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Oenothera grandiflora Ait. (large-flowered). 

 Oenothera biennis L., var. grandiflora Lindl. 

 Onagra biennis Scop., var. grandiflora Lindl. 



Rare. Open ground: Franklin and Griswold (Graves), 

 Southington (Andrews), Bridgeport (Eames), Norfolk (J. H. 

 Barbour), Litchfield (Miss E. H. Thompson). Aug.— Oct. 

 Adventive or fugitive from the South. 



Oenothera laciniata Hill (slashed). 

 Oenothera sinuata L. 



Rare. Waste ground: Norwich (Mrs. E. E. Rogers), 

 East Lyme (Miss A. M. Ryon), East Hartford (J. F. Smith), 

 Derby (Harger), Bridgeport (Eames). May — June. Fugi- 

 tive from the southern United States. 



Oenothera pumila L. (dwarf). 

 KneifjUa pumila Spach. 



Frequent or common. ]\Ioist or dry open fields and road- 

 sides. June — Aug. 



Oenothera fruticosa L. (shrubby). 

 Sundrops. 

 KneiMa fruticosa Raimann. 



Rare. Borders of marshes: East Haven (G. Thurber), 

 Fairfield (Eames). June — July- 



The var. hirsuta Nutt. (rough-hairy), Kneiffia fruticosa 

 Raimann, var. pilosella Britton, has been found in a field at 

 Southington (H. M. Whitney), but afterward disappeared. 



Oenothera linearis Michx. (very narrow). 

 Oenothera fruticosa L., var. linearis Wats. 

 Kneiffia linearis Spach. 



Wet meadows and about marshes. Frequent or local along 

 the coast from New Haven (H. S. Clark) westward; ex- 

 tending inland to Oxford and Southbury (Harger) and 

 Woodbury (H. S. Clark). June — Aug. 



KneiMa Alleni Small or Oenothera fruticosa L. var. humi- 

 fusa Allen isi a sprawling or decumbent form of this, growing 

 in barren sand; it occurs at Stratford (Eames). 



The var. Eamesii Robinson is rare:- Stratford, sandy 

 shore of a salt pond (Eames). 



