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connivent, copiously papillose above. Capsule cylindrical,
fusiform, pubescent, half an inch long, 4-celled, 4-valved.
Seeds numerous, angular, brown, terminated by a broad
crenulately fringed chalaza.
A native of California, where it was discovered by the
late Mr. Douglas, on his second visit to that country, and
from seeds transmitted by him to the Horticultural Society
plants_ were raised in the spring of 1835. Its claims to a
place in the flower border will not stand in competition with
its more showy congeners, C. pulchella and elegans, but the
plant is interesting to the Botanist as supplying a further
link of connexion between Clarkia and CEnothera. The
present species is remarkable for having the mouth of the
tube of the calyx closed by 8 squamiform appendages. The
chalaza is fringed as in Godetia.
The plant is a hardy annual, growing luxuriantly in the
ordinary garden soil, and ripening its seeds freely in the open
border.
Our drawing was taken from specimens which flowered in
the garden of our venerable friend, Mr. Menzies, at Netting
Hill, Kensington, in the beginning of August last.
The generic name will be found explained at fol. 157.
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1. Calyx. 2. Stamens. 3. Pistil. 4. Petal.
.5. Capsule split open. 6. Seed.
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