- GAURA PARVIFLORA. SMALE-FLOWERED- 
| GAvRA. ecu 
SERRE 
Class and Order. 
OcranpriaA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Onacrariz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx tubulosus 4-partitus, Petala 4. Nux angulata 
l-sperma. Spreng. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Gaura parviflora ; pubescenti-mollis, foliis lato-lanceolatis 
acuminatis remote-denticulatis, spica multiflora, peta- 
lis (parvis) obovatis erectis, stamina stylumque equan- 
tibus, fructibus oblongo-fusiformibus. 
Gavra parviflora. Douglas, MSS. Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 
v. 1. p. 208. 
This very distinct species of Gawra does not appear to 
be noticed by any writer on North American plants, not- 
withstanding that it has been found in two widely different 
parts of that vast continent. The specimens here figured 
were raised from seeds sent by Mr. Drummonp from Texas ; 
and, on a careful examination, the plant proves to be iden- 
tical, as to species, with the G. A at (Fl. Bor. Am.), 
which Mr. Doveuas found on the banks of the Wallawalla 
River, on the North-west Coast of America. As an orna- 
mental plant it has, indeed, little to recommend it; but 
when the flower is carefully examined, it will be found to 
be possessed of no little beauty. The habit and inflo- 
rescence are very similar to those of G. bennis, but 
the flowers, independent of the great difference in size, 
are widely different. In the latter, the calyx bursts on 
one side, the segments continuing combined at their ex- 
tremities, 
