(ENOTHE'RA LINDLEYA'NA. 
lindley’s tree primrose. 
Class. Order. 
OCTANDRI A. MONOGYNIA, 
Natural Order. 
ONAGRARIA5. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
N. America. 
2 feet. 
July, Sept. 
Annual. 
in 1826- 
No. 201. 
The term (Enothera is stated by ancient writers 
to be derived from the Greek oinos, wine; and 
thera, pursuing- or catching-, from the roots acquir- 
ing- a vinous perfume by being dried. The Greek 
word thera, signifies also a wild beast; and (Eno- 
thera may have originated from the notion of Cre- 
tevas, a Greek physician, who says that the herb then 
bearing this name being put into wine, and wild beasts 
sprinkled therewith, became tame and tractable. 
This species is named after Mr. Lindley, the pre- 
sent professor of botany at the London University, 
an appointment to which his experience and ability 
render him highly suitable. 
It is a very pretty (Enothera, which will, assur- 
edly, soon become a favourite annual. Its conspi- 
cuous pink mark on each petal is rather remarkable, 
though not the only instance amongst the (Enotheras 
of such peculiarity; this, however, like vegetable 
colours in general, is not a permanent character, 
for plants of it frequently occur whose flowers have 
no trace of such mark. 
The common colours of the flower also vary con- 
siderably in different soils, becoming more or less 
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