Our drawing was made from a plant raised from Cape seeds, which flowered this season, among a number of others equally curious, in the collection of Mr. Barr, Nurseryman and Florist, near Ball's-Turnpike, Kingsland.
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Oenothera Rosea. Rose-Coloured Oenothera.
Class and Order.
Octandria Monogynia.
Generic Character.
Cal. 4-fidus. Petala 4. Caps. cylindrica infera. Sem. nuda.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
OENOTHERA rosea foliis ovatis dentatis, inferioribus lyratis: capsulis clavatis. Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 3.
OENOTHERA rosea. L'Herit. Stirp. Nov. tom. 2. t. 6.