EVENING PRIMROSE FAMILY. Onagraceae. 



deep-red and the flowers form a handsomer cluster, 

 shorter than the last, with leafy bracts, each flower from 

 one to over two inches across, with reddish-pink sepals, 

 deep-red outside, and magenta petals veined with deeper 

 color, sometimes notched, one petal longer than the 

 others; the anthers purplish; the pistil drooping and pur- 

 plish, with a smooth style. This plant is also covered with 

 tufts of white down when gone to seed. The contrasting 

 purples and reds of the flowers give a very vivid effect, 

 set off by the bluish-green foliage, especially when growing 

 among the gray rocks of moraines, watered by icy glacier 

 streams. It reaches an altitude of ten thousand feet, 

 growing in the East and in Europe and Asia. 



There are many kinds of Epilobium, differing from 

 Chamaenerion chiefly in the calyx-tube, which is prolonged 

 beyond the ovary. 



A perennial, not especially pretty, with 

 Willow Herb H 



Epilobium a stout reddish stem, from one to three 



Francisc&num feet tall, slightly downy above, and dull 

 Pink green leaves, mostly smooth and the 



Sp rin e lower ones opposite. The flowers are 



Northwest , , ir < -11-1. 



less than half an inch across, with bright 



or pale, purplish-pink petals, deeply notched and not 

 spreading. This grows in wet spots around San Francisco. 

 There are several kinds of Gayophytum; differing from 

 Epilobium in the capsule and seeds, and easily distin- 

 guished from them by the hairy buds; leaves alternate, 

 long, narrow, and toothless; flowers small; petals four, 

 white or pink, with very short claws; stamens, with 

 swinging anthers, eight, four shorter and usually sterile; 

 capsule club-shaped. The species are difficult to dis- 

 tinguish, because of the smallness of the flowers. 



A delicate little plant, with smoot 

 purplish stems, exceedingly slend 

 White branches, dull green leaves, and pret 



Summer little flowers, an eighth of an inch to ha 



Cal., Oreg. an inch across> w hite, with a little yello 



in the center, fading to pink. This grows in sandy soil, 

 rather high altitudes, in Yosemite. 



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