262 ’ LV: ONAGRACEZ, Epi.osium. 
possess no remarkable properties. Many genera are ornamental, and one, the well known Fuchsia, is so 
to a high degree. Tf ain 
To this order is appended the suborder Holoragea, consisting of aquatic herbs of a low grade, the 
flowers being imperfect or reduced to solitary parts or organs. ; 
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FIG. 45.—1. Flower of @nothera fruticosa. 2. Plan ofthe flower. 5. Section of the 4-celled capsule 
of G&. biennis. 5. Hippuris vulgaris ; 6, its flower, with 1 stamen, 1 ovary, 1 style. 4. Vertical section 
of its 1-seeded fruit. 7. Circa Lutetiana. 8. The flower enlarged. 9. Plan of the flower. 10. Vertical 
section of the 2-celled and 2-seeded fruit. 
Conspectus of the Genera. 
Pet. scarcely § Seeds comose. Epilobiwm. 1 
clawed ; Seeds naked. (Enothera. 2 
Claws unarmed. Gawra. 5 
§ Herbs. | Pet. clawed; ¢? Claws with 2teeth. Clarkia. 3 
Sta. 8; ( Beautiful green-house shrubs. . . Fuchsia. i 
5, seiewert Stamens 4; styles united intol. —— . 3 - Ludwigia. 6 
by 4s; (Flowers monecious ; aquatic ; leaves multifid. MH . Myriophyllum.9 
by 3s; flowers apetalous ; aquatic; leaves pectinate. : {ear .. 8 
‘ by 2s; flowers complete and regular; leaves dentate. . . . Circea. a 
Parts of fl. arrang’d { by 1s; flowers apetalous ; aquatic; leaves verticillate.. . .. Hi 10 
TrizE 1. ONAGRE XE. 
Flowers perfect, the parts arranged in 4s(rarely 3s); pollen connected by threads. 
yl. EPLLOBIUM. 
Gr. emt, upon, oBov, a pod, tov, a violet; i. e. a violet growing upon a pod. 
- Calyx tube not prolonged beyond the ovary, limb deeply 4-cleft, 4- 
parted and deciduous; petals 4; stamens 8, anthers fixed near the 
middle; stigma often with 4 spreading lobes; ovary and capsule 
linear, 4-cornered, 4-celled, 4-valved; seeds 00, comose, with a tuft 
of long hairs.—2.- 
1. E. ancustirotium. (E. spicatum. Lam.) Willow Herb. Rose-bay. 
St. simple, erect; dvs. scattered, lanceolate, subentire, with a marginal 
vein; rac. long, terminal, spicate; pet. unguiculate; sta. and sty. co 6 ae a 
with 4 linear, revolute lobes.—In newly cleared lands, low waste grounds, 
Penn. to Arctic Am. Stem 4—6f high, often branched above. Leaves sessile, 
smooth, 2—5’ long, } as wide, acuminate, with pellucid veins. Fiowers nume- 
rous and showy, all the parts colored, petals deep lilac-purple, ovary and sepals 
(5—6” long) pale glaucous-purple. Jl. Aug. 
8. canescens.—F lowers of a pure white in all their parts; ovaries silvery- 
canescent.—Danville, Vt. Miss M. L. Towle! 
2. E. cotoratum. Muhl. Colored Epilobum. 
St. subterete, puberulent, erect, very branching; lvs. mostly opposite, lan- 
ceolate, dent-serrulate, acute, subpetiolate, smooth, often with reddish veins; 
pet. small, 2-cleft at apex; cal. campanulate; s/y. included; stig. clavate; ovules 
in a single row.—Ditches and wet, shady grounds, British Am. to Ga. W. to 
Oregon. Stem 1—38f high, becoming very much branched. Leaves 2—4’ long, 
} as wide, with minute, white dots, upper ones alternate and sessile, lower on 
short petioles. Flowers numerous, axillary. Pedicels 1—2” in length, ovaries 
4—6”, capsules 20”, very slender. Petals rose-color, twice longer than the 
sepals. J].—Sept.—Scarcely distinct from the next. 
3. E. patustre. Marsh Epilobium. . 
St. terete, branching, somewhat hirsute; 7s. sessile, lanceolate, subden- 
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