. 



Hab. ? [I have not been able to ascertain what specimens in the Collection correspond to this 



species ; the name having been by some accident omitted by Dr. Lehmann in the list which answered to our 

 numbers of reference. -H".] 



" ? J-f ^ j''^<3 ^^- ^' oliganthum; pusillunij caulibus simplicissimis apice subunifloris, foliis oppositis 

 ^ "^' linearibus integerrimis. Mich. Am. v. 1. p. 223. Be Cand. Prodr. v. 3. p. 43. 



Hab. Hudson's Bay, near Lake Mistissiny. Michaux.~Dr, Torrey is disposed to refer this to the £. 

 sguamatum of Nuttall, the latter author to E, alpimm, which seems the more probable since Michaux 

 remarks that he has seen the same species from the PjTenees, 



13. E, luteum; caule tetragono pilosiiisculo, foliis oppositis semilatis, pedunculis axil- 

 laribus alternis elongatis, calycis lobis angustis longitudine petalorum, stylo exserto, stigmate 

 crasso 4-lobo. DC. — Pursh^ El. Am. v. 1. p. 259, De Cand. Prodr. v. 3. p. 4,4. Cham, in 

 Linncea, v. 2, p. 553. 



Hab. North-West coast of America. PallaSy (in Pursh.) Grassy places in the Tallies of Unalaschka. 

 Chamisso.—V^iih this I am unacquainted, but it is described as differing from all the Genus in the yellow 

 colour of its flowers, which are said to be as large as those of E, angustifolium. 



2. GAURA. Zinn. 



Calyx tubulosus 4-partitus deciduus. Corolla 4-petala. Stamina 8. Nux sub 4-gona 

 1-4-sperma. Semina nuda. 



1. G parviflora; caule herbaceo erecto pUoso, foliis oblongis acuminatis remote denticu- 

 latis margine ciliatis junioribus subvelutinis, spicis elongatis, floribus minutis confertis, 

 fructibus distantibus tetragonis basi apiceqiie attenuatis glabriusculis. — Douglas^ MSS. 



Caulis herbaceus, erectus, 1-lJ-pedalis, angulatus, simples, supeme ramosus, pubescens, pilis copiosis 

 patentissimis mollibus intermixtis. Folia sessilia, sparsa, oblonga, acuminata, remote denticulata, 2 poll, 

 longa, margine et ad costam pilis longis ciliata, parallele nervosa, juniora utrinque Tclutina, adulta glabriusoula. 

 Spicce terminales, elongatae. Rachis infeme velutina, versus apicem sensim magis glabrescens. Flores con- 

 ferti, minuti, bracteati. Bractece subulatae, pilosae, caducie. Calycis tubus pubescens, genuine brevior, 

 cylindricus, apice incrassatus, laciniae liueares glabriusculae. Petala laciniis calycinis breviora, liueari- 

 spathulata, unguiculata. Stigma 4-lobum. Germen sublineare tetragonum, basi apiceque attenuatura, gla- 

 briusculum. 



Hab. 



America, 



2. G. coccinea ; caulibus lierbaceis decumbentibus, foliis lineari-lanceolatis repando-den- 

 ticulatis canescentibus junioribus integerrimis, spicis laxis floribus alternis, bracteis linearibus 

 persistentibus, fructibus ellipticis basi teretibus apice tetragonis canescentibus. — JFVo^er, Cat. 

 1813. Pursh^ EL Am. v. 2. p. 733. Spreng. Syst Veget v. 2. p. 234. De Cand. Prodr. v. 

 3. p. 45. 



Planta tota cinereo-canescens. Folia caulina repando-denticulata, ramulomm integerrima. Flores non 

 raceraosi ut in Be Cand. Prodr. et Spreng. Syst. Veget. sed revera spicati in hac et in omnibus speciebus 

 quas examinavi, in protuberantibus rachidis sessiles. ProtuberantitB bractea terminatje. Petala coccinea, 

 obovata, basi cuneata, unguiculata, integerrima, venosa. Stigma quadrilobum. 



Bradbury, 



►riginal 



suffr 



repando-dentatis subrevolutis utrinque pube adpresso subcandicantibus, floribus in spicis 

 terminahbus verticillatim congestis, bracteis linearibus deciduis, fructibus candicantibus. 



