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ONAGRARIvE. VII. CE.NOTHERA. 



Native of North America. Mill. fig. 189. f. 1. Flowers small, 

 yellow. Capsule sessile, 8-cleft at the apex. 



Small-flonered Evening Primrose. Fl. July, Sep. Clt. 1757. 

 PI. 3 to 5 feet. 



21 CE. CRUCIA'TA (Nutt. mss.) stem reddish, rather hairy ; 

 leaves lanceolate, acuminated, denticulated, glabrous, but the 

 upper ones are rather downy ; flowers sessile ; petals linear, 

 rather shorter than the anthers; calycine segments reflexetl, 

 linear, mucronate, longer than the petals, but about equal in 

 length to the stamens ; lobes of stigma thick, conniving, or 

 spreading a little ; capsule cylindrical, hairy. $ . H. Native 

 of North America. Flowers small, yellow. 



CroM-petalled Evening Primrose. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. 

 PI. 2 to 4 feet. 



22 CE. GAUROIDES (Horn. hort. hafn. 1 p. 362.) stem erect, 

 pubescent, red, branched at the apex ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 toothed, nearly sessile, spotted with red at the apex ; capsules 

 elongated, length of the bracteas. $ . H. Native of North 

 America, near Baltimore. Flowers small, yellow. 



Gaura-like Evening Primrose. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1810. 

 PI. 4 to 5 feet. 



23 CE. ME^DIA (Link, enum. 1. p. 377.) stem erect, pubes- 

 cent ; leaves lanceolate-linear, acute, toothed, clothed with soft 

 pubescence ; tube of calyx long, pubescent ; petals emarginate. 



$ , H. Native of North America. Flowers yellow. 



Intermediate Evening Primrose. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. 

 PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



24 CE. CORYMBOSA (Lam. diet. 4. p. 554. but not of Sims,) 

 stems twisted, furrowed ; leaves numerous, lanceolate, glabrous, 

 a little toothed, green ; flowers sub-corymbose, terminal, pedun- 

 culate ? ; tube of calyx short, length of the ovarium, with the 

 segments ovate and concave, unguiculate on the back ; capsule 

 ovate-oblong, villous. $ . H. Native of North America. 

 Cultivated in gardens. CE. speclabilis, Horn, ex Spreng. syst. 

 2. p. 227. 



Corymbose-flowered Evening Primrose. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 

 1820. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



25 CE. A'LBICANS (Lam. diet. 4. p. 552. ill. t. 270. f. 2.) plant 

 clothed with glaucous pubescence ; leaves lanceolate, toothed, 

 white ; petals obovate, toothed at the apex ; filaments and anthers 

 red ; capsule pubescent, cylindrical, rather gibbous at the base, 

 8-lobed at the apex. 3.? G. Native of Peru. Flowers yellow? 



Whitened Evening Primrose. PI. 1 foot. 



26 CE. NOCTU'RNA (Jacq. coll. 3. p. 205. icon. rar. 3. t. 455.) 

 stems branched, terete, pubescent ; leaves lanceolate, remotely 

 toothed, flat, glabrous ? petals obovate, obtuse ; fruit ovate-ob- 

 long, somewhat revolute at the apex. $ . H. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Leaves almost like those of Chenopbdmm 

 ambrosioides. Petals at first yellow, but at length changing to red. 



A'/g/^-smelling Evening Primrose. Fl. Apr. Aug. Clt. 1790. 

 PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



27 CE. LONGIFLORA (Jacq. hort. t. 172. Willd.spec. 2. p. 307.) 

 stems simple, pilose ; leaves lanceolate, denticulated, hairy ; 

 petals obcordate ; tube of calyx very long ; segments of the 

 stigma very long and linear ; genitals shorter than the petals ; 

 capsules long, thickened at the base, and narrow at the apex, 

 somewhat tetragonal, hairy. $ . H. Native of Buenos Ayres 

 and Brazil. Curt. bot. mag. 365. Flowers large, pale yellow. 

 Leaves like those of Picris echioldes. 



Long-Jlomered Evening Primrose. Fl. July, Sep. Clt. 1776. 

 PI. 1 to 1| foot. 



28 CE. VILLOSA (Thunb. prod. p. 75.) stems rather angular, 

 very villous; leaves lanceolate, toothed, undulated, very villous; 

 capsules nearly terete. $ . H. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. According to Sprengel this species is allied to CE. mo- 

 lls sima and (E.odoriita. Flowers yellow. 



