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(ENOTHERA* decumbens. 

 Decmiibent Furple (Enothera. 



OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Onagrari^. 

 (ENOTHERA. — Supr^, vol. 2. fol. 147. 



(E. decumbens ; caule ascendente piloso, foliis ovato - lanceolatis glaucis 

 pubescentibus, petalis calyce paulo longioribus, capsulis teretibus sub- 

 quadratis tomentosis, stigmatis lobis crassis reflexis. 

 CE. decumbens. Douglas in hot. mag. fol. 2889. 



Caulis anniius, ascendens, pilosus, pallidus, pedalis v. sesquipedalis, 

 ramosus. Folia ovato-lanceolata, pubescentia, glauca, integerrima. Flores 

 scepiiLs foliis breviores ; petala purpurea, calyce paulo longiora ; stigma 

 crassum, purpureum, quasi capitatum, ob lobos refexos. Capsula teres, sub- 

 quadrata, non sulcata, tomentosa. 



Like the last, this pretty species has been procured for 

 our Gardens by the exertion of Mr. Douglas, who found it 

 in dry soils, among mountain valleys, in Northern California. 

 It flowered for the first time in the Garden of the Horticul- 

 tural Society in the autumn of 1827 : our drawing was 

 made there in September 1828. 



A hardy annual, growing readily in common garden 

 soil, and flowering during August and September. If cul- 

 tivated in a patch in a large garden pot, and in poor soil, 

 so that their over-luxuriance is checked, both this and all 

 its purple-flowered brethren, such as quadriviihiera, pur- 

 purea, Romanzovii , vhninea, Lindleyana, &c. produce their 

 blossoms in much greater perfection than in the open 

 border ; but they cease flowering sooner. 



Stem annual, ascending, hairy, pale, about a foot or a 



* See fol. 1142. 



