EVEWIWG PRIMROSE FAMILY 



Stamens. — Eight, exserted, with a small appendage at the base of each 

 filament. 

 Ovary. — Four-angled; styles thread-like; stigma four-lobed. 

 Capsule. — One to four-seeded. 



Gauras though long cultivated in England possess but little 

 garden value, as the bloom ascends the stem too slowly to make 

 them in any sense showy plants. What value they have is shown 

 when planted among shrubs or in the mixed border. 



CLARKIA 



Cldrkia ilegans. Cldrkia pulchHla. . 



Named in honor of Captain Willian B. Clark, companion of Lewis; 

 the two were explorers of the Rocky Mountain region. 



Clarkia elegans. Stem. — One to three feet high, reddish and glaucous, 

 somewhat branched. 



Leaves. — Alternate, broad-ovate to linear. 



Flowers. — Purple or rose-color running into white; in cultivation very 

 double. 



Calyx. — Tubular. 



Petals. — Four, clawed, with spreading border. 



Stamens. — Eight, alternate ones shorter. 



Stigmas. — Four. 



Pod. — Four-celled. 



Annual. Native to western North America. 



Clarkia pulchella. Stem. — Tufted, branching, twelve to eighteen 

 inches high. 



Leaves. — Alternate, linear. 



Flowers. — ^Terminal, forming a curiously lobed, four-armed cross, 

 lilac running into white varieties. 



Calyx.— Oi four narrow sepals partly grown together; after the flower 

 blooms the sepals recurve. 



Petals. — Four, clawed, border three-lobed. 

 Stamens. — Eight, alternate ones shorter. 

 Stigmas. — Four. 

 Pod. — Four-celled. 



Annual. Native to western North America. 



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