32 FRAXCOACE.E CENOTHERACE^. 



jS. indica (Balanites segyptiaca, /. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 23. — Ximenia 

 jEgyptiaca, Roxb.fl. ind. 2, p. 253.) f^^^ Hingon. Deccan, Goo- 

 zerat, Circars, &c. Fl. small, green, April and May ; fr. 0. 



* OpUia amentacea, Roxb ; Wight, ill. 1, t. 40. B Circars, Madras. — 

 Gomphandra coriacea, Wight. Pulney Hills. Heisteria coccinea, Jacq. 

 b. W. Indies. Fissilia psittacorum, Lam. 5 Mauritius. 



ORDER XVIII.— FRANCOACE^. Ad. Juss. Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 33. 



Found in the temperate parts of S. America. Properties unknown. 

 {Lindl.) 

 Fkancoa, Cav. {Spreng. syst. 2, p. 176, No. 1519.) 



1. ramosa, Hook. {B. M. 67, t. 2824.) % Valparaiso. Introduced 

 into H. C. G. Fl. ? 



* Francoa appendiculata, Cav. ; — B. Reg. 19, t. 1645. %. Chili. — Te- 

 tilla hydrocotyl(cfoUa, DC. '^. Chili. 



ORDER XIX.— CENOTHERACE^, (ONAGRACE^E, Lindl. Nat. 



Syst. p. 35.) 



THE EVENING PRIMROSE TRIBE. 



Shrubs or herbs, (annual or perennial) under 24 genera, {Lindl. o. c. p. 

 523,) amounting to about 252 species; viz. 80 from N. America; 60 from 

 S. America ; 28 from Mexico ; 7 from the W. Indies ; 14 from Europe ; 1 

 from Siberia ; 8 from S. Africa ; 1 from Guinea ; 2 from Senegal ; 1 from 

 Egypt ; I from Madagascar ; 1 from Mauritius ; 2 from N. Zealand ; 1 

 from N. Holland ; 2 from Caucasus ; 1 from Persia ; and 28 from the E. In- 

 dies. Six are common to several countries, and of seven, the native places 

 unknown. — Of the E. Indian species, 14 belong to Epilobium ; (2 common 

 to other countries) ; 7 to Ludwigia ; 5 to Jussieua ; and 1 to Vanhallia. 

 The Epilobiums are all Himalayan ; the rest tropical. — Properties nearly 

 unknown. 

 Oenothera, L. (DC.pr. 3, p. 45.) Evening Primrose. 



1. biennis, Lindl. (B. Reg. 19, t. 1604.) cf- N. America. Fl. large, 

 bright, yellow, Febr. and March ; fr. H. S. 

 a. biennis, L. (DC. I. c. p. 46.;— E. B. 22, t. 1534;— J. Grah. Cat. 



B. pi. p. 75.) Root edible. Cultivated. 

 ft. grandiflora, Ait. {DC I. c.;—B. M. 46, /. 2068.;— i5. Reg. 19, t. 

 1604.;—/. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 73.;— Roxb. U. B. p. 28. O. 

 suaveolens, Desf. — DC. I, c.) 



