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+t Stem with elevated lines. 
G. E. teirayonum (L.) ; 1. oblong-lanceolate narrowing up- 
wards from a rounded base sessile denticulate, intermediate I. 
shortly decurrent, st. with 2 or 4 elevated decurrent lines, stigma 
undivided, root somewhat creeping. — E. B. 1948. — The inter- 
mediate 1. are truly decurrent and often combine so as to produce 
one line on each side of the stem common to both of them. St. 
1 — 2 feet high. Scions short, springing from the root and ter- 
minating in rose-shaped tufts of leaves. — Damp places. P. VII. 
VIII. 
7. E. viryatum (Fries) ; I. lanceolate narrowing upwards from 
a rounded base sessile denticulate not decurrent, st. with 2 or 4 
elevated lines, stigma undivided or slightly patent or4-fid, scions 
filiform. — Floriy. Brit. f. 624. — The leaves are not truly decurrent 
and the elevated lines on the stem are often faint. St. 1, 2 or 
even 3 feet high, often decumbent and rooting. Scions from the 
lower joints of the stem, not from the root, very slender, not ter- 
minating in a rose-shaped tuft of leaves. — Deep ditches in peat- 
bogs. Lincoln, Dr. Deak'm. Kerry. Teesdale. Dumfries. P. 
VII. VIII. 
8. E. roseum (Schreb.) ; I. stalked ovate toothed, st. with 2 or 
4 elevated lines, stigma undivided, root fibrous. — E. B. 693. — 
St. 1 — 2 feet high, branching. L. upon rather long stalks. 
Stigma sometimes slightly lobed. — Wet places, rare. P. VII. 
VIII. E. S. 
9. E. alsinifolium (Vill.) ; 2. ovate stalked repando-denticu- 
late acuminate glabrous, st. simple with 2 elevated hairy lines 
stolouiferous, stigma undivided. — E. B. 2000. — St. mostly de- 
cumbent, nearly simple, 6 — 12 in. long, producing scions from 
its lower joints. L. narrowed but also rounded at the base. 
Fl. rather large.— Damp places on mountains. P. VII. E. S. 
10. E. alpinum (L.) ; I. ovate-oblong or oblong-lanceolate 
obtuse entire or obsoletely toothed attenuated below, st. simple 
with 2 elevated hairy lines, stigma undivided, root stolouiferous. — 
E. B. 2001. — St. decumbent or ascending, simple, 3 or 4 in. 
long. L. narrowed and not rounded at the base. Fl. small. 
Raceme nodding. Scions from the root. — On the higher moun- 
tains. P. VII. S. 
2. Oenothera Linn. 
*?1. (E. biennis (L.) ; 1. ovate-lanceolate flat toothed, st. rough 
rather hairy, pet. longer than the stam. and about half as long 
as the tube' of the calyx. — E. B. 1534. St. 5. 5. — Fl. large, nu- 
merous, bright yellow 7 . Caps, short, hairy. St. 2 — 3 feet high, 
leafy. — Sandy coast of Lancashire. Often an outcast from gar- 
dens. B. VII. — IX. Eveniny Primrose. E. 
