Fort Gibson, Dr. Leavemvorth! June.—A remarkable species, with somewhat
the habit of CE. biennis. Flowers very numerous. Petals narrowed
at the base. Filaments and style almost capillary. Anthers linear.
7. CE. sinuata (Linn.) : pubescent or villous; stems ascending or decumbent,
simple or branching from the base; leaves oblong or lanceolate,
sinuate-toothed or often pinnatifid, the lower ones petioled; flowers (small)
axillary ; calyx villous; the tube longer than the very hairy ovary, and twice
or thrice the length of the segments ; petals about the length of the stamens
and style (pale yellow, turning to rose-color); capsules cylindrical or slightly
prismatic, elongated, straight or often arcuate__L in n .! mant. p. 228 ; Murr.
in comm. Goett. 5. t. 9 ; Willd. ! spec. 2. p. 309 ; Michx.! fl. 1. p. 224 ;
Ell. sic. 1. p. 443 ; DC. prodr. 3. p. 48 ; Spach ! 1. c. Lysimachia corni-
culata maritima, &c., Pluk. aim. t. 203, ƒ. 3.
0- minima (Nutt.): stem small, 1-flowered ; leaves denticulate or nearly
entire .-—Hook. ! hot. mag. t. 3392. CE. minima, Pursh, fl. 1. p. 262, 1.15.
y. hirsuta: canescently hirsute throughout; stem stout, erect or ascending.—
CE. Mexicana, Spach! Onagr.p. 17.
<5- humifusa: canescent, procumbent; leaves smaller, sinuate-toothed or
almost entire— CE. humifusa, Nutt. ! gen. 1. p. 245, not of Lindl. hot. reg .!
In fields and grassy places, New Jersey ! to Florida ! Louisiana ! and
Texas. 0. In sandy fields, New Jersey! and Southern States ! y . Texas,
Drummond! <5. On the sea-shore, Florida, Dr. Baldwin ! Mr. Cozzens !
Dr. Leavenworth,! May-June.—Flowers about the size of those of CE. pu-
mila. Calyx-segments often toothed near the tip. Capsules 1-1J inch in
length, obtuse or truncate. Seeds minutely favose.—The var. 0. is a vernal
form of the species, growing in barren soil; y . is a more hairy state, of which
we have numerous intermediate forms; and S. is a maritime variety.
* * Annual or perennial caulescent herbs : flowers (rather large) nodding before
expansion, diurnal, white or flesh-color, turning to rose-color, odorous : tube of
the calyx linear, slender : capsule rather coriaceous, linear, prismatic-cylindri.
cal, sessile: seeds terete, ascending, arranged in a single row in each cell.—
Anogra, Spach.
8. CE. pinnatifida (Nutt.) : annual, decumbent, pubescent or puberulent;
leaves deeply pinnatifid, with linear or lanceolate acute segments ; the radical
ones often nearly entire; flowers axillary, very large ; segments of the
calyx rather shorter than the tube, and much shorter than the broadly obcor-
date petals ; style filiform, shorter than the petals but exceeding the stamens ;
stigmas filiform, divaricate, as long as the anthers ; capsules prismatic-cylindrical,
striate-grooved, somewhat tapering towards the apex.—Nutt. ! gen. 1.
p. 247, not of H. B. Sp K. CE. albicaulis, Pursh, fl. 2. p. 274, not of Nutt.
CE. Purshii, Don, syst. gard. 8p hot. 2. p. 688.
a. minutely puberulent, and slightly canescent when young.
0. minutely puberulent and hirsutely pubescent; flowers a little smaller.
Plains of the Platte and Missouri, Bradbury! Nuttall ! Dr. James !
May-June.—Stem low, or sometimes 1-2 feet long. Corolla 2-3 inches in
diameter. Anthers long and slender. Capsules about an inch long. “ Seeds
ovoid, grooved and punctate.” Nutt.—Mr. Nuttall now supposes that he
formerly confounded two species under this name, and proposes the name of
CE. Bradburiana for our var. a. from which the original description seems to
have been chiefly taken; but we are confident that they are forms of the
same species.
