144 EVENING-PRIMROSE FAMILY. 



7. CENOTHERA, EVENING-PRIMROSE. (Name from Greek words 

 fur irini' and hunt; application oli-cnrr. ) Very many species, all originally 

 ^.meric in, a:i 1 ino-t of tin-Mi (Yoiii t'i,- (". S., especially from S. \V. and W. 

 The following arc the principal conirnoii ones, lioth wild and cult, for 

 ornament : rl. summer. ( I J D!'I-II-- rains loosdy coniu. t< -d b_. cobwebby threads, 

 strongly .'J-iobed. S I. >ns, p. 103, lig. 316. ) 



1. Stir/mas 4, long <m<l slender, spreading in th<- form f a cross : tube of the 



ruli/r tiri/nnd tin' onii'i] limy and mostly x/< iir'lrr. 



* YELLOW-FLOWERED KVI-:\IN';-I'IMMI:O-.I-:S. />i-<>/>< !>'/ an-rn/i,,!, tli<> flown 



ojii'iii/i'i (uxHiilli/ s'tddi nli/) in i'i-i-ni/1,/ t/r/'!i,//,f, ,ind ,',:,/ :i<i mrm] u'hen sun 

 s/iiin rrtnriix, oilnn/iis ; t/te yel/OW ]><tui.t <-<nitiu<inl<] c/lirurilttte. 



-- Stems elongated and lotfij : ]>i>d n/ln/drical or spimlli -shnjn d, sessile. (T) 



CE. bidnniS, COMMON 1C. Wild in open grounds, and the larje-flowercd 

 forms cult, fur ornament; erect, 2 - 5 high, hairy or smoothish, with lanee- 

 oblong leaves entire or obscurely toothrd, t lowers at length t'onniiiLT a terminal 

 leafy-bracted spike, and jtetals oliennlate. Runs into several varieties, of which 

 the largest anil tim-.-t now cultivated is 



Var. Lamarckiana, from S. \V., which is tall and stout, with corolla 

 3' -4' in diameter : the sudden opening at dusk very strikin-_ r . 



CE. rhombipetala. Wild on our western limits; more slender, hoarv, 

 l-3 high, the rather small flowers with rhombic ovate and ncnti' petals. 



CE. Drummondii, cult, from Texas; has it- stems .spreading on the 

 ground, and large (lowers, like those of the first, in the upper axils, the lance- 

 ovate leaves, &r. soft-dmviiv. 



CE. sinu^.ta. Wild from New Jersey S., in sandy ground ; low and 

 spreading, hairy, with lance-oblong sinuate or pinnatilid leaves, small (lowers 

 in their axils, pale yellow petals turning rose-color in fading, and .slender pods. 



- *- Stems afiurt and /ir'mtrute or scarcely any : pod short, 4-u'inyed. 



CE. triloba. Cult, from Arkansas: leaves pinnatilid and cut, like those 

 of Dandelion, .smooth, all in a tuft at the surface of the groin: 1, on i!ie short 

 crown, which in autumn is ero\vd"d with the almost wood,' pvramid il-o\ ate 

 narrowly 4-winged sessile pod>, I'orming a ma.-s .'i' - 5' in diameter; flowers 

 rather small, the slender tube of the calyx 4' - 5' long, its lobes about as long 

 as the obscurely 3-lobed or notched pale-yellow petals, which turn purplish in 

 fading. i) @ 



CE. MlSSOU.ri6nsis, the greener-leavi'd form also called (E. MACIIOCAUI- \. 

 Cult, from .Missouri and Texas; finely hoary or nearly smooth, with manv 

 short prostrati- stems 2'- 12' long from a thick woody root, crowded lanceolate 

 entire leaves, very large and showy flowers in their axils, opening before sun- 

 set ; the tube of the calyx somewhat enlarging upwards, fi'-7' long; the 

 bright-yellow corolla 4'- ('.' across ; pod with 4 very broad wings. 2/ 



* * WIIITIM-I.OWKI;I:I> I', v i.\ i \i;-I'i;i MI:. .SMS, i:si/u'/i/ tnmim/ rosr-i;>l,,nd in 

 fading, same of them <>/MIH'H<I in tin daytime : petals broadly obovate or ob- 

 cordate: flower-buds commonly nodding. 



CE. taraxicifblia (jirobably a variety of CE. ACAf-Lis), from Chili : rather 

 miry, at first, stemlos, at length forming |in>straie stems, with pinnatitid or 

 jiinnate leaves, after the manner of Dandelion (as the name denotes), and very 

 larue (lowers in the axils, tube of calyx :)'-4' long, corolla 3' - 5' across, and a 

 wooily obovate and sharply 4-aniJe,l sessile pod. 



CE. Speci6sa, Xutt.', of Arkansas and Texas, not hardy in cult. X. ; 

 pubescent, with erect and branching stems (',' - 20' hiv.li, lance .oblong cut-toothed 

 leaves, the lower mostly pinnatilid ; (lowers somewhat raeemed at the summit, 

 and opening in the daytime ; eaiyx-tnbe rather club-shaped and not much longer 

 than the ovary ; con ,ila .'i' - 4' across ; pod club-shaped. ^ 



((K. MA in: i N \ i \, a tufted mostly stemlos species, with lanceolate and often 



pi nntifid toothed Soft-hairj leaves, and |.eduneled ob|ong-cyliii<lrieal ronghish 



1'od.s. ; (II. TIMCIIOI AI.VX, soft-hairy, conspicuously MI on the calyx, with 



; !y obcordate petals. Ion _'-!! near pods with a thicker closely sessile'base and 



smooth seeds; CE. ALr.ir u i.is, with as l ending stems, smooth or slightly hoary, 



