C 1593 ] 



oenothera cvespitosa. matted 

 Evening Primrose. 



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Clafs and Order. 



OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 



Generic Charatler. 



Cat. 4-fidus, tubulofus. Petala 4. Cap/. 4-IocuIaris, 4-valvis, 

 infera. Sent, nuda. 



Specific Charatler, 



CENOTHERA c<efpitofa; acaulis, foliis lanceolatis incifo* 

 dentatis, capfulis feffilibus, calycis tubo longifhrrjo, petalis 

 bilobis diftantibus. 



At firft fight, this fpecies appears to have a near affinity with 

 CEnothera tetraptera (No. 468). The flowers, as in that, are 

 perfectly white on their firft expanfion, and change in fading to a 

 purplifh red. But the germens in this are feflile, not obovate, and 

 nearly cylindrical, with fmall undulated wings at the four angles ; 

 the tube of the calyx is three times longer than the petals, 

 refembling in this refpecl longifiora, No. 365. Root perennial. 



In the evening CEnothera aefpitofa is a beautiful flower, 

 and agreeably fcented. Native of Upper Louifiana in North- 

 America : difcovered we believe by Mr. Nuttall. Our 

 drawing was taken from a plant communicated by Meflrs. 

 Fraser, of the Sloane-Square Nurfery. Flowers in June. 

 Has not, we believe, been defcribed before. 