9. CE. trichoccdyx (Nutt.! m ss.): “ perennial or biennial, somewhat canescently
puberulent; stem nearly simple, erect; leaves all pinnatifid ; the
segments short, entire, obtuse; flowers axillary (rather small); calyx when
young villous with very long flat hairs ; the segments shorter than the tube
and the roundish petals; stamens and style shorter than the petals; stigmas
short; capsules cylindrical.
“ Plains of the Platte in the Rocky Mountains. June.—Stem about a
foot high. Leaves crowded, the younger ones somewhat canescent [and
sprinkled with hirsute flattish hairs] ; the terminal lobe of the lower leaves
oblong and entire. Flowers white, turning to rose-color. Seeds not punctate.”
Nuttall.
10. CE. coronopifolia : perennial? minutely pubescent and strigose; stem
ascending or erect; leaves pectinate-pinnatifid, with linear acute segments ;
the lowermost somewhat entire ; flowers (small) axillary; tube of the calyx
filiform, abruptly dilated at the summit, villous in the throat; the segments
linear-lanceolate, shorter than the tube, longer than the entire roundish petals
; 'stamens shorter than the petals ; style exserted; stigmas rather short
and thick ; ovaries hirsute.—CE. pinnatifida, Torr. ! in ann. lyc. New York,
2. p. 201, not of Nutt.
Forks of the Platte, Dr. James!—Leaves crowded. Corolla about an inch
broad when expanded. Fruit unknown.
11. CE. pallida (Dougl.) : perennial, glabrous; root creeping; stems ascending,
very smooth, whitish, branched above; leaves lanceolate or linear,
acute, entire or remotely serrulate or denticulate ; the radical ones sometimes
runcinately toothed or pinnatifid towards the base; flowers (rather small)
axillary and terminating the branches; calyx glabrous or with scattered
hairs; the tube much longer than the ovary, and about twice the length of
the segments; petals retuse or erose-crenulate, scarcely longer than the stamens
and sty le; capsules cylindrical (white), somewhat contorted.—Dougl,
in hot. reg. t. 1142 ,• Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 210.
0. leptophylla: leaves narrowly linear.—CE. leptophylla, Nutt.! mss.
Common in diy sandy soil west of the Rocky mountains, Douglas ! Mr.
Tolmie! 0. Plains near the sources of the Platte, Nuttall !—Stem 6 inches
to 2 feet high, rather woody at the base, with numerous spreading branches.
12. CE. albicaulis (Nutt.) : perennial; stem erect, branched above, very
smooth and shining, white; leaves linear or somewhat lanceolate, mostly entire,
acute, minutely pubescent beneath; flowers axillary (rather small);
tube of the calyx longer than the ovary, and rather longer than the segments;
petals “ roundish, entire, shorter than the calyx segments and about the
length of the stamens ;” style exserted ; capsules prismatic-cylindrical,
straight, truncate, nearly glabrous.—Nutt, in Fraser, cat., Spgen. 1. p. 245;
Torr. ! in ann. lyc. New York, 2 .p. 201 ; Hook.fi. Bar.-Am. 1. p. 210 ; not
of Pursh. Anogra Nuttalliana, Spach, l. c.
Barrens along.the Platte, Nuttall, Dr. James! Saskatchawan, Drummond«,
—Calyx puberulent.
* * * Annual, biennial, or mostly perennial caulescent herbs: flowers mostly diurnal
: tube o f the calyx linear-clavate : capsule obovate or clavate, often pedicellate,
with 4 carinate or winged angles and 4 intermediate ribs, tardily dehiscent,
cartilaginous, the dissepiments often evanescent: seeds very numerous,
irregular or in several rows, horizontal; testa membranaceous: leaves marked
with minute linear and roundish pellucid dots.—CEnotherium, Seringe, (excl.
spec.)
+ Flowers (large and showy) nodding before expansion, fragrant, white turning to
rose-color in fading : capsule almost ligneous. (Xylopleurum, Spach.)