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“CENoTuERA DECUMRENS. Decumeenr Smatt- 
FLOWERED Evening Primrose. 
Class and Order. | 
Ocranpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Onacraria. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 4-fidus tubulosus. Pet. 4 calyci inserta. Capsula 
4-locularis, 4-valvis, infera. Semina comosa. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
(Enornera decumbens ; caule pubescente basi decumbente, 
foliis lanceolatis glaucis, petalis calyce vix longioribus, 
stigmate globoso, capsula subcylindracea sulcata pu- 
_bescente. 
(xornera decumbens. Douglas MSS. 
Descr. Annual. Stem decumbent, especially below, 
waved, pubescent and much branched. Leaves nearly ses- 
Sile, alternate, lanceolate, glaucous, entire, or sometimes 
distantly and obscurely toothed towards the extremity. 
Flowers axillary, solitary, of a dark purple colour, small. 
alycine segments acuminate, glabrous. Petals broadly 
obovate, waved, and irregularly notched. Stamens eight ; 
four long and four short. Anthers oblong, white. Stgma 
deep purple, the four segments so much reflexed that the 
Whole appears globose : it terminates a slender, white style. 
about equal in length with the stamens. Capsule nearly an 
inch long, cylindrical, a little tapering upwards, furrowed, 
pubescent. 
This, as well as the species given at tab. 2873 of this 
Work, from the same country, is nearly related to G4. purpu- 
rea; but the present differs from it in its decumbent stem 
and lax, slender branches: in the capsule being less ss : 
