. Flowers of the field. Botany. ONAGRARfE/E small, prostrate, glabrous plant, 6 - chambered ; sfv/i' short ; sli\i;ina 2, â 5-lobed ; ovules many ; fiiiit a capsule. (Named in honour of Cail lAidwig, Professor of Botany at Leipsic.) I. (?///5/;7'.f (Marsh IsnardiaVâThe only British species, a 10 ii>. long, with 4-angled, branched ifciiis.^ rooting at the nodes ; opposite, stalked, ovate, acute, shin- ing . leaves: and minute, axillary, sessile, apetalous, 4-merous flmt'crs. â Boggy pools in the New Forest and: formerly in Sussex. âFl. June, July. "''â ,5. CEnothera (Even- ing Primro
. Flowers of the field. Botany. ONAGRARfE/E small, prostrate, glabrous plant, 6 - chambered ; sfv/i' short ; sli\i;ina 2, â 5-lobed ; ovules many ; fiiiit a capsule. (Named in honour of Cail lAidwig, Professor of Botany at Leipsic.) I. (?///5/;7'.f (Marsh IsnardiaVâThe only British species, a 10 ii>. long, with 4-angled, branched ifciiis.^ rooting at the nodes ; opposite, stalked, ovate, acute, shin- ing . leaves: and minute, axillary, sessile, apetalous, 4-merous flmt'crs. â Boggy pools in the New Forest and: formerly in Sussex. âFl. June, July. "''â ,5. CEnothera (Even- ing Primrose).âjVnierican herbs, with scattered Icai'cs : large 4 - merous flc'd'jrs : lalyx-liihe pro- longed above the top of tire ovary and constricted so as to fortn a honey chamber ; sepnh decidu- ous., sii'iDieus S. (Name m (Ireek (>ni(it/ii'ras, em- plojed by Theophrastus, sigitifymg "catchmg the flavour of ;) I.* Q\. I'lhuiis ((roni- mon Evening Primrose). A , stout herbaceous plailt, 2 3 feet high, with lanceolate smooth lea-res : large*, pale yellow, fragrant Jlinuers, which open ur the evening, and wither towards the niuldle of the next day ; and a long eeipsiile bluntly 4 sided and widest near its base. It is a native of North America, and is naturalised in a fen- places.âFl. JulyâSeptember. Biennial. 2,* CE. oeliiidta (Fragraiit Evening Prmirose\ differing mainly in ha\-ing brighter green leai'es, deeper yellow/A'n', and a .v//- suU widest near the to|), is a native of P;ttag<.(nia, naturalised at. nia: 1 A 'TETI.^NA. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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