ONAGRACEJE. (EVENING PRIMROSE FAMILY.) 137 
(rather large) somewhat corymbed at the end of the branches; pods 
obovate , hoary, scarcely 4-winged at the summit , tapering into a slender 
pedicel. — Montauk Point, Long Island. June. — Plant 1° high, 
bushy-branched : flowers 1' wide. 
6. CE. clirysautlia, Michx. (Low Golden Evening Prim¬ 
rose.) Slender, smooth or pubescent; leaves lanceolate, rather 
blunt; flowers crowded or at first corymbed; petals obovate , notched at 
the end ( orange-yellow ), longer than the stamens ; pods all pedicelled , 
oblong-club-shaped , scarcely wing-angled (g) ? — Banks, Oswego, New 
York, to Michigan. July.— Stem 12'- 15' high; flowers larger than 
in No. 7. 
7. <E. piimila, L. (Dwarf Evening Primrose.) Almost 
smooth, small; leaves lanceolate or oblanceolate, mostly obtuse; 
flowers in a loose and prolonged leafy raceme ; petals obcordate (pale 
yellow) scarcely longer than the stamens; pods almost sessile , oblong- 
club-shaped, scarcely wing-angled, (g) or IJ. ? — Dry fields, common 
northward. June. — Stems mostly simple, 5'-12'high: the corolla 
4' broad. 
3. C AIT It A, L. Gaura. 
Calyx-tube much prolonged beyond the ovary, deciduous ; the 
lobes 4 (rarely 3) reflexed. Petals clawed, unequal or turned to 
the upper side. Stamens mostly 8, often turned down, as also the 
long style. Stigma 4-lobed. Fruit hard and nut-like, 3-4-rib- 
bed or angled, indehiscent or nearly so, usually becoming 1-celled 
and nearly 1 - 4-seeded. Seeds naked. — Leaves alternate, ses¬ 
sile. Flowers rose-color or white, changing to reddish, in wand¬ 
like spikes or racemes; in our species quite small, so that the 
name, from yavpos, superb , does not appear very appropriate. 
1* O* bieilllis, L. Soft-hairy or downy; leaves oblong-lanceo¬ 
late , acute, denticulate; fruit oval or oblong, nearly sessile , ribbed. 
@—Dry banks, New York and westward. Aug. — Stem 3?-8° 
high, the flowers crowded. 
2. O. filipes, Spach. Nearly smooth; stem slender; leaves 
linear , mostly toothed, tapering at the base ; branches of the panicle 
very slender, naked; fruit obovate-club-shaped, 4-angled at the sum¬ 
mit, slender-pedicelled. — Open places, Ohio and westward. Aug. — 
Stem 2P - 4° high : flowers loose. 
4. Ll DWKil i, L. False Loosestrife. 
Calyx-tube not prolonged at all beyond the ovary ; the lobes 4, 
usually persistent. Petals 4, often small or wanting. Stamens 
12* 
