3»0 OCTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. ttNOTHERA. 



ceme few-flowered, naked ; capsules subsessile, oblong and 

 quadrangular. J\futt. Gen. I. p. 247. 



Stem 6 — 8 inches high. Flowers bright yellow. 



Hab. In dry woods. Maryland. Dr. IV. Bar t on. -f 



I have specimens of an CEnothera in my Herbarium agree- 

 ing exactly with Mr. Mutt all's description, but they ap- 

 pear to be scarcely mere than a variety of (E./ruticosa. 



8. (E. pumila L. : smooth; stenri ascending ; leaves Ian' 

 ceolate, very entire, obtuse ; capsule subsessile, elliptical- 

 obovate, angular. Willd. S.ppx. IK p. 310. Bot. Mag. 

 355. Mill, diet, i. \ZZ. P ur s h Fl. L p. 262. Big. 

 Bost. p. 91. Elliott Sk. I. p. 444. 



Moot perennial. S(em simple, oblique at the base, about a span 

 high, terete, slightly hairy. Leaves about an inch long, lan- 

 ceolate or linear-oblong, with a pubescent margin or midribs 

 Flowers small, in a terminal raceme. Segments of the calyx 

 lanceolate, nearly as long as the tube. Petals obcordate„ 

 Stamens shorter than the corolla. Cafisule closely sessile, 

 acutely quadrangular, with smaller intermediate angles 



Hab. In dry fields ; rare near New-York. Near Boston, 

 Big e low. Williamstown, Massachusetts. Dewey. 



9. CE. chrysantha Mich.: stem slender, pubescent ; 

 leaves lanceolate, rather obtuse, flat, entire ; segments of the 

 calyx as long again as the tube ; capsule clavate, sessile, 

 acutely angular. Mich. FL I. p. 225. Pursh FLl.^. 

 £63. Elliott S/t. I. p. 444. 



Stem about a foot high. Flowers small. Petals bright yellow. 



Mich. 

 Hab. On the mountains of Pennsylvania. Pur ah. 

 Scarcely distinct from the preceding species. 



10. (E. pusilla Mich*: subpubescent ; stem nearly 

 simple ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, somewhat obtuse, entire ; 

 flowers axillary at the summit; capsules sessile, clavate-tur- 

 binate, almost equally 8-angled. Mich. Fl. 1. p. 225. 

 P ur s h Fl. 1. p. 263. CE. canadensis G o I die in Edin. 

 Phil. Jour. YI. p. 325? 



Stem 4—6 inches high, erect. Cafisule appearing 8-angled, or 

 deeply 8-sulcate by the prominent midrib on each side. Mi c h. 

 Hab. On the high mountains of Pennsylvania. Pursh. 



268. GAURA. L. 



Calyx 4-cleft, tubular. Corolla 4-petallecl, ascend- 

 ing. Nut quadrangular, 1-seeded. Gen. pi. 638 



