. 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. Genus 8. EVENING-PRIMROSE FAMILY. 597 I. Raimannia humifusa (Nutt.) Rose. Seaside Evening-Primrose. Fig. 3042. Oenothera humifusa Nutt. Gen. i: 245. 1818. Oenothera sinuata var. humifusa T. & G. Fl. N. A. i: 494. 1840. Raimannia humifusa Rose, Contr. Nat. Herb. 8: 331. 1905. Spreading and decumbent or ascending, branched from the base and usually also above
. 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. Genus 8. EVENING-PRIMROSE FAMILY. 597 I. Raimannia humifusa (Nutt.) Rose. Seaside Evening-Primrose. Fig. 3042. Oenothera humifusa Nutt. Gen. i: 245. 1818. Oenothera sinuata var. humifusa T. & G. Fl. N. A. i: 494. 1840. Raimannia humifusa Rose, Contr. Nat. Herb. 8: 331. 1905. Spreading and decumbent or ascending, branched from the base and usually also above, silvery-pubescent with white appressed or ascending hairs; stems 8'-i8' long. Leaves lanceolate to oblanceolate, sessile or nar- rowed into a petiole, acutish or sometimes obtuse at the apex, j'-2' long, repand-denticulate, the lower pinnatifid; flowers axillary, yellow, nocturnal, 6"-is" broad; calyx- lobes linear, obtusish, shorter than the tube, somewhat spreading; capsule linear, 6"-i2" long, about li" thick, very pubescent; seeds striate longitudinally. On sea-beaches, New Jersey to Florida. Sept. Bermuda, June-. 2. Raimannia laciniata (Hill) Rose. Cut-leaved Evening-Primrose. Fig. 3043- Oenothera laciniata Hill. Veg. Syst. 12: 64. 1767. Oenothera sinuata L. Mant. 2: 228. 1771. Oe. minima Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 262. pi. is. 1814. R, laciniata Rose, Contr, Nat. Herb. 8: 330. 1905. Decumbent or ascending, simple or sometimes branched, 4'-2^° high, glabrous or sparingly hirsute- pubescent. Leaves sessile or the lower petioled, oval-lanceolate or oblanceolate, acute or obtusish at the apex, sinuate-dentate or often pinnatifid, i'-2' long; flowers axillary (or on small plants some- times solitary and terminal), 6"-2' broad; calyx-lobes linear-lanceolate, reflexed, much shorter than the slender tube; capsule linear, I'-iJ' long, about l" thick, more or less pubescent, straight or curved upward; seeds strongly pitted. In sandy dry soil, souther
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