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CGENOTHERA oporara. — 
Fragrant Waved-leaved Evening Primrose. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.—Nart. Orv. ONAGRE. 
Gen. Cuar.—Cal. tubulosus 4-partitus, deciduus. Petala 4. Capsula in- 
fera, cylindracea, vel prismatica, 4-locularis. Semina ss aeotie 
(£nothera odorata ; caulescens, pubescens, herbacea, foliis lanceolato- 
attenuatis undulato-crispatis subdentatis, petalis emarginatis, cap- 
sulis linearibus obtuse tetragonis. 
(Enothera odorata, Jaca. Ic. Rar. v. iii. t. 456.—Jacg. Coll. v. v. p- 107.— 
Wittp, Sp. Pi. v. ii. p. 308.— Bot. Reg. t. 147. 
(Enothera undulata, Hort. Kem. ed. 2. v. ii. p. 342. 
Root annual, fibrous. Stem a foot or a foot and a half high, branched, most- 
ly red ; every where, as indeed is the whole plant except the corolla, 
clothed with a soft hairiness or down. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, 
much attenuated, sessile, of a rather rigid texture, singularly waved and 
crisped at the margin, and slightly toothed, nerved, the nerves pale ; 
mid-rib prominent, and red beneath. 
Flowers solitary, axillary, very large, bright yellow, showy. Germen ob- 
scurely 4-sided, red, pubescent. Calyx with the lower part tubular, 
the limb of four segments which remain united, bursting open only on 
one side, the apices furnished with a distinct mucro. Petals obcordate, 
waved. Stamens yellow, with the filaments curved to one side. An- 
thers linear. Style cylindrical, longer than the stamens. Stigmas 4. 
During the early part of the present year, I had the good 
fortune to receive from my valued friend Dr G1.u1Es of Men- 
doza, South America, amongst other rare botanical acquisitions 
of that country, seeds of the present plant. Raised in a hot- 
bed frame, and planted in a warm border, in the month of June, 
the plant produced blossoms plentifully in the month of Au- 
gust, which opened every evening at six, diffusing a powerful 
odour. ; 
- VOL. III. 
