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~OrnorHeRA ANOMALA. ANOMALOUS. . 
Ome tHe Re a 
Ocranpria Monocyn 
Generic Charaer. 
ad Calyx 4-fidust Petala 4. Capfula columnaris, infera, 4-locus 
Jaris.  Semina nuda, angulola, fungofas = sg 
| Specific Charaéter. 
OENOTHERA axomala caule fruticofo, foliis ovato-lanceo» - 
latis dentatis, floribus Oenothere, fruétibus — 
Gaure.. oa wie ee 
Seeds of the prefent plant, a native of South-Amer 
fent by Profeflor Orreca, of Madrid, to the March : 
of Bure, in the year 1795, by the name of Gaura mutabilis: | 
her Ladyfhip moft obligingly communicated to us a part Cs 
thofe, and many other rare and curious’ plants from the fame _ 
country, which in due time will appear in this work. er 
_ The plants which we raifed from feed, being fet in the open ~ 
ground, perifhed by the feverity of the winter 1 796-75 one 
taifed from a cutting and kept in the greenhoule was preferved, — 
and now forms a fhrub about two feet high, a peculiarity not 
to be met with either in the Oenothera or Gaura tribes* ; but 
‘this is not the only peculiarity obfervable in this plant; its — 
fru@tification affords charaéters highly eccentric; the bloffom- 
is, to all appearance, that of an Oenothera, differing merely in 
the form of its petals, which, when expanded, give to the flower — 
@ peculiar fquarenefs.; the feed veffel correfponds equally well 
with that of a Gaura, containing merely a few more feeds ; in 
the time and manner of the flowers expanding it agrees with 
’ 
| * The Ocnothera fruticoa, notwithtanding its name, not being fhrubby in 
the Open ground ; perhaps it might be fo in the greenhoufe, where flowering f 
catlier, ‘it might prove a valuable acquifition.. ee ee 