Villous Evening Primrose. Fl. July. Clt. 1791. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



29 CE. MOLLissiiiA (Lin. spec. 492.) stem branched ; leaves 

 lanceolate, a little undulated, repandly toothed, clothed with soft 

 down ; petals obovate, entire, shorter than the calyx ; genitals 

 hardly the length of the petals ; lobes of stigma filiform ; cap- 

 sule cylindrical, striated, very long, downy, somewhat tetra- 

 gonal, a little thickened at the apex. $ . H. Native of Buenos 

 Ayres, Monte Video, and Chili, in fields. Schkuhr, handb. 1. 

 t. 105. CE. nocturna, Willd. herb, ex Spreng. Dill. hort. elth. 

 286. Flowers at first yellow, but afterwards changing to a red- 

 dish colour as they fade. 



Very-soft Evening Primrose. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1732. PI. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



30 CE. AFFINIS (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 269.) stem branched, 

 suffruticose at the base, tomentose ; leaves lanceolate, acute, si- 

 nuately denticulated, tomentose ; petals quite entire, longer than 

 the calyx ; genitals shorter than the petals ; lobes of stigma 

 linear ; capsule cylindrical, somewhat tetragonal, a little thick- 

 ened above the middle, tomentose. I/ . G. Native of Brazil, 

 in the province of Rio Grande de St. Pedro do Sul, on the mar- 

 gins of woods near the town of Rio Pardo. Flowers yellow. 

 Nearly allied to CE. mollissima. 



Allied Evening Primrose. PI. 1 to 1^ foot. 



31 CE. CATHARINE'NSIS (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 270.) stems 

 trailing or ascending, simple or branched, puberulous ; leaves 

 lanceolate, acute, sinuately denticulated, puberulous ; petals ex- 

 ceeding the calyx, emarginate at the apex ; genitals shorter than 

 the petals ; lobes of the calyx linear ; capsule cylindrical, some- 

 what tetragonal, a little thickened above the middle, pubescent. 

 1. G. Native of Brazil, in the island of St. Catharine, at the 

 entrance to Rio Janeiro. Flowers yellow. Very nearly allied 

 to CE. mollissima, from which it may be distinguished by the 

 greater size of the flowers, by the petals being emarginate at the 

 apex, by the stigmas being short in proportion to the length of 

 the style, and by the leaves being less velvety. 



St. Catharine Evening Primrose. PI. ascending. 



32 CE. ODORA'TA (Jacq. coll. 3. p. 107.) pubescent; stems 

 branched, suffruticose at the base ; leaves lanceolate, a little 

 toothed, undulately curled ; genitals length of the corolla; sepals 

 unguiculate on the back ; petals deeply obcordate ; stigmas 

 downy ; capsule elongated, cylindrical, villous. $ . H. Na- 

 tive of Patagonia. Jacq. icon. rar. t. 456. CE. undulata, Ait. 

 hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 2. p. 342. Onagra undulata, Moench. 

 Leaves stiffish. Flowers at first yellow, but afterwards be- 

 coming reddish as they fade, about the size of those of CE. lon- 

 gtflora. Plant rather clammy. 



Var, a, glaucescens (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 3. p. 48.) leavea 

 glaucous ; peduncles and calyxes purplish ; genitals erect. 

 Jacq. icon. rar. 3. t. 456. 



Var. ft, virescens (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 3. p. 48.) leaves 

 green ; nerves of leaves^ calyx, and germs usually red ; genitals 

 inclinate. Ker. bot. reg. t. 147. Sims, bot. mag. 2403. Hook, 

 exot. fl. t. 183. 



Sweet-scented Evening Primrose. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1790. 

 PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



33 CE. STRIA'TA (Ledeb. in Link, enum. 1. p. 377.) stem mu- 

 ricated, greenish ; lower leaves linear, very long, denticulated, 

 cauline ones lanceolate. <J . H. Native country unknown. 

 Flowers yellow. Capsule cylindrical, but at length becoming 

 clavate, having the nerves thick and coloured. Seeds irregularly 

 oval-oblong, bay-coloured, striated longitudinally. 



Striated-calyxed Evening Primrose. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 

 1822. PI. 2 feet. 



34 CE. SINUA'TA (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 224.) plant de- 

 cumbent, clothed with soft pubescence ; leaves lanceolate, sinu- 

 ately toothed or cut ; flowers small ; sepals unguiculate towards 

 the apex ; capsules cylindrically tetragonal, somewhat incurved, 

 pilose, length of the bracteas. O- H. Native of Virginia. 



