ONAGRARfE/E 



small, prostrate, glabrous plant, 6 - 



chambered ; sfv/i' short ; sli\i;ina 2, — 5-lobed ; ovules many ; fiiiit 

 a capsule. (Named in honour of Cail lAidwig, Professor of 

 Botany at Leipsic.) 



I. Z. /(?///5/;7'.f (Marsh IsnardiaV — The only British species, a 



10 ii>. long, with 4-angled, 

 branched ifciiis.^ rooting 

 at the nodes ; opposite, 

 stalked, ovate, acute, shin- 

 ing . leaves : and minute, 

 axillary, sessile, apetalous, 

 4-m erous flmt'crs. — Boggy 

 pools in the New Forest 

 and: formerly in Sussex. 

 — Fl. June, July. 



"''■,5. CEnothera (Even- 

 ing Primrose). — jVnierican 

 herbs, with scattered 

 Icai'cs : large 4 - merous 

 flc'd'jrs : lalyx-liihe pro- 

 longed above the top of 

 tire ovary and constricted 

 so as to fortn a honey 

 chamber ; sepnh decidu- 

 ous., sii'iDieus S. (Name 

 m (Ireek (>ni(it/ii'ras, em- 

 plojed by Theophrastus, 

 sigitifymg "catchmg the 

 flavour of wine.") 



I.* Q\. I'lhuiis ((roni- 

 mon Evening Primrose). 

 A J.all, stout herbaceous 

 plailt, 2 3 feet high, with 

 lanceolate smooth lea-res : 

 large*, pale yellow, fragrant 

 Jlinuers, which open ur 

 the evening, and wither 

 towards the niuldle of the 

 next day ; and a long eeipsiile bluntly 4 sided and widest near its 

 base. It is a native of North America, and is naturalised in a fen- 

 places. — Fl. July — September. Biennial. 



2,* CE. oeliiidta (Fragraiit Evening Prmirose\ differing mainly 

 in ha\-ing brighter green leai'es, deeper yellow /A'n'iv.f, and a .v//- 

 suU widest near the to|), is a native of P;ttag<.(nia, naturalised at 



nia: 1 A l.I'TETI.^NA 



