LEUES) 
G2NOTHERA quadrivulnera. 
Lour-spotted CEnothera. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. ONAGRARIE. A 
(ENOTHERA. Supra, vol. 2. fol. 147. 
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QE. quadrivulnera ; foliis linearibus integerrimis pubescentibus, capsulis. 
pilosis teretibus sulcatis foliis brevioribus, petalis denticulatis sub apice 
discoloribus, tubo calycis brevissimo. 
Qs. quadrivulnera. Douglas Journal, &c. ined. 
Caulis erectus, ramosus, dense foliosus, ramis strictis, teretibus, pallidis, 
leviter pilosis. Folia oblongo-linearia, pubescentia, uncialia. Flores axillares, 
Soltis breviores. Ovarium fusiforme, apice attenuatum, sulcatum, tomento- 
sum. Sepala reflexa, pilosa, acuminata, ovario quadruplo breviora, tubo 
suo obconico duplo longiora. Petala subrotunda, erecta, pallidé lilacina, sub 
apice denticulata, macula unicd purpured. Capsula 3 v. 4 lineas longa, 
cylindracea, pilosa, suleata. Semina atrofusca, opaca, angulata. 
A very neat and well-marked species, resembling 
Gi. Lindleyana in the singular spotting of the petals, but 
different from it in their colour, and in the size and mode 
of growth of the plant. In the open border it forms a 
diffuse patch, with stems about a foot in length: if grown 
in a pot, for which it is admirably adapted, it becomes a 
dense tuft of stems about 6 inches high, which are almost 
covered with leaves and elegant lilac flowers. It blossoms 
from June till the frosts destroy it. 
A hardy annual, propagated readily by seeds; native 
of the north-west of North America, where it was col- 
lected by Mr. Douglas. Our drawing was made in the _ 
Chiswick Garden, in September last. 
Stem erect, branched, densely covered with leaves ; 
branches upright, round, pale, slightly pilose. Leaves 
oblong-linear, pubescent, an inch long. Jowers axillary, 
