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"Two or three feet high, divergently l)ranched, tl»e 

 branches ascending. Leaves linear, elongated, 2-4-in. long, H 

 -4-lines wide, acute ; flowers solitary in the axils of the 

 upper leaves or bracts, yellow ; sepals ovate-lanceolate acute, 

 narrower than those of L. alternifolia ; branches and both 

 sides of the leaves somewhat pul)esent. Petals a]ii)arently 

 I'cniaining on the plant longer than those of i.. alternifolia, 

 which, as Dr. Millsi>augh observes, commonly fall away when 

 tlic plant is shocked." 



'■Appearing very distinct from typical L. alternifolia, 

 but i)resumal)ly but a variety of it. From the description it 

 ]nay be the Rhexin linedrifolia, Poir, in Lam. Encycl. vi. 2, 

 said to come from Carolina." 



Ij palustris (L.), Ell. 



Sandv soil. Favette : in a Sand bar in New river near 

 Xuttallburg— L. W. N." 



OENOTHERA, L. 



Oe. biennis, L. Evening Primrose. L. W. X., ^\. S: (>. 



Frequent or common, throughout the State. 



V(ir. grandiflora (Ait.), Lindl. 



Frequent. Kandolph : Cricard, P. 0. ; Point Moun- 

 tain. Wood: near Kanawha Station. Preston: near Tun- 

 nellton ; near Terra Alta. Greenbrier : near White Sulphur 

 Springs. Hardy : near Mooretield — G. 



Oe. pumila. L. 



Dry tields. freijuent tliroughout the Stale, espeeially in 

 the nortliern section. Hardv : near Mo(»vetield — < i. 



Oe. fruticosa, L. Sun-dro[)s. "Wild Ik'ct." M. c\: (f. 



Common in most soils, and in cultivated tit'lds as a 



weed. Summers: near Talcott and Lowell. Afarion : near 



Worthington. Gilmer: neai' Glenville— V. ]\L Fayette: 



near Xuttallburg— L. W. X. 



Vnr. linearis (Michx.), Watson. 



Dam}) ])laees. Wood: near Kanawha Station. Wirt: 

 near Elizabeth. Calhoun: near Grantsville. Gilmei- : near 

 Glenville — \'. M. rpshur: neai' Ihiekhannon. 



V(ir. differta. (.'I'owded Sun-drops. 



Damj) meadows. Wood: near Loekharts Pun. the 

 most common form. 



Stems l-"2-ft. high, nearly smooth, luaricliing ditfuseiy 

 from every axil. Flowers profuse, large, f.owei- leaves 



