roriLAU FI.OMA. 



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36. EVENING-PRIMROSE FAMILY. onU. ()NA<;UA(K.K. 



lIt'rl)B, oiaometinu'rt»lirul)s, known l»y Imviiii,' the \nut^ ol'tlielilofHom in loiii>, iln- tu'i o 

 of tlie calyx coliert'iit with tlu* 4-ci'lle(l ovaiy, and oIUmi luohnj^'i'd lnyoiid, its Kiiinmit 

 iM-aiiii},' 4 pel.il.s and 4 ov 8 Htann'iiy. Style i, hlendiT : sti-^nnis ^'oncially 4. In vrt'«'n- * 

 IntUrtf cultivation \v»! inivt- scvt-ial M|u'eies of Fuch.sia, well known lor ilu-ir luetty lian^'in'^ 

 flowers, tli(( snialltT kinds calU'd Luiliis' K'udroj). Tlif sliowy |»art is a coloiu'i'd j^fncral'iv 

 led) calyx, its 4 johcs Iohljit tlian ilic ]>ur|.lf ju-tal.-. KncliMas arc slirubs ; tlic n>t <i|" ilic 

 I'ainily arc herbs. Ci,AKKiA,knn\vn liy ihf lon^'-clawcdprtalM.and hroad ju-tal-likcstiynnis, 

 is K<iniftinifs cnltivatt'tl, and .so aic Huveral Kvcniir^-I'riinroscs. The conunune^*t wild 

 jdaiils of the fannly are EvKNiNt; IMiimhoskh and WiLi.ow-iiKuns. 



Evening-Primrose. (Knoi/n m. 



f'nlyx with the tube continued on Ix'.vond tho ovary, boating 4 narrow lolien turned down, .\ gcuc- 



fidly ohcordiite petidH, und 8 HtaniunH. Severn! HiiecioM nru cultivnteil nion- or leM conimmdy in 



flower- j;iud<'nH. Tiie rdlowinj^ are coinmon wild, ami have yellow JluwerH, in HXiinnier. 



I. Common K. Tall ; h-iivcs liiiurc sli.ipi'd ; tloWfiH in a Hpiki', djieiiiiiu i»t snriHet or in cloudy 



wi'iillit;r, Mweet-Hceiiteii ; pud cyliiidiii-id ; root biiimiiil. Fields. Ace 'A', //(((mim. 



3. Low K. Stenjs Bevernl from u jierennial root, i" t<> 3" hi^h ; Uowers lari,'!', ojjcninj,' in sniiHliino ; 

 pods ratlicr cluh-Hhapeil, ami .j-winged, stalkeil. W. anil S. iJi. fnitirDm. 



3. .Smai.I, K. Stems h" to i' lii;;li ; flowers small, }/ wide, (iptii in .sunbliitie ; pods clnl) sliaptd, 

 Bcarci'ly stalkfd, stiongly 4-anylt'd. Fiulds, Hic. '/.'. ) umild. 



Willow-herb. J.'itiliiln'um. 



Cnlyx with its tube not continued l)eyond the ovaiy. Petals 4, jnnplc or whitish. .Stamens 8. 

 I'od long and slender, many-seeded ; the seeds bearing a long tuft of downy hairs. 



1. GUKAT NV. Stem simple, 4" to 7' high; leaves lance shaped ; flowers .showy, pink-purple, in 



a long loose spike ; jietals on claws, widely spieading; stamens antl style turneil down. Kieh 

 ground, especially where it bus been l>urned over or newly cleared. A'. (tii;iiiKtifi>Hinii, 



2. .Smai.I- W. l?ranching, i'' to 2' high ; leaves lance ohlong, coinnionly purple-veinetl ; floweii 



very small ; petals iiurplish. Wet places, eveiywhere. K. cvloratuin. 



37. CACTUS FAMILY, om.r CArT.vri:.i:. 



Fleshy and ^'I'liorally prickly plants, witlmut any leaves, except little .<^i'alcs or jtoints, 

 of very various and .stranp; siuijtcs, generally the petal.s and alway.s the .stanien.s very 

 numerous, and on the i -celled ovaiy, which in fruit makes a h-iry. Beinj;; house- 

 planis (with one exception) they mu.st here he passed hy, merely mentioning' the 



Pkickly-Pkak Cactus, which grows in dry sandy or rocky places, southward, and consists of flat 

 and rather leaf-like rounded joints of stem, growing one f)ut of another, juickly at the buds, 

 and bearing yellow flowers of rather few petals ; the ovary making a large berry full of sweet 

 and eatable pulp. Upuiitia vvhjaris. 



