(Enothera.] ONAGRARI^. ^ 209 



Caules ex eadem radice plures, basi suffruticosi, adscendentes, teretes, puberuli, apice ramosi. J^olia ses- 

 silia, caulina lanceolata, acuta, repando-dentati, margine subrevoluta, utrixique pube adpresso subcaudicantia, 

 ramulorum liuearia, acuta, iutegerrlma. Spica termiualis, elongata. Flores in racliide angiilato verticiUatim 

 congesti. Bractem deciduae, Uneares, acuminatae, loiigitudine tubi calycis. Calyx canescens : laciniis linca- 

 ribus tubo brevioribus. Petala spathulato-obovata, ungiiiculata, rubra, loDgitudine calycls. Stigma 4-lobum. 

 Germina linearia, tetragona. Fructtis 



Had. Plains of the Saskatchawan. Drummoiul, 



4. G, glabra, (Lekm,) ; caulibus adscendentibus basi suffruticosis foliisque anguslc lan- 

 ceolatis uiululatis glaberriniis, spicis elongatis, ilorlbus alternis, bracteis linearibus persisten- 

 tibus, germinibus linearibus tetragonis glabris. 



Caules suffruticosi, adsceudeutes, ramosi, teretcs, uti tota planta glaberrimi. Folia crassiuscula, uninervia, 

 avenja, brevissime pctiolata, caulina et ramea inferiora sparsa, angiiste-lanceolata, xindulata, snbdrntata, 6-10 

 lineas longa, 2-3 lineas lata, ramea superiora conferta, linearia, subplana. Fhres altcrni in spica ti'rniinali 

 elongiita dispositi. Sractecs lineares, persistentcs, acutae, lon^tudiue tubi calycis. Calycis tubus davatus, 

 2 lineas lougus; laciulls lineaiibus tubo loiigloribus. Petala rubra, spatbulata, unguiculata, venosa, longi- 

 tudine laciniarum calycis. Stamina erecta, filiformia; anthera lineares, jam in flore ailhuo clauso latere 

 dehiscentes. Sti/Ina filiformis, erochis: stigmatc domnm quadrilobo. Gennina tetrag-ona, linearia. 



Har. About Carl ton-House, ort the Saskatchaivan, Tirwnmond, 



5. G, biennis; caule herbaceo, foliis Jaiiceolato-oblongls acutis denticulatis, floribus 

 irregularibus, petalis obovatis adsccudciitibus patulis iiudis, geiiltallbus deflexis, stylo staiuiiii- 

 bus longiorc, fructibns obovato-tetraquctris sessilibus pilosis brevissimis acutis obtusiusculis, 

 nervis crassis depressis et iiiferne rugis transversis notatis. DC. — Linn, Sp. PL p, 493. 

 Mich, Am, v, 1. p, 226. Curt. Bot Mag. t 389. Fursh, Fl. Am, v, 1. p, 260. Elliott, 

 Carol, V, 1, p, 446. Torreg, Fl, of Un, St. v, I, p,S9\, De Cand, Prodr, v. 3. p. 44. 



Hab. About Montreal. Mr. Clegliorn. 



3. (ENOTHERA. Linn. 



Calyx tubulosus quadripartitus deciduus. Petala 4. Stamina 8, polline viscoso. Capsula 

 cylindrica vel prismatica 4-loculans 4-valvis. Semina numerosa iiuda. 



Sect. I. Onagri. DC, — Stigma quadrifidum, Capsulm prismatico-cglindriccB obsolete 



tetragonal, interdum basi, minquam apice, crassiores. 



§. 1. — Calycis tubus elongatus cylindricus apice tantum dilatatus, lacinias et petala superans. 



Stigma luteum, laciniis linearibus, 



a. Floribus Inteis. 



1. (E. biennis; caule erecto subramoso, foliis rudicalibus obloiigo-lanceolatis, caulluis 

 ovato-lanceolatis dentatis glabris s. pubescentibus, petalis obcordatis stamina siipornntibuSj 

 capsulis subcylindricis basi crassioribus valvis duhiscentibus apice integris vel blfidis. — Linn. 

 Sp. PL p, 492. Engl BuL t 1531. Pursh, Fl. Jju, v. I, p, 261. I^lliotl, Carol, v, I, p. 

 441. BigeL FL Bost. ed. 2. p. 148. Torretj, FL ofUn. St v. 1. p, 387. De Cand, Prodr. 

 V. 3. p. 46. — jS. muricata; caule muricato-strigoso, floribus minoribus. CE. muricata. 

 Murr, Comment Soc, Gott 1776. t 6. p, 24. t 1. Pursh, Fl, Am, v, 1. p. 261. Elliott, 



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