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OrnoTHERA LonciFLora. Lone- 
FLOWERED OENOTHERA. 
SRR EE RR RE ee 
 Clafs and Order. 
~ Ocranpria Monocynia. 
hea. he ce Generic Charaéer. eae 
— Cal. 4fidus. Petala 4. Capf. cylindrica infera. ‘Sem. nuda. 
i : Specific Charaéter and Synonyms.’ a 
- OENOTHERA Jlongiffora foliis denticulatis, caulibus fimpli- 
=e _cibus pilofis, petalis diftantibus bilobis. Lena. 
Syft. Vegetab. 358. Mant. 227. Ait. Kew. — 
v. 2. p. 3. Facq. Hort, 2. p. 81. t. 172. 
This Oenothera, in point of fize, the reverfe of the pumila, 
lately figured in: this work (pl. 355) is a native of Buenos 
Ayres, and was introduced by the Chevalier Murray, in ° 
2776". , 
“hae feen this plant grow to a greater height than any | 
_ other Species, luxuriant fpecimens have exceeded five feet by — 
ime that they have nearly done flowering ; and as the 
flowers are uncommonly large and fhewy, and continue blow- _ 
ing a long while in fucceffion (from July to O&ober) we | 
fearcely know a more defirable plant for the open border of a 
garden that is fpacious; the flowers indeed, as in moft of the 
plants of this genus, open in the evening, and appear in their 
greateft beauty when thofe of other plants are either fallen to _ 
the ground, withered by the heat of the day, or folded in 
the arms of fleep. 2 es .~ 
It is an annual of ready growth, and very produétive of feed, 
fome of which ripen early ; thefe are to be fown in the open 
border, where the plant is intended to flower, in March or the 
beginning of April; as a fingle plant will be fufficient for one 
{pot, one feedling only need be left; care muft be taken to put 
a flick to it early of about four feet in length, to. which its 
-branches muft be'carefully tied, when about a foot long, and 
this is all that is neceffary to be done ; by this means the plant 
is not only preferved from the effe@s of violent winds, but — 
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appears to much greater advantage. 
= Ait. Kew. 
