26 CALYCIFLOR^. 



Flower rather larger than that of the common evening 

 Primrose, yellow, but acquiring on the second day a red 

 ish tinge. 



This is a very common plant in the above locality. It 

 maj however have been an introduced plant. Buenog 

 Ayres is said to be its native country. 



2. CEnothera rosea. Rose (Enothera. 



Stem saffruticose branched, leaves, the lower 

 ones lyrate, the upper ones ovato-lanceolate den- 

 tate, tube of the calyx short, petals ovato-subro- 

 tand, stamens of nearly the same length as the 

 petals, capsales clavate octangular. 



(E. purpurea, Lam, Diet. IV. 534. — (E. rubra, Carv. 

 Icon. IV. 68. t. 400.— (E. rosea, Hort. Kew. II. 343.— 

 Bot. Mag. 



II A B . Common, in the mountains of St. Andrew, Port- 

 Royal, and St. David, especially in Coffee pieces. 



F L, Throughout the year. 



Suffrutescent, about a foot in height : branches from 

 the root, subsimple. virgate, terete, puberulous, coloured. 

 Leaves alternate, the lower ones subsessile : the upper 

 ones ovato-lanceolate, acute, undulated, irregularly 

 dentate, nerved, glabrous above, minutely puberu'ous 

 especially along the nerves beneath. Stipules ^?) foli- 

 aceous, lanceolate. Inflorescence subracemose : com- 

 mon peduncle 8 inches in length, puberulous, about 10- 

 flowered : flower pedicelled, rose-coloured. Tube of the 

 calyx about three lines in length : divisions cf the limb 4, 

 cohering at the apex. Petals rounded, rose-coloured, 

 with a greenish spot at the base. Stamens 8: anthers 

 linear. Stigma 4-cIeft. Capsule clavate, 4-sided, 8-rib- 

 bed : seeds minute. 



This cJso is an exceedingly common weed in the above 

 localities, an i is plentiful in the Yailah's and Hope River- 

 courses. It is noticed by De Candolle as a native of 

 Mexico. 



II. JUSSIJEA. 



Calycine tube adherent throughout to the ova- 

 ry : limb 4-3 partite, with the lobes acute persist- 



