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- GEnoTuera TRILOBA. DANDELION-LEAVED 
EVENING-PRIMROSE. : 
SHEHIE HE beskokokaksoleae 
Class and Order. 
OctTanpria Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 4-fidus, tubulosus. Petala 4, calyci inserta. Caps 
+locularis, 4-valvis, cylindrica, infera. Sem. nuda, 
Specific Character and Synonyms. — 
Exoruera triloba; subacaulis, foliis glabris runcinatis, 
petalis subtrilobis capsulis sessilibus, coronatis quadri- 
alatis: alis uni-dentatis. ‘s = ae 
OTHERA triloba; acaulis, foliis interrupte pinnati 
dentatis elabris, petalis apice trilobis, capsulis, qua 
alatis magnis. Barton Flora of N. Amer. 49 . ex Nui 
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Descr. Root annual or biennial. Leaves all radical, 
nooth, unequally and pinnatifidly incised, with theterminal 
lobe igs, ainidelate ovate boothel very like those of the 
Dandelion. Flowers yellow ; at first sessile at the crown of 
° root, but, under cultivation, after the flowers are over, 
the stem rises to about two inches in length, bearing alter- 
ite, sessile capsules. Tube of the Calyx about two inches 
ms : limb lanceolate, folded back. ‘Petals approaching 
. Orbicular, overlapping, undulate, crenulate, mucronate 
yt @ small middle lobule, giving them somewhat of a 
th lobed appearance. Filaments shorter by half than 
tha als: Anthers versatile, oblong. le alittle longer 
the stamens, declined: Stigma A-cleft, segments 
leaflere §°_.Capsule ovate, crowned with four spreading 
kh ets, 4-winged, each wing having one tooth about the 
iddle, Pointing downwards, four-celled. Seeds many, 
t three cornered. in 
