PL ex. cal. 56. ONAGRARI^. 342. CEnothera. 559 



B. Corolla i-pctaled ; stamens 8, opposite and interposed ; 

 capsule 4-cellea, 4-vaIved ; placentarium central ; seeds 

 many. 



II. 342. CENOTHERA. Theophrast. Evening-primrose. 

 Calyx long; limb 4-parted, deciduous; petals 4; sta- 

 mens 8; pollen viscous; style 1; stigmata 4; capsule long, 

 bluntlj'^ 4-sided, 4-celled, 4-valved, many-seeded ; placenta- 

 rium 4-sided ; seeds naked. 



CEnothera hiemiis. Biennial evening-primrose. 



Stem muricatedly villous; leaves ovate, lanceolate, flat; 



stamens shorter than the corolla; capsule conical, rather 



swelled below. 



Lysimacliia lutea Virginiana, Gcr.em. 475, 4. 

 CEnothera biennis, Lin. S. P. 492. 

 Tree primrose. 



Sandy places, naturalized ; biennial ; July to November. 

 Stem 3 feet high ; flowers yellow, very large, open in the 

 evening. 



III. 343. CHAM^NERION. Gesner. Persian-willow, 

 Calyx long, bent upwards, deciduous; petals 4, unequal; 



stamens 8, declining; pollen not viscous; stigmata 4, revo" 

 lute ; capsule long, bluntly 4-sided, 4-celled, 4-valved ; 

 placentarium 4- sided ; seeds many, comose. — Leaves lanceo- 

 late, sessile ; flowers spiked, large, reddish. 



Chamcenerion spicatum. Spiked Persian-willow. 



Leaves scattered, linear, lanceolate, not cut, veined, bald ; 

 peduncles in the axillae of the bractese ; spike pyramidical. 



Lysimachia speciosa, quibusdatn Onagra dicta, siliquosa, Raii Syn. 

 310,1. 



Chamaenerion, Ger. em. 477 , 7. 



Chamaenerion flore Delphinii, Park. Par. 270. 



Epilobium angustifolium, Lin. S, P. 492. 



Epilobium spicatum, Lamarck Enc. Meth. 2,373. 



Rosehay willow-herb. French willow. 



Fields and hedges ; perennial ; July. ' 



Root erect; i^em 3 feet high, upright, branched above; 

 spike leafless; flowers alternate, purple or white; ovary 

 woolly ; stamens and pistils move regularly during impreg- 

 nation; pollen blue. — Suckers of the root eatable ; herb in 

 infusion fermentible and intoxicating; down of the seed 

 mixed with cotton may be manufactured. 



