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LV. ONAGRACEtE. CLARirrA, 



4 CE cHRYSANTHA. Michx. Golden Evening Primrose. 



St ascending, slender ; fis. small, crowded, spicate ; calyx tube equal ia 

 length to the ovary, longer than the segments ; pet. broadly obovate, emarginate, 

 lonler than the stamens; caps, smooth, pedicellate, clavate, the alternate angles 

 sli-htly winged.— @) Western N. Y. to Mich. Stem 12—18' long, purple. 

 Leaves lanceolate, obtuse, attenuate at ba^e, denticulate, radical ones spatulate. 

 Flowers 5" diam., orange-yellow. Jn. Jl. 



5. CE. LINEARIS. Michx. 



St slender often decumbent at base, much branched ; Ivs. linear-lancen- 

 )ate obtuse, somewhat denticulate ; p. large, in terminal corymbs j calyx tube 

 longer than the ovary; pet. longer than the slaraens; caps, canescent, with 

 slightly winged angles, tapering at base.-7^ Montauk Point, L. I. Fmrey icr 

 FlSr. 1 and La., rare. Stem 1— 2f high. Flowers yellow, 1' diam. Capsules 

 obovoid, tapering to a slender pedicel. May— Jl. 



6. CE. SINUATA. , t, ^ 



- St pubescent, diffusely branched or subsimple, assurgent ; Ivs. pubescent, 

 oblong-oval sinuate-dentate or incised ;/5. axillary, solitary, sessile; c«i. vil- 

 lous, the tube longer than the ovary ; caps, prismatic.—® Fields, N. J. to La. 

 Stems a— 8' high. Leaves often pinnatifid. Flowers about ¥ diam., terminal, 



^^0^mi7iima. Nutt. (CE. minima. PA.) Low, simple, 1-flowered; hs. nearly 

 entire. — Pine barrens, N. J., &c. 



7. CE. sPECiosA. Nutt.— Minutely pubescent, mostly erect and branched ^ 

 Ivs lanceolate, attenuate at base, lower ones petiolate ; p. large, in a long, 

 loose spike; cali/z tube longer than the ovary; caps, obovoid-clavate, pedicel- 

 late, ol From Ark. and Tex. Stem 2— 3f high. Flowers white or rose-colored, 

 fragrant, f 



8. CE. RIPAKIA. Nutt. 



Nearly smooth ; si. erect and virgately branched; Ivs. Imear-lanccolate, 

 obscurely and remotely denticulate, somewhat petiolate; p. in a long raceme; 

 calyx tube much longer than the ovary ; caps, oblong-ovoid, 8-groovcd ; valves 

 dorsally ridged.— Swamps, auaker Bridge, N. J., &c. Stem 2— 3f high, slen- 

 der, and often with virgate branches. Leaves 2—4' by 2—4", almost entire, 

 thick, obtuse. Flowers UJ diam., yellow, scentless. 



9. CE. MissouRiENsis. Sims. 



Simple, decumbent; Ivs. coriaceous, lanceolate, acute, or short-acumi- 

 nate petiolate, subentire, downy-canescent when young; p. very large, axilla- 

 ry; calyx tube 3 or 4 times longer than the ovary; caps, very large, oval, de- 

 pressed with 4 winged margins.— Dry hills. Mo. ! Remarkable for the mag- 

 nitude of its flowers and fruit. Petals yellow, 2—3' long. Calyx tube 4—7' 

 long ! Capsule 2' long. Seeds large, crested, in one row in each cell. JL— Oct. f 



3. CLARKIA. Ph. 



Ill lionor of Gen. Clark, the companion of Lewis across the Rooky Moimlainj. 



Calyx (deciduous) tube slightly prolonged beyond the ovary, limb 

 4-parted ; petals 4, unguiculate, 3-lobed or entire, claws with 2 mi- 

 nu^u teeth ; stamens 8; style 1, filiform; stigma 4-lobed ; capsule 

 largest at base, 4-celled, 4-valYed, many seeded. — Annual herbs {from 

 Oregon ami California) with showy, axillary flowers. 



1. C. pui.cHELLA. Ph. Beautiful Clarlcia. Dvs.. linear-lanceolate; pet. 

 "'large, broadly cuneiform, tapering into a slender claw, with 2 reflexed teetli, 



limb with 3 spreading lobes; nlkrnate sta. abortive; caps, pedicellate.— Gar- 

 dens. A handsome annual, with lilac-purple or white flowers, of easy culture, -f 



2. C. ELEGANS. Lindl. Elegant Clarkia.—Lvs. ovate-lanceolaie, denticu- 

 late, on short petioles; pet. undivided, rhombic or triangular-ovate, with a 

 toothless claw ; sta. all fertile, with a hairy scale at the base of each ; stig. 

 liairy ; caps, subsessile, hairy.— Gardens. Flowers smaller than in the last. Pe- 

 tals and stisma purple. Hairs at base of stamens red. f 



