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CENOTHERA FRASERI. FRASER’S EVENING 
PRIMROSE. 
SER RIESE EI BE 
Clafs and Order. 
OcTAN priA MonocyNiA. 
Generic Charaéter. 
Cal. 4-fidus, tubulofus. Petala 4. Cap/. 4-locularis, 4-valvis, 
cylindrica, infera, Sem, nuda. 
Specific Charatver and Synonyms, 
CENOTHERA Frofri; glabriufcula, caule inferne fimplici 
fuperne ramulofo, foliis ovatis petiolatis glandulofo denti- 
culatis, racemis foliofis, capfulis pedicellatis obovatis tetra- 
gonis. Purfb Fl, Amer. Sept. 734. Suppl. 
CEnotuera Fraferi in many refpeéts refembles fruticofa 
(fupra No. 332) but when carefully examined is fufficiently 
diftin@ : the moft important chara€ter, however, is the form of 
the capfule, which in the prefent plant is four-cornered, while 
in fruticofa it is multangular. Mr. Purss, in confequence of 
this fpecies, has propofed the following alteration in the fpecific 
charaéter of the latter: CENoTHERA frulicofa ; tenuiter pubelcens, 
caule a bafi ramofo divaricato, foliis feflilibus lanceolatis fub- 
dentatis acutis, capfulis pedicellatis oblongo-clavatis angulatis. 
CEnotuera Fraferi is anative of North-America, where it 
was firft colle€ted by Mr. Joun Fraser, in the year 1808, 
and foon after introduced into this country. It is a hardy per- 
ennial. Propagated by feeds or parting its roots. Drawn at the 
North-American Nurfery, Sloane-Square. 
The fpecific name was given by Mr. Pursn, in honour of 
the difcoverer, who travelled with his late father in North- 
America in fearch of plants. To thefe laborious colle€étors 
the Botanical Magazine has frequently been indebted for the 
opportunity of publifhing new and rare plants. To their in- 
— duftry, indeed, ought to be attributed the acquifition of many 
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