. 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. 6o8 ONAGRACEAE. Vol. II. I. Meriolix serrulata (Nutt.) Walp. Tooth-leaved Primrose. Fig. 3067. Oenothera serrulata Nutt. Gen. i: 246. 1818. Meriolix serrulata Walp. Repert. 2 ; 79. 1843. M. intermedia Rydb.; Small, Fl. SE. U. S. 846. 1903, Erect, simple or branched, canescent or glabrate, 4'-i8' high'. Leave& linear-oblong, lanceolate or oblanceolate, acute
. 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. 6o8 ONAGRACEAE. Vol. II. I. Meriolix serrulata (Nutt.) Walp. Tooth-leaved Primrose. Fig. 3067. Oenothera serrulata Nutt. Gen. i: 246. 1818. Meriolix serrulata Walp. Repert. 2 ; 79. 1843. M. intermedia Rydb.; Small, Fl. SE. U. S. 846. 1903, Erect, simple or branched, canescent or glabrate, 4'-i8' high'. Leave& linear-oblong, lanceolate or oblanceolate, acute or acutish at the apex, narrowed at the base and usually sessile, sharply dentate or denticulate, I'-z' long, 2"-3" wide; flowers yellow, axillary, 6"-2' broad; calyx-lobes ovate, acuminate, somewhat reflexed, the tube funnelform, silvery canescent, shorter than or equalling the ovary; petals obovate, crenulate; stigma discoid; capsule sessile, linear-cylindric, silvery canescent, 8"-i5" long, about i" thick, slightly grooved longitudinally. In dry soil, Manitoba and Minnesota to Wisconsin, Texas and New Mexico. Consists of several races, dif- fering in size, shape of leaves and size of flowers. May- G. biennis. G, sinuaia. G. villosa. 18. GAURA L. Sp. PI. 347- i753- Annual biennial or perennial herbs, somewhat woody at the base, with alternate nar- row sessile leaves, and white, pink or red flowers in terminal spikes or racemes. Calyx usually pubescent, its tube narrow, prolonged beyond the ovary, deciduous, 4-lobed (rarely 3-lobed), the lobes reflexed. Petals 4 (rarely 3), clawed, unequal. Stamens usually 8, declined; filaments filiform, each with a small scale at the base. Ovary i-celled; united styles filiform, declined; stigma 4-lobed, surrounded by a cup-like border; ovules usually 4, pendulous. Fruit nut-like, ribbed or angled, indehiscent or nearly so, 1-4-seeded. Seeds unappendaged. [Greek, proud, some species being showy.] About 1
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