(ENOTHERA GRANDIFLORA. 



LARGE-FLOWERED EVENING PRIMROSE. 



Octandria Monogynia, Linn. Melastomx, Juss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calix tubulous, 4-cleft, segments deflected, deciduous. Petals 4, inserted upon the calix. Stig- 

 ma 4-cleft. Capsule 4-celled, 4-valved, inferior. Seeds naked, affixed to a central, 

 4-sided receptacle.— Nutt. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Stem somewhat glabrous, occasionally pubescent, branching; leaves lanceolate and ovate- 

 lanceolate, glabrous, and sometimes pubescent ; stamens declining. B. 

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