mu 
(ENOTHE'RA* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Octa'ndria f, Monogy'nia. 
Natural Order. Onagra'ri.e, Juss. — Lindl. Syn. p. 107. ; In- 
trod. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 56. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 522. — 
Loud. Kort. Brit. p. 513. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. & Bot. v. ii. 
p. 675. — Mack. FI. Hibern. p. 109. — Ona'gr.e, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 
317. — Sm. Gram, of Bot. p. 166. — Rosales ; subord. Myrtos-e ; 
sect. Onagrin.e; type, OnacracE-e ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. ii. 
pp. 614, 617, 722, & 728 — Calycanthem.e, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Calyx superior, of 1 sepal, deciduous, tubular, 
with a deeply 4-cleft limb ; the segments reflexed, and more or less 
combined. Corolla of 4, inversely heart-shaped, equal petals, 
attached to the summit of the tube of the calyx, and as long as the 
limb. Filaments (fig. 1.) 8, from the throat of the tube, awl-shaped, 
upright, or incurved, shorter than the petals. Anthers linear- 
oblong, peltate, incumbent. Pollen cohering by threads. Germen 
(see fig. 2.) inferior, oblong, furrowed. Style (see figs. 2 & 3 ) 
thread-shc.ped, the length of the stamens. Stigma (see figs. 2 & 3.) 
in 4 thick, blunt, spreading segments. Capsule (see figs. 4, 5, & 6.) 
cylindrical, or prismatic, clavate, or tetragonal ; of 4 cells, and 4 
valves. Seeds (fig. 7.) numerous, angular, naked, fixed to the cen- 
tral, quadrangular, unconnected placenta (see fig- 6). 
Distinguished from other genera, in the same class and order, by 
the tubular, 4-cleft, superior calyx; the corolla of 4 petals; and 
the 4-valved capsule, containing numerous naked seeds. 
One species British. 
CENOTIIE'RA BIENNIS. Biennial or Common Evening Prim- 
rose. Tree Primrose. Evening Star. 
Spec. Char. Stem upright, branched. Radical Leaves oblong- 
spear-shaped ; stem leaves egg-spear-shaped, toothed, pubescent. 
Petals hardly inversely heart-shaped, longer than the stamens. 
Lobes of the Stigma strap-shaped and thickish. Capsule nearly 
cylindrical, thickest at the base ; its valves either entire or bifid, 
opening at the apex. 
Engl. Bot. t. 1534. — Flora Danica, t. 440. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 493. — Willd. Sp. 
PI. v. ii. pt. i. p. 300. — Sm. Engl. FI. v. ii. p. 311. — With. (7tl\ eel.) v. ii. p. 473. — 
Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 559. — Lindl. Syn. p. 109. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 178. — 
l’urt. Midi. FI. v. i. p. 195. ; and v. iii. p. 355. — Winch’s FI. of Nortjiumberl. and 
Durham, p. 34. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. ii. p. 685. — Bab. FI. Bath, 
p. 17. — (Enothera foliis ovato-lanceulatis plants, Linn. Virid. Cl ill'. 33. — Mil- 
ler’s Plates, p. 126. t. 189. f. 2. — Lysimachia lutea siliquosa virginiana. Park. 
Parad. p 264. t. 263. f. 6. 
Localities.— On sandy soil; very rare. — Durham ; On South Shields Bal- 
last-hills: N. J. Winch, Esq. Ballast-hills, near Sunderland : Mr. Robson. — 
Essex ; On Warley Common: Or. 10. Mac Intyre, in FI. Metrop. — Glou- 
cestersh. Near Bristol: Miss’ Worsi.ey, in N. B. G. — Kent; On the top of 
Shooter’s Hill: C. Finch, in FI. Metrop. — Lane ash. Fields between Crosby 
and the Sea, near Liverpool: Or. Bostuck. Southport, Formby and Crosby, 
undoubtedly wild: G. Ghosfif.t.d, Ksq. — Somerselsh. Naturalized in many 
Fig. 1. Stamens. — Fig. 2. Germen, Style, & Stigma. — Fig. 3. Style & Stigma. — 
Fig. 4. Transverse section of the Capsule. — Fig. 5. Capsule, with the valves sepa- 
rated, showing the central Placenta. — Fig. 6. Transverse section of the same — 
Fig. 7. A Seed. 
* From oinos, Gr .vine; and thera, Gr. searching, ov catching; from the 
root having caught the perfume of wine. Hooker. + See fol. 42, n. +. 
