180 XXX. ONAGEAEIEAE. {Oenothera 



Capsule cylindrical or tetragonous. 

 Leaves ovate-lanoeolate .. .. .. .. .. .. .. * 0. biennis. 



Stems simple. Leaves all radical. Braobs foliaoeous . . . . . . * 0. odorata. 



CapsjUe ovate-clavate. 

 terns branched, leafy . . . . . . . . . . . . .. * 0: tetraptera. 



* O. biennis, L., Sp. PL 346. A rather stout erect biennial, 2ft. -4ft. high-, 

 pubescent or hairy. Leaves shortly petiolate, lanceolate; ovate - lanceolate or oblong, 

 2in.-4in. long or more, acute, denticulate. Flowers nocturnal, erect, forming a 

 leafy spike. Calyx-lobes exceeding the ovary. Petals exceeding the stamens, yellow, 

 large. Capsule coriaceous, stout, pubescent. Seeds naked. 



NORTH Island : sparingly established in Auckland, Hawke's Bay, Taranaki, and Wellington, 

 but local. SOUTH Island : near Christchuroh, Evening primrose. Jan., Feb. North America. . 



* O. odorata, Jacq., Ic. PI. Bar. iii. 3, t. 456. Perennial. Eootstock stout. 

 Leaves all radical, 3in.-6in. long, ^in.-fin. broad, linear-lanceolate, acute, narrowed 

 at base, obscurely toothed. Stems several, 2ft.-3ft. high, slender, simple ; bracts 

 numerous, linear-lanceolate, the upper pubescent, often coloured. Calyx-tube 

 exceeding ovary, equalling the broad ovate-lanceolate defiexed sepals.' Stigma 

 4-armed. Flowers large, nocturnal. Capsule 4-valved. 



NORTH Island : abundantly naturalised on sandy soil, especially in places near the sea. 

 Jan. to March. 



* O. tetraptera, Gav., Ic. iii. 40, t. 279. Stem branched from the base, pilose 

 or pubescent. Leaves l-J-in.-2in. long, shortly petioled, lanceolate or rhomboid- 

 lanceolate, with or without one or two large coarse teeth or pinnatifid at the base. 

 Sepals lanceolate-acuminate, shorter than the calyx-tube. Capsule ovate-clavate, 

 8-ribbed, pilose. 



NORTH Island : Auckland Domain, naturalised, Oheeseman ! Mexico. 



2. FUCHSIA, Linn. 



Calyx- tube ovoid ; limb of 4 spreading lobes. Petals 4, rarely 0^ often 



small, inserted at the mouth of the tube, contorted in bud. Stamens 8 in 2 



series, inserted with the petals. Ovary inferior, usually 4-celled; style slender; 



stigtna capitate, entire or obscurely 4-lobed; ovules numerous. Fruit a berry, 



4-celled. Seeds numerous. Shrubs or trees, rarely suffruticose, with opposite 



or alternate leaves. Mowers axillary, solitary, racemose or cymose, usually 



pendulous, hermaphrodite or rarely polygamous, trimorphic in the following 



species. 



Species, about 60, all natives of Mexico and South America, except the New Zealand species, 

 which are endemic. 



Flowers pendulous. Petals small or mimite. 

 Leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, silvery beneath . . . . . . 1. F. excorticata. 



Leaves ovate or orbicular-ovate, not silvery . . . . , . . . . . 2. F. Colensoi. 



Flowers erect. 

 Petals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. F. procumbens. 



1. F. excorticata, L. /., Supp. 217. A shrub or tree, 10ft.-45ft. high; 

 trunk 6in.— 36in. in diameter, clothed with brown papery bark. Leaves alter- 

 nate, liin,-4in. long, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, entire 

 or obscurely toothed, silvery beneath ; petioles short. Flowers axillary, solitary, 



