(ENOTHF/RA VIMFNEA. Var.dentnta. 
T(K)THKI) TWIGGY aCNOTHEKA. 
Chiss. Order. 
OCTANOniA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
onacrace;f.. 
Native of 
llei^lit. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
N. America 
1 foot. 
Jnne to Sept. 
Annual. 
in 1834 ? 
No. 581. 
For the derivation of the word (Enothera see No. 
163 and 201. 
This is a remarkably pretty Oenothera, which 
came up amonj^st some annuals raised from seeds 
received from the continent. It has been consider- 
ed a variety of Viminea, but of its being so^we have 
much doubt. Unfortunately, the specimen from 
which our drawing was taken was not preserved, 
consequently at the present moment we are preclu- 
ded from so nice a comparison as may otherwise 
have been made of it. If on further examination 
hereafter, it proves as we have no doubt it will, to 
be a distinct species the fact shall be noticed. 
This genus has within the last fifteen years been 
more than doubled in number, there being now in 
culture upwards of sixty species. A few of the 
perennial species are somewhat tender, but with a 
little attention they may be raised sufficiently early 
to flower in the first season, and thus present the 
advantages of both annuals and jierennials. 
Seeds of our present interesting species may be 
sown in the borders in April, and the young plants 
will merely require to be kej)t free of weeds. 
140 Don’s Syst. Bot. 2, 688. 
