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Onagrariec? CEnothera. 



introduced, and now become naturalised in some localities. 

 It is a tall pubescent plant with yellow flowers about 3 inches 

 in diameter. The peculiarity of this and some other species is, 

 that the flowers do not expand till towards evening. 



4. (E. Fraseri. This 

 i one of the best yellow- 

 flowering perennial spe- 

 cies. It has rich dark- 

 green foliage, and 

 blossoms abundantly 

 throughout the Summer. 



5. (E. taraxacifolia. 

 A dwarf perennial with 

 pinnatifid le a v e s and 

 large pure white flowers. 



(E. acaulis and (E. 

 speclosa (fig. 107) are 

 dwarf perennial white- 

 flowered species ; (E. 

 chrysdntha and (E. 

 Missouriensis have 

 yellow flowers, and the 



aspociosa. uat. siz3.) ^^ ig Qf prostrate 



habit, and one of the most desirable. Amongst annuals may 

 be cited (E. macrdntha and (E. odorata, both yellow. 



5. EUCHARIDIUM. 



Pretty annual herbs of dwarf habit, remarkable for the 

 slender calyx-tube, which is elongated far above the seed- 

 vessel. Calyx-limb deciduous. Petals 4, clawed, 3-lobed or 

 obcordate. Stamens 4. Capsule 4-celled, dehiscing through 

 the cells ; seeds numerous. There are only two species, both 

 natives of California* Name from sv-^api^ agreeable. 



1. E. concinnum.-A graceful little plant about a foot 

 high. Leaves glabrous^ ovate-lanceolate, entire. Calyx-lobes 

 cohering at the tips, refl'exed. Petals trilobate, lilac-purple. 



E. grandiflorum of gardens appears to be merely a large- 

 flowered variety of the foregoing. 



6. FUCHSIA. 



J\ Small shrubs or trees with opposite or whorled leaves. 

 Calyx coloured, tube produced above the ovary, lirnb 4-lobed. 

 Petals sessile on the mouth of the calyx-tube. Stamens 8, on 



