DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS 111 



ONAGRA'CEJE, EVENING PRIMROSE FAMILY 



Herbs with the calyx tube inserted on the ovary. Parts 

 of the flower 4, except the stamens, which are generally 8. 

 Capsule 4-celled, and stigma 4-lobed or capitate. Leaves 

 simple, without stipules. Flowers usually showy. 



I. ZAUSCHNE'RIA, Wild Fuchsia 



Perennial herbs with many low ascending stems from 

 woody rootstocks. Leaves opposite, except the upper ones. 

 Flowers large, scarlet, in racemes. Calyx with tube globose 

 just above the ovary, the funnel-formed border 4-lobed, with 8 

 scales within, 4 erect and 4 deflexed. Petals 4, obcordate and 

 deeply cleft, a little longer than the calyx lobes. Stamens 8 

 in 2 sets, one shorter than the other. Anthers versatile. 

 Stigma 4-lobed or shield-shaped. Pod 4-angled. Seeds with 

 a tuft of down at the end. 



Z. Califor'nica Presl. All the forms of Zauschneria are considered 

 by many botanists to belong to this species. It is extremely vari- 

 able, and found through California; blooming from summer until 

 late in the fall. 



H. EPILO'BIUM, Willow Herb 



Perennial herbs often growing near water. Calyx with 

 tube short or none, border with 4 spreading, deciduous lobes. 

 Petals spreading or erect, purplish or white, often notched at 

 the apex. Stamens 8 in 2 sets, one shorter; anthers versa- 

 tile. Stigma with 4 spreading lobes or somewhat club-, 

 shaped. Pod 4-sided. Seeds with a tuft of long white hairs. 



a. E. spica'tum Lam. FIREWEED. Perennial, with tall, erect, 

 simple, leafy stems. Leaves sessile, lance-shaped, entire. Flowers 

 reddish purple, large, in a long spike with noticeable bracts. (The 

 spike resembles ar raceme because of the long, linear ovaries, which 

 look like pedicels.) Style yellow, hairy at the base, with 4 linear 

 stigma lobes. This is common in the Sierra ^Nevada Mountains 

 wherever the timber has been burned, and also in the northern 

 part of the Coast Mountains. 



