156 FOUNDATIONS OF BOTANY 
70. G@NOTHERACEZ. EveninG PRIMROSE FAMILY. 
Herbs, rarely shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite or alternate, 
without stipules. Flowers regular. Calyx-tube adnate to 
the ovary, its margin 2-4-lobed. Petals 2-4, rarely wanting, 
perigynous, quickly falling off. Stamens 1-8. Ovary usually 
4-celled; style thread-like ; stigma entire or 4-lobed ; ovules 
1 or more in the inner angle of each cell. Fruit a capsule, 
berry, or stone-fruit. Seeds 1 or more, smooth or hairy. 
I. CNOTHERA, L. 
Herbs, rarely shrubby. Leaves alternate. Flowers large, 
yellow, red, or purple. Calyx-tube 4-angled. Petals 4. 
Stamens 8. Capsule usually 4-celled, many-seeded. 
1. @&. fruticosa, L. Sunprops. Biennial or perennial. Stem 
erect, often rather stout, 1-3 ft. high, downy or sometimes smooth. 
Leaves lance-oblong, or in one variety linear or nearly so, usually 
minutely toothed. Racemes often corymbed. Flowers open in 
the daytime, showy, yellow, 1-2 in. in diameter. Pod nearly sessile, 
ellipsoidal, with prominent ribs and strong wings. Dry soil, common. 
2. &. pumila, L. Smartt Sunproprs. Much like the preceding, 
but smaller. Leaves oblanceolate or oblong, entire. Flowers 3-1 in. 
in diameter. Pod club-shaped. In dry soil. 
Il. FUCHSIA, L. 
Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves opposite or 3 in a whorl. | 
Flowers showy. Calyx colored, tubular-funnel-shaped, the 
tube extending much beyond the ovary, the margin 4-lobed. 
Petals 4, borne in the throat of the calyx. Stamens 8, pro- 
jecting outside the corolla. Capsule berry-like, ellipsoidal, 
4-angled. 
1. F. macrostemma, Ruiz and Pay. Common FucusiaA, LADIES’ 
Earprop. Smooth. Leaves slender-petioled, toothed. Flowers on 
long, drooping peduncles from the axils of the leaves. Calyx-tube 
oblong or a short cylinder, not as long as its spreading lobes. Petals 
obovate and notched, wrapped spirally around the projecting fila- 
