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G@NOTHERA pallida. 
Pale-stemmed Ginothera. 
a 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. ONAGRARI£. § Capsulares. 
G@NOTHERA. Supra, vol. 2. fol. 147. 
Qi. pallida ; perennis, glaberrima, caulibus decumbentibus subangulatis, 
foliis lineari-lanceolatis integerrimis dentatisque, tubo calycis ovarii 
longitudine, capsula lineari-contorta falcata, radice repente. 
Herbacea, perennis, radicibus repentibus. Caules erecti v. decumbentes, 
sesquipedales, ramost, pallidt, angulati, glabri. Folia linearia, acuminata, 
integerrima v. dentata, glabra, rard pinnatifida. Flores axillares, erect, 
foliis longiores, primim albi, mox rubescentes, noctu odoratissimt. Ovarium 
lineare, 4-sulcatum, deorsim incrassatum, glabrum. —Tubus calycrs jiliformis, 
ovarii longitudine. Calyx membranaceus, glaberrimus, limbo tubo dupld 
breviore. Petala retusa, denticulata, calyce mult) majora. Stamina petals 
breviora. Antheree longe, lineures, versatiles, lutee. Capsule lineares, 
falcate, contorte, fibroso-lignose, caule inseparabiles nisi vi divulse. Semina 
linearia, cuneata, pallidée fusca, bast acuta, superficie levi. ' 
A handsome, hardy, creeping-rooted perennial, found 
by Mr. Douglas in the north-west of North America, 
where it forms a creeping-rooted straggling plant, about 
a foot high, growing among sand in all the dry country 
west of the Rocky Mountains. The flowers are at first 
white, afterwards they change to pale purple, and at night 
are deliciously fragrant. ey 
The species of Cinothera are, in many cases, difficult to 
distinguish from each other; and this difficulty is m no 
small degree increased by the imperfect manner in which 
they are often described by authors. We do not, however, 
conceive that the subject of this article has been before 
published, although it must be confessed that it bears con- 
siderable resemblance to the character given by Nuttall of 
his G7. albicaulis. But that species is described, firstly, as 
having the under side of the leaves, and the calyx, slightly 
