(KNOTUKUA KVKNIN(> IMlIMItOSK. Hi) 



(ENOTHEUA.— EvKNiNci ruiMHOSE. 



(Enothera biennis Liniu'. — Eccinurj Primroxc 



I h'ai'nitliiin. — (Juh x-tuhc prolorif^ctl bcyoiul tlio oviirv, (IccidiiouH, tlift 

 liiiil) i-crlcrt, the lobes reilexcd. Coiollii : jxtiils 1, obcurihitc, liglit yclluw. 

 Stiiiiu'MH 8. CiipHuloH oblouf,'. 4-viilv(j(l, niiuiy-set'iU'd. 



All iiiiiui.il itr bu'imiiil hcrl). Stiiiii erect, commonly Imiry, 1 to H 

 foet liij^h. Leaves oviite-laiuM'olate, uciito, obscurely toothed. Flowers in 

 11 teriniiiiil spike ; I hey expand late ill the afternoon or in the; eveniiifjf and 

 wither next day. Th(> 2)laiit oivairs in niiinerous varieties, ditVerin^' in re- 

 Hi)eet to size of llowers, etc. 



Habitat. — III fields, ^vasto places, along fences and roadsides ; common 

 everywhere. 



J*nrt)i Uacd. — The baric, leaves, and the young branches — not oiKcial. 



('()iiditiicntr<. —Unknown. 



Prepartil.Kin.^, — A decoction has be<;n reconiniended. 



Mi'diral /'roperlicH and I'fics. — Dr. (irillith recommends tho decoction 

 as a local application "in infantile eruptions," of Avliat character, however, 

 he does not state. Its virtu(>s, if it have any, are yet to be ascertained. 



UMBELLIFER/E. 



Character I >f the Onlrr. — Herbs, with alternate, mostly compound leaves, 

 and flowers in umbels. Calyx wholly adherent to the ovaiw ; limb obso- 

 lete or minutely 5-toothed. Petals 5, small, imbricate in tho bud, or vul- 

 vate, with tho point iiiflexed, inserted, together with the 5 stamens, upon 

 tho disk which crowns tho ovary. Ovary 2-c(!lled, each cell 1-oviiled ; 

 styles 2. Fruit coniposod of 2 soed-liko cjirpels, which during develop- 

 ment are closely adherent to each other, but at maturity separate and an; 

 usually susi)endcd from the summit of a prolongation of the axis. Each 

 carpel, commonly though erroneously denominated a seed, is marked lon- 

 gitudinally by 5 primary and 5 alternate secondary ridges, betwo<'n which 

 are minute tubes, called vdlir, containing essential oil. Seed jM'opcr sus- 

 l)ended from the summit of tho cell, with a minuto embryo in hard albu- 

 nieii. Stems usually hollow. Leaves with dilated or clasping petioles. 

 Umbels generally compound, the seco'ndary ones being termed umbellets. 



A very large and well-characteinzed order, comprising many species 

 of medicinal or economic importance. Many of them jiossess agreeable 

 aromatic properties ; many others, on tho other hand, are actively poison- 

 ous. In general the poisonous meml)ers of the order grow in wet places, 

 so that an umbellate plant found in such a situation should bo viewed 

 with suspicion until its character has been ascertained. The flowers of all 

 l)lants of tlu! order bear a close similarity to each other, and are therefore 



