ONAGRACEAE. 



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1. Hartmannia rosea (Ait.) 

 G. Don. ROSY PRIMROSE. (Fig. 

 290.) Stems slender, puberulent, 

 erect or ascending, 8'-2 tall, 

 branched at the base or through- 

 out; basal leaves with oblanceo- 

 late blades 1V-2' long; stem- 

 leaves often numerous, ovate-lan- 

 ceolate or oblong, -J'-2' long, ob- 

 tuse or acute, entire or distantly 

 toothed, the lower ones sometimes 

 pinnatifid at the base; spikes 

 much interrupted, with leaf-like 

 bracts; calyx 3"-4i" long; petals 

 purple or rose, suborbicular, 4"- 

 6-i" long, entire ; capsules club- 

 shaped, the body 2"-5" long, 

 the angles winged, the faces 

 prominently ridged, the pedicel- 

 like base usually longer than the 

 body. [Oenotliera rosea Ait.] 



Fields, roadsides and waste 

 grounds. Introduced. South-central 

 United States to South America. 

 Flowers from spring to autumn. 

 Erroneously recorded by Rein as 

 Gaura coccinea Pursh. a very differ- 

 ent plant of central North America, 

 and his error copied by subsequent 

 authors. 



2. Hartmannia speciosa 



(Nutt.) Small. SHOWY PRIMROSE. 

 (Fig. 291.) Erect, ascending or 

 decumbent, branched, l-3 high, 

 puberulent or finely pubescent. 

 Stem-leaves lanceolate or linear- 

 lanceolate, acutish, sinuate or pin- 

 natifid, 2 '-3' long; basal leaves 

 oval or oval-lanceolate, repand or 

 pinnatifid at the base ; flowers 

 white or pink, l$'-3' broad ; petals 

 emarginate; calyx-lobes ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, about 1' long, acuminate; 

 capsule strongly 4-ribbed, 4-winged, 

 pubescent, 6"-9" long. [Oenothera 

 speciosa Nutt.] 



Fields and waste grounds. In- 

 troduced. Native of the southern 

 United States and Mexico. Flowers 

 freely in spring. 



Species of Fuchsia, tropical American, are grown in flower-gardens, but 

 these plants have not attained great luxuriance in Bermuda. 



