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Oenothera Fruticosa. Shrubby 

 Oenothera, 



Clafs and Order. 



OcTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



Calyx 4-fidus. Petala 4. Capfula cylindrica infera. Semina 

 nuda. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



OENOTHERA fruticofa foliis lanceolatis fubdentatis, cap- 

 fulis pedicellatis acutangulis, racemo pedun- 

 culato. Linn. Syfi. Veget. ed. 14. Murr. 

 p. 358. Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 4. L'Herit. 

 Stir p. nov. t. 2. /. 5. 



OENOTHERA florum calyce monophyllo, hinc tantum 

 aperto. Gron. virg. 42. 



LYSIM ACHIA lutea caule rubente, foliis falicis alternis nigro 

 maculatis, flore fpeciofo amplo, vafculo 

 feminali eleganter ftriato infidente, Clayt. 

 n. 36. 



Mod of the Oenothera tribe are annual, have large yellow 

 flowers, which open once only, and that in the evening, 

 difplaying their beauty, and exhaling their fragrance at a time 

 which will not admit of their being much enjoyed ; the prefent 

 fpecies in fome refpefts deviates from many of the others, the 

 root is perennial, the flowers which are large and fhewy, though 

 they open in the evening, remain expanded during moft of the 

 enfuingday; the flower-buds, the germen, and the ftalk a re 

 enlivened by a richnefs of colour which contributes to render 

 this fpecies one of the moft ornamental and defirable of the 

 tribe. 



It is a hardy perennial, growing to the height of three or 

 four feet, with us altogether herbaceous, and therefore impro- 

 perly called fruticofa; a native of Virginia, flowering from 

 June to Auguft: was cultivated in 1739 by Mr. Miller. 



May be propagated by feeds, by parting of the roots, and 

 alfo by cuttings. 



