31. 



(ENOTHERA MISSOURENSIS. 



Large-fruited Qj^nothera. 



OCTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 



Class 8. Order 1. 



CEnotheba : from OjvoSijctj or 0(vo9ijpa; of Theophrastus. 



Linn. gen. n. 469. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Cal. Perianth one-leafed, superior, deciduous : tube cylindrical, erect, 

 long, deciduous : border four-cleft ; the segments oblong, acute, 

 bent down. Cor. Petals four, obcordate, flat, inserted into the in- 

 terstices of the calyx. Stam. Filaments eight, awl-shaped, curved 

 inwards, inserted into the throat of the calyx, shorter than the co- 

 rolla. Anthers oblong, incumbent. Pist. Germ cylindrical, inferior. 

 Style filiform, the length of the stamens. Stigma four-cleft, thick, 

 blunt, reflex. Pei-. Capsule cylindrical, four-cornered, four-celled, 

 four-valved, with contrary partitions. Seeds very many, angular, 

 naked. Receptacle columnar, four-cornered : with the angles con- 

 tiguous to the margin of the partitions. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Leaves lanceolate, veined. Petals serrated. Capsule elliptic, angular. 



Stems branched, prostrate, and of a line purple ; the leaves 

 are seated close on the stem : the flowers appear at each 

 joint ; the petals are supported on a long tube somewhat re- 

 sembling longijlora ; calyx spotted ; the capsules are seated 

 close to the leaves. 



