(ENOTHE'RA VIMI'NEA. 
TWIGGY (ENOTHERA. 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
ONAGRARI*. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
N. America. 
2i feet. 
July, Sept. 
Annual. 
in 1826. 
No. 362. 
The derivation of the word Oenothera, has been 
previously noticed. Viniinea, from the Latin, signi- 
fying that it is composed of twigs; which is particu- 
larly the character of this species of Oenothera, its 
shoots being long and slender, with very few branches. 
This is a handsome free growing annual, which 
was introduced to this country by the London Horti- 
cultural Society, from North America, through the 
mediumoftheir indefatigable collector, Mr. Douglas; 
by whose exertions so many other desirable hardy 
plants have been obtained. Every year adds greatly 
to our catalogue, and if free access to the unexplored 
immense wilds of America be continued to European 
Botanists, this augmentation may proceed through 
future ages and centuries. Of the extended know- 
ledge of those times no adequate idea can be form- 
ed by the present generation. 
This annual succeeds very well if sown in the 
borders, in April. We have sown it in pots, in 
August, and protected the young plants, during the 
winter, by which means a few have been saved, which 
have become very strong and woody, and flowered 
early in the following season. 
Bot. Reg. 1220. 
Class. 
OCTANDRIA . 
