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QGQiNOTHERA cheiranthifolia. 
Stock-leaved Cinothera. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGY NIA. 
Nat. ord. ONAGRARIZ. 
CGiNOTHERA, Supra, vol. 2. fol. 147. 
Fructibus cylindrieis v. prismaticis equalibus. 
IE. cheiranthifolia; caule ramosissimo ascendente hirsuto, foliis sessilibus 
spatulatis obtusis subintegerrimis villosis, floribus sessilibus, capsulis 
curvatis angulatis acutis hirsutis. ‘ Horn.” Spreng. syst. 2. 228. 
Annua. Caulis decumbens, teres, ruber, pilosus, ramosus. Folia glauca, 
pubescentia, multiformia, inferiora spatulata, longe petiolata, distantia, 
superiora approximata, subsessilia v. petiolata, nunc oblonga, nunc ovata 
subcordata, omnia obtusa. Flores solitariz, axzllares, foliis paulo longiores, 
lete lutet, mox fulvi. Ovarium subulatum, subarcuatum, villosum. Sepala 
villosa. . Stigma capitatum. 
One of the best additions that have been lately made to 
our stock of hardy annuals. It is distinguished by its 
trailing habit, bright red stems, very glaucous leaves, like 
those of a ten-week’s stock, and bright lively yellow 
flowers. Perfectly hardy, and requiring no other care than 
the commonest hardy annual. 
A native of Chile, whence it seems to have been imported 
into the Danish National Garden, at Copenhagen, and 
thence into the establishments of other European States. 
Our drawing was made from plants in the garden of the 
Horticultural Society, where it had been raised from seeds 
presented by Mr. Otto, of the Botanic Garden of Berlin. 
Flowers, in uninterrupted succession, from July till the 
winter’s frost. 
Stem annual, decumbent, round, red, hairy, branched. 3 
Leaves glaucous, pubescent, of several shapes; the lower 
