Small-flowered Gaura. Gaura parviflora Dougl. Achenes greenish brown, at first glance, having the appearance of barley, linear, swollen in the middle, more or less grooved or channeled, 6–8 mm. long. Introduced from the South.


Fig 135. [Common Evening-Primrose. Oenothera biennis] L. Onagra biennis (L.) Scop.

Common Evening-Primrose. Oenothera biennis L. Onagra biennis (L.) Scop. Flowers yellow; seeds reddish brown or darker, surface dull, minutely ridged, very irregular in shape owing to crowding in the pod, more or less pyramidal and four or five sided, the angles acute or with a wing-like border, 1.-1.5 mm. long. Native to this country.


PARSLEY FAMILY. UMBELLIFERAE.

Fig 136. [Water Hemlock. Mosquash Root. Beaver Poison. Cicuta maculata] L.