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**** gtoles or barren stems oestival rosulate. 
11. E. aljnnum (L. em., Vill.); barren stems short their 
upper I. closely placed, fl.-st. erect from a short rooting base, 
1. oval or oblong blunt narrowed below not acuminate, upper 
1. lanceolate, buds nodding, sep. linear-lanceolate acute, seeds 
lanceolate-obovate pointed below apiculate. — E. B. 506, 2001. 
E. anagallidifolium (Lam.). — St. filiform, simple, with two 
raised lines, 3 — 4 in. long. L. pale green. Fl. pale. — Higher 
mountains. P. VII. S. 
***** Stoles oestival scale-bearing not rosulate. 
12. E. alsinefolinm (Vill.) ; stoles (yellowish) with small 
roundish distant scales, st. erect from a long rooting base, 
ovate-acuminate rejmnd-dentate shortly stalked, buds nodding, 
Sep. linear-oblong, seeds siibfusi/orm. — Sy. E. B. 505. — St. mostly 
simple, rather thick, with 2 raised lines, 3 — ^12 in. long. L. 
shining, subpellucid. Fl. large, purplish. Caps, upright, long, 
long-stalked. — Higher mountains. P. VII. E. S. I. 
2. CEnothe'ea Linn. Evening Primrose. 
*1. (E. biennis (L.) ^ ; 1. obovate-lanceolate flat toothed, pet. 
longer than the stamens, st.-l. elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, caps, 
roundly tetragonal tapering upwards. — E. B. 1534. St. 5. 5. 
— Fl. large, many, bright yellow. St. 2 — 3 ft. high, leafy. 
— Sandy coast of Lancashire. (American.) B. VII. — IX. E. 
*2. ffi". odordta (Jacq.) ; 1. subsessile, radical 1. linear-lanceo- 
late toothed, st.-l. ovate-lanceolate attenuate, pet. longer than 
the stamens, caps, clavate. — S>/. E. B. 509. — Fl. large, bright 
yellow. St. 2 — 3 ft. high. Foliage brighter green and fl. 
deeper yellow than in Sp. 1. — Channel Isles. Coasts of Som. 
and at Plymouth. (Patagonian.) B. VII.— IX. E. 
3. Lxjdwig'ia Li7in. em. Elliott. 
1. L. palus'tris (Ell.) ; st. procumbent rooting glabrous, 1. 
opposite ovate acute narrowed into a petiole, fl. axillary solitary 
sessile without petals. — E. B. S. 2593. iS'^. 22. 3. L. apet'ala 
(Walt.). — St. 6 — 8 in. long, round, branching, often reddish. 
Fl. with 2 small bracts at the base.' Caps, ovate obtusely 
quadrangular, with the persistent calyx spreading horizontally. 
—Pools and marshes. Suss., Hants, and Jersey. A. VI. E. 
4. Circ^'a Linn. 
1. C .lutetif'tna,{h.) ; ovate or slightly cordate below repand 
1 Not the small-flowered 0. hien'nis 'L.' sec. Su'ringe iu DC. Prodr. The 
Lancashire plants are a mixluro of 0. gramliflora (Ait.) and U. Lainarckiaiia | 
(S^r.). the latter beint; the plant named by Linnajus 0. biennis. See Gates, Proc. 
Iowa Acad. Sc., p. Sb-V24, 1910. ' 
