1849 
* GODÉTIA lépida. 
Smart Godetia. 
Nat. ord. ONAGRACEA, 
GODETIA Spach. Omnia CEnothere salvis seminibus angulatis queis 
come rudimentum adest marginis dentate forma chalazam circumdantis. 
Omnes annue, floribus rubicundis v. purpurascentibus, nunguam zanthinis. 
G. lepida ; erecta, foliis ovato-lanceolatis integerrimis, petalis subrhombeis ob- 
tusis denticulatis, staminibus petalis triplo brevioribus alternis brevioribus, 
capsulis sessilibus ovato-oblongis villosis. 
Annua, pedalis et sesquipedalis, caule stricto ramoso pilis brevibus 
adpressis leviter pub te. Folia ovato-l lata, integerrima, subpilosa, 
floribus equalia v. pauld longiora. Sepala acuminata, reflexa, villosa, 
ovario parim breviora, tubo brevissimo. Petala subrotunda in rhomboideam 
formam abeuntia, apice denticulata, pallide purpurascentia, maculá vinoso- 
purpureá cuneatá in medio apicis. Stamina alterna breviora, antheris pur- 
pureis apice fulvis ; petalis triplò breviora. Capsula sessilis, ovato-oblonga, 
pilis sessilibus albidis villosa. Semina fusca, depressa, angulata, cunei- 
formia, chalazá marginatá denticulatá. 
A pretty new annual, found in California by Mr. Douglas. 
It was raised in the Garden of the Horticultural Society in 
July 1835. In some respects, especially in the spots on its 
petals, it resembles Godetia ((Enothera) quadrivulnera, but is 
more handsome than that species; in reality it is most 
nearly allied to Godetia (CEnothera) decumbens, already 
figured at t. 1221 of this work; but that species, indepen- 
* A name the meaning of which is unexplained by its author, M, Spach. 
