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(Enothera continued. 



FIG. 719. FLOWERING BRANCHLETS OF (1) (ENOTHERA ALBICAULIS, 

 AND (2) CENOTHERA CALIFORNICA. 



including a handsome lilac and crimson-flowered form known 

 as " The Bride." See Fig. 720. (B. R. 1856, under name of 

 Qodetia rubicunda.) 



FIG. 720. FLOWERING BRANCH OF OZNOTHERA AMOSNA 

 RUBICUNDA. 



OE. anisoloba (unequal-lobed). fl. white, becoming red as they 

 fade, large, with a very long tube ; petals imbricated, with crenu- 

 lated margins. May to October. I., radical ones elliptic, entire 

 or few-toothed ; middle ones elliptic, sharply toothed, segments 

 at base variable ; upper ones unequal, pinnatifld. Stem suffruti- 

 cose. h. 3ft. Chiloe, 1828. (B. R. 1479.) 



CEnothera continued. 



OE. biennis (biennial).* Common Evening Primrose, fl. pale 

 yellow, large, delicately fragrant, with broadly obcordate petals. 

 Summer and autumn. I., radical ones oblong-lanceolate, cauline 

 ones ovate-lanceolate, toothed, pubescent. Stem erect, branched. 

 h. 2ft. to 4ft. North America. Biennial. One of the commonest 

 species, of which the variety known as grandiflora, or La- 

 marckiana (see Fig. 721), has larger and finer flowers. 



FIG. 721. PORTION OF INFLORESCENCE AND LEAF OF CENOTHERA 

 BIENNIS LAMARCKIANA. 



OS. bifrons (two-faced), fl. yellow, large, handsome, sessile, 

 solitary, axillary ; petals roundish, much puckered. Autumn. 

 I. alternate, nearly glabrous, semi-amplexicaul ; lower ones ovate, 

 acuminate ; upper ones smaller. Stem nearly erect, green, often 

 tinged with purple, h. IJft. Texas, 1835. Biennial. (B. M. 



03. bistorta Veltohlana (twisted-fruited, Veitch's).* fl. soli- 

 tary in the axils of the leaves and bracts ; petals fuU yellow, with 

 small, deep, blood-coloured spots at base, spreading. Summer. 

 fr. liin. to 2in. long, twisting with maturity. I. rather distant ; 

 lower ones shortly petiolate, lanceolate ; upper ones broader and 

 sessile. Stems simple or branched, sub-decumbent. South Cali- 

 fornia. Annual. (B. M. 5078.) 



CE. caespitosa (tufted), fl., petals pinkish-white, large, pro- 

 foundly obcordate. June. I. lanceolate, inciso-dentate. h. 1ft. 

 North America, 1811. Plant almost stemless. (B. M. 1593.) 



O3. californica (Californian).* fl. varying from white to pale 

 pink, with yellowish centre, liin. to Sin. in diameter, opening 

 at night, very fragrant. July. Stems often 2ft. long, from an 

 elongated, horizontal rootstock. A near ally of CE. albicaulis. 

 See Fig. 719 (2). 



O3. cardiophylla (heart-leaved), fl. yellow, funnel-shaped, dis- 

 posed in loose terminal racemes ; tube about 2in. long ; limb lin. 

 across. 1. cordate, toothed. Stems 1ft. high. California, 1883. 



OS. choiranthifolia (Wallflower-leaved), fl. yellow, small, 

 sessile. July. I. sessile, spathulate, obtuse, almost entire, 

 villous. Stem much branched, a 

 Chili, 1823. Annual. (B. R. 1040.) 



OE. eximia (choice).* fl. white, 4in. in diameter, with very long 

 and slender calyx tubes. July. I. numerous, lanceolate, 

 pubescent. Root fusiform, h. 9in. to 12in. Rocky Mountains 

 of Upper California, 1870. A magnificent dwarf-growing species. 

 See Fig. 722. (B. M. 5828, under name of <E. marginata.) 



(E. fruticosa (shrubby), fl. deep yellow, large, with broadly 

 obcordate, erose petals ; racemes spicate, leafy, rather naked at 

 base. June to September. I. ovate-lanceolate, denticulated. 

 Stems erect, branched at the apex. h. 2ft. to 3ft. United States, 

 1737. (B. M. 332.) 



OS. L ambigua (ambiguous), fl. rather pale yellow, at first 

 corymbose, afterwards racemose, large for the size of the plant. 

 July. (B. M. 3545.) 



OS. glauca (glaucous).* fl. pale yellow, large, with obcordate, 

 erose petals. June to October. I. ovate, repandly toothed. 

 h. 1ft. to 2ft. United States, 1812. Plant quite glabrous, decum- 

 bent, glaucous. (B. M. 1606.) 



O3. g. Fraseri (Eraser's).* fl. yellow, with obcordate petals, 

 which are broad, and erosely undulated. June to October. 

 I. ovate, glandularly denticulated. Stem simple at the base. 

 h. 1ft South Carolina, 1811. (B. M. 1674.) 



<E. grandiflora (large-flowered), fl. yellow ; petals profoundly 

 obcordate, distant, short. July. I. ovate-lanceolate, remotely 

 toothed, h. 2ft. North America, 1778. Biennial. (B. M. 2068.) 



