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CENOTHERA odorata, 
Curled-leaved Ginothera. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNI4A, 
Nat. ord. Onacnm. Jussiewgen.317. - i 
Div. IIL. Stylus unicus. Fructus capsularis. Stamina petalorum 
dupla. 
QNOTHERA. Cal. monophyllus; superus, longus cylindricus 
apice deciduus cum limbo 4-partito. Pet. 4, summo calyci inserta, 
ejusdem laciniis alterna. Stam. ibidém inserta; anth. oblong incum- 
bentes. Stigma 4-fidum. Caps. longa cylindrica sub4-gona 4loc. 
4valv. polysperma, valvis medio septiferis, seminibus nudis numerosis 
angulatis receptaculo centrali affixis. HWerbe, quedam lignose; folie 
alterna ; flores solitarit axillares. Jussieu gen. 319. 
QE. odorata, foliis lineari-lanceolatis subdentatis undulatis, caule villoso 
suffruticoso. Jacq. ic. rar. 3. t. 456. , 
Q&nothera odorata. Jacq. coll. 5. 107. Willd. sp. pl. 2. 308. 
Qinothera undulata. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 2. 349. ; 
(«) caule, nervis foliorum, calyce, germineque rubentibus. 
(8) caule, nervis foliorum, calyce, germineque virentibus. 
Suffruticosa, perennis. Caulis sesqui-bipedalis de propé basin ramosus et 
Joliatus [in plantis annotinis modd TLE] ; rami nunc plurimi hirsutizs villosi, 
ad hyemem usque procrescentes et flores successive promentes. Folia sparsa, 
distantia, sessilia, lanceolata, deorsum parim angustata, sursim longe cuspidato- 
attenuata, utringue villosa, lucido-virentia, undulata, reprints superiora 
Jloralia que basi ovata, inferiora modo explicata atque plana, dentiouls pau= 
cissimis remotis callosis obscurits marginata, costa media cum nervis senis v. 
octonis longitudinalibus, longiora 3-4:uncialia, summa latiora modd parim infra 
unciam basi transversa. Flores in summis foliis axillares, successivi, solitarit, 
sessiles, odorati, vésperé expandentes, mané croceo-emarcescentes. Germ. sub= 
-tetragonum, villosum, longius tubo calycino. Calyx villosus, sesquiuncialis ; 
tubo recto tereti striato ; limbo deflexo ¢ parte feré longiore ; segmentis juxta 
infra apicem cornuto-mucronatis. Corolla lutea 2 uncias vel magis transversa 
pet. lato-obcordata, emarginaturd profunda et acutd. Stam. % parte breviora. 
corolla. Stigmata $-plo breviora stylo. 
a tere 
The present species was first raised in Europe in 1790, 
from a collection of seeds made by the surgeon of a mei- 
chant-ship, at Port Desire (a harbour on the eastern coast 
of Patagonia, frequented by vessels on their passage to the 
Pacific Ocean).- Sir Joseph Banks purchased the parcel 
which was brought home, and presented a part to Pro- 
fessor Jacquin; by whom our plant has been figured in the 
* Icones plantarum rariorum,” and its history given in his 
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