OENOTHE'RA DENTA'TA. 
TOOTHED CENOTHEKA. 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
ONAGRARI^. 
Native of 
Heig-ht. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Chili. 
f foot. 
June to Aug. 
Annual. 
in 1832. 
No. 670. 
For the meaning and origin of the generic name 
see No 201. 
Although the flowers of this rather scarce species 
of annual (Enothera are small, their abundance 
makes the plant altogether showy, and its effect is 
further heightened by the lively tint of its stems. 
It grows compactly together in patches, where 
sown, and never rises but a few inches above the 
surface of the ground, hence from its habit as well 
as its beauty, it is well suited for the front of the 
parterre, or for ornamenting rock-work. This beau- 
tiful little plant is so distinct in habit from the nu- 
merous ornamental (Enotheras at present in com- 
mon cultivation, and from annuals generally, that it 
should not be wanting in any respectable collection. 
As the (Enothera dentata comes into flower early, 
in regard to the time it is sown, it would be un- 
necessary to make the general sowing before the 
middle of April. This may be done in the borders, 
if slugs can be securely guarded against, otherwise 
it will be better to sow it in pots and transplant the 
seedlings when half an inch high. If sown in May 
it would blossom late in autumn. 
Don’s Syst. Bot. v. 2, 684. 
Class. 
OCTANDRIA. 
