. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. ONAGRACEAE. Vol. II. 10. Epilobium Hornemanni Reichenb. Horne- mann's Willow-herb. Fig. 3036. E, Hornemanni Reichenb. Icon. Crit. 2: jt,. 1824. E. alpinum var. majus A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 177. 1867. Erect, 6'-i2' high, simple or nearly so, slightly pubescent above, otherwise glabrous. Leaves short- petioled, ovate or elliptic, acutish or obtuse at the apex, narr
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. ONAGRACEAE. Vol. II. 10. Epilobium Hornemanni Reichenb. Horne- mann's Willow-herb. Fig. 3036. E, Hornemanni Reichenb. Icon. Crit. 2: jt,. 1824. E. alpinum var. majus A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 177. 1867. Erect, 6'-i2' high, simple or nearly so, slightly pubescent above, otherwise glabrous. Leaves short- petioled, ovate or elliptic, acutish or obtuse at the apex, narrowed or rounded at the base, entire or rather remotely denticulate, thin, 6"-2o" long, 4"-io" wide; flowers few in the upper axils, purple or violet, 3"-3i" broad; stigma entire; capsules i'-2i' long, nearly glabrous, slender-pedicelkd; seeds about i" long, papillose, nearly beakless; coma dingy-white. Moist places, Labrador to Maine, New Hampshire, British Columbia, south in the Rocky Mountains to Colorado and to California. Also in Europe and Asia. Summer. 7. OENOTHERA L. Sp. PL 346. 1753. [Onagra Adans. Fam. PI. 2; 85. 1763.] Annual or biennial caulescent herbs, with mostly erect stems. Leaves alternate, undulate or toothed, sessile or short-petioled; buds erect. Flowers yellow, nocturnal, in terminal bracted spikes. Calyx-tube elongated, terete, gradually enlarged at the throat; calyx-seg- ments narrow, the tips free in the bud. Petals 4, spreading. Stamens 8, equal in length; filaments filiform; anthers linear. Ovary 4-celled; united styles filiform; stigma 4-cleft; ovules numerous, in 2 or more rows, horizontal. Capsule 4-celled, 4-angled, more or less tapering, opening loculicidally. Seeds prismatic-angled, in 2 or more rows, horizontal. [Greek, wine-scenting, the roots being once used for that purpose.] About 15 species, composed of many races, chiefly North American. The later flowers are often much smaller than the earlier ones on th
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