OenotJiera, Epilohium. 163 



terminalibns, spicatis, sessilibus; petalis stamina adscen- 

 denti-erecta superantibus, tubo calycino fere dimidio bre- 

 yioribusj stig^matc quadripartito; capsulis oblongo-sub- 

 cylindraceis, obsolete tetrag^onis, sessilibus, pilosis. 



Onagfra biennis Scop. Cam. 1. 269. Lam. Gall. 3. 478. 

 Gaertn. Fruct. 1. 160. t. 32. /. 1 . 



In ruderatis, agris, ad vias, sepes caet. fre- 

 quens. Floret Junio, Julio. (Yirgpiniae iudi- 

 gena.) cf 



Flores pallide sulphurei, Tcspere aperti, suaveolen- 

 tes. Tubus calycinus intus, basim versus, substantia car- 

 nosa melleo-lutea vestitus. Semina biserialia, irregula- 

 riter angulata, laevia, ferruginea. Integumentum exte- 

 rius crassiusculum, spong-iosum; interius tenuissime mem- 

 branacenm. £mbryo rectus. Radicnla hilum spectans. 



Epilobium Linn. 



Calyx superus, quadripartitus, tubo bre\T vel nuUo, 

 regularis, deciduus. Petala 4, calyci inserta. Stamina 8, 

 ibidcm inserta. Antherae oblonjjae, dorso affixae. Ova- 

 rium infcrum, quadriloculare; ovula crebra, adscendentia, 

 apice comosa. Stylus 1. Stig-ma quadridivisum; laciniis 

 interdum cohaerentibus. Capsula linearis, tetragona, nuda, 

 quadrilocularis, quadrivalvis, polysperma; valvis medio 

 septiferis. Semina subobovato-oblong-a, utrinque obtusa, 

 externe convexa, interne concava, carina prominula per- 

 ducta ibiquc per basim placentae cenlrali serius liberac 

 afQxa, apice comosa. Integ^umentum duplex; exterius co- 

 riaceum, interius membranaceum , utrumque tcnue. Em- 

 bryo exalbuminosus, rectus. Radicula hilum spectans. 

 Herbae plerumque perennes. Folia sparsa vel opposita, 

 iniegra. Flores axillares solilarii vel terminales race- 

 mosi, in racemis allerni et unibracteati, purpureif rosei vel 



