1784 



*EUT6CA div^ricata. 



Straggling Eutoca. 



PENT AND RI A UONOGY^IA. 



Nat. ord. Hydrophylleje, R. Br. {Introduction to tfw Natural 

 System of Botany, p. 244.) 



EUTOCA.— Snpra,foL 1180. 



E. divaricafa, ; caulibus dichotomo-divaricatis, foliis omnibus ovatis indivlsis, 

 placentis 1 2-20-ovulatis. Bentham in Trans. Linn. soc. vol. 17. p. 278. 



Anmia. Caulis decumbens, fragilis, pilosus. Folia indivisn, pilosa, 

 petiolata, oblonga, obtusa. Pedimculi axillares, foliis longiores. Corolla 

 calyceparuyn longior, subcampanulata limbo piano ; plicis decern tubi squn- 

 mularum loco. Stamina exserta. Ovarium ovatum, kispidum ; stylo filiformi 

 hispido, apice furcato. Capsula calyce acuto inclvsa, ovata, acuta, com- 

 pressa, pilis rigidis hispida ; unilocularis , bivalvis ; valvulis intus nitidis 

 medio jjlacentam corrugatam polyspermam gerentibus. Semina plurima 

 abortiva ; matnra ovalia, comprcssa, subtriangularia, scrobiculata ; embryone 

 tereti in axi albuminis cornei. 



A Californian annual of no great beauty, flowering in 

 May and June. Its seeds should be sown in August in a 

 situation neither overshaded, nor too much exposed to the 

 sun ; the young plants should not be allowed to stand nearer 

 than four or five inches, and they should be kept carefully 

 cleared of weeds ; if this is not attended to, the branches 

 wdll become so weak and brittle that they will not bear the 

 w-ater. Taking these precautions the flowers will be obtained 

 in the spring, before the summer heats set in, and the seeds 

 will ripen just when the season has become too dry to sustain 

 the vegetation of the species. 



The light violet blossoms are pretty in bouquets, but are 

 hardly of more than Botanical interest. 



See folio 1180. 



