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CENOTHERA SINUATA. SCOLLOP-LEAVED 
EVENING PRIMROSE. 
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Class and Order. 
Ocranpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Onacraniz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 4-fidus, tubulosus. Petala 4, calyci inserta. Cap- 
sula 4-locularis, 4-valvis, infera. Semina comosa. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
CENoTHERA sinuata; decumbens molliter pubescens, foliis 
oblongo-lanceolatis sinuato-pinnatifidis incisisve, flori- 
bus axillaribus parvis (luteis), sepalis versus apicem 
unguiculatis, fructibus cylindraceo-tetragonis sub- 
arcuato-incurvis pilosis. 
CEnotuera sinuata. Mich. Fl. Am. v. 1. p. 224. Pursh, 
Fl. Am. v. 1. p. 261. Elliott, Carol. v. 1. p. 448. 
Spreng. Syst. Veget.v.2. p. 227. De Cand. Prodr. v. 3. 
p. 48. Dncety, Fl. of Un. St. v. 1. p. 388. Hort. Kew. 
ed. 2. v. 2, t. 343. 
(8.) minima ; caule humile simplice unifloro, foliis integris. 
Nutt. Gen. Am. v. 1. p. 245. Torrey, Fl. of Un. St. 
v. 1. p. 389. 
(EnorHers minima. Pursh, Fl. Am. v. 1. p. 262. t. 15. 
CENoTHERA sinuata seems to have been introduced to 
our gardens, according to Hortus Kewensis, in 1770, by 
- Ricnarp. Yet it has never found a place in any 
Periodical botanical work, nor do I think it is by any 
Means a general plant in our collections. American au- 
thors give it as an inhabitant of New Jersey, Virginia, 
Carolina, and Georgia. Seeds have been sent from wir 
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