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 Oenothera Pumila. Dwarf Oenothera. 



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OCTANDRIA MONOGYNJA. 



Generic Char after. 

 CjI. 4-fidus. Petala 4. CV/$/. cylindrica infera. J"<fw. nuda. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



OENOTHERA ■pumila foliis lance ol at is obtufts glabris fub- 

 pettolaus, caulibus proftratis, capfulis acut- 

 angulis. Linn. Svjl. Vegetal', cd. 14. Murr. 

 p. 358. Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 4. 



OENOTHE.RA foliis radicalibus ovatis caulinis lanceolatis 

 obtufis, capfulis ovatis obtufis. Mill. Ic. 

 t. 188. 



LYSIMACHIA filiquofa glabra minor mariana anguftioribus 

 foliis. Pink. Mant. 123. 



From all the fpecics of Oenothera with yellow flowers 

 hitherto introduced to this country, the prefent one is di(- 

 tinguifhed by the inferiority of its fize ; in its molt luxuriant 

 ftate it rarely exceeds a foot in height, and as it commonly 

 grows it is far more humble: from a perennial root it fends 

 out many flowering (terns, which are productive of bloffoms 

 in regular fucceffion from April to July: thefe are open in the 

 morning as well as in the evening, which renders the plant 

 more ornamental and defirable : for the border of a (mall 

 garden, or for rock-work, it is extremely fuitable, if not fo 

 fhewy as fome others j it is very hardy, of ready growth, not 

 apt to encroach, flowers during molt of the dimmer months, 

 and is readily propagated by feeds, cuttings, or dividing or 

 the roots in autumn. 



Is a native of North-America, and was cultivated here by 

 Mr. Millf.r in 1757. Ait. Kew. 



The (talks cannot be confidered as proftrate, though 

 Linn/eus defcribes them as fuch ; adjeendentibus would be a 

 more appropriate term. 



