1220 



(ENOTHERA* viminea. 



Lo7ig-branched (Enothera. 



OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Onagrari^. 

 (ENOTHERA.— Supra, vol. 2. fol. 147. 



CE. viminea ; caule suberecto virgato glabro, foliis lineari-lanceolatis glaucis, 

 petalis calyce duplo longioribus, capsulis teretibus sulcatis pubescentibus. 



CE, viminea. Doitglas in hot. mag. fol. 2873. 



Caules anmd, subcrecti, virgati, 3-pedales, basi lignescentes, purpurei, 



glabri, Jiexuosi. Folia glabra, lineari-lanceolata, glauca, subandulata. 



Flores magni, purpureo-carnei, diurni. Petala cuneata, erosa, calyce duplo 



ad minimum longiora. Stigma crassum, purpureum, A-lobum, lohis patenti- 



bus. Capsula pubescens, teres, sulcata. 



Found by Mr. Douglas near the Aguilar, a river in the 

 northern part of California, in latitude 43" north. It grows 

 commonly in dry prairies, flowering in dry situations in 

 April ; but in low, overflowed grounds all the summer. It 

 is a sort of woody annual, of great beauty, and perfectly 

 hardy. 



Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticul- 

 tural Society in September 1828. 



Stems annual, somewhat erect, rod-like, about 3 feet 

 high, smooth, purple, wavy, becoming woody at the base. 

 Leaves smooth, linear - lanceolate, glaucous, somewhat 

 wavy. Flowers large, pinkish-purple, opening during the 

 day. Petals wedge-shaped, eroded, twice, at the least, as 

 long as the calyx. Stigma thick, purple, 4-lobed ; lobes 

 spreading. Capsule pubescent, taper, furrowed. 



J. L. 



* See fol. 1142. 



