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lENOTHERA humifusa. 



Pencilled Evenhig Primrose. 



Nut. Ord. OXAGRACE.E. 



(E MOTHER A. -Stqjra, vol.-l.foL 147. 



NL'V\ YORK 

 SOTAMCAL 



CE. humifusa ; tota villosa, caulibus prostratis, foliis ex ovata basi angustis ac\J- 

 minatis dentatis, spicis foliosis termlnalibus, calycis tubogracili ovario duplo 

 longiore, petalis bilobis venosis staminibus longioribus, stigmatis lobis bic- 

 vibus cruciatis, capsulis prismaticis. 



CE. humifusa. Nutt. (jen. amer. 245. 



G^. concinna. Don in Brit. Fl. Gard. n.s. t. 183. 



Boisduvalia concinna. Spach in Ann. des sc. ser. 2. 4. 161. 



Annua, cinerascens, undique pube brevi patente vestita. Caules pro- 

 cumhentes, subsimpliciter ramosi, pallide virides. Folia sessilia, basi ovata, 

 angusta, acuminata, paululum recurva, dentata ; supenora bractescentia in' 

 tegriora. Tubus calycis sanguineus, gracilis, limbo ovarioque duplo longior ,- 

 limbus 4-partitus viridis. Petala obcordata, venosa, diurna, S7ib sole pallida, 

 in umbra amcene rosea. Stamina omnia fertilia, alterna breviora. Stylus 

 filiformis staminibus longior, decolor ; stigma breviter quadrilobum, Seniina 

 oblonga., fusco-olivacea, glabra, subangulata ; testa Icevi tenui. 



A pretty little hardy annual, for a specimen of which I 

 am indebted to the kindness of Mrs. Marryat, who origin- 



cNi ally received the seeds from Mr. Lambert. In the Garden 

 at Wimbledon it creeps close to the ground, forming a plant 



t^ a foot in diameter, and shedding its seeds very freely. 



cu ... 



=3 According to Professor Don this is a Chilian plant, m- 



troduced by Mr. Cuming. But I do not find any thing 

 like it among the rich Chilian Herbaria collected by Cum- 

 ing, Macrae, Mathews, Bridges, and others ; Mr. Cruck- 

 shanks, who is so well acquainted with the Chilian flora, is 



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