(ENOTHE'RA MACROCAR'PA. 



LARGE-FRUITED EVENING PRIMROSE. 



Class. Order. 



OCTANDR1A. WOXOGYNIA. 



Natural Order. 



ONAGRARIjE. 



No. 41. 



(Enothera, from the Greek, explained under 

 CEnothera pumila, No. 35. Macrocarpa is also of 

 Greek extraction, signifying large-fruited. 



Nearly the whole of the genus (Enothera, or 

 Evening Primrose, a name by which some of the 

 species are so familiar to us, arc- extremely orna- 

 mental plants. They have obtained the latter 

 well-known appellation from the circumstance of 

 their flowers expanding in the evening; though 

 this peculiarity does not equally apply to all the 

 individuals of the genus. 



The species Macrocarpa has been considered 

 synonymous with Missourensis. 



It is easily propagated by cuttings, which may 

 be planted in pots, and placed in a hotbed, or un- 

 der a hand glass, till they have struck root; they 

 will there be convenient for removing into warm 

 parts of the flower border, or to place in a cold 

 frame for more effective winter protection. 



It should be planted in a situation that is fa- 

 vourable to its trailing on the ground, unless con- 

 siderable attention can be paid to the support of 

 its succulent stems. 



Bot. Mag. 1. 1592. 



