1()8 W. J. Jepson. 



1 to 2,4 cm long, the lowest oblong or oblong-ovate; calyx in bud 4-sided 

 and its tips free, the segments in anthesis commonly distinct; calyx- 

 tube pinkish, long and slender (5 to 10 mm long), usually longer than 

 the ovary and commonly swollen slightly at the summit of ovary: petals 

 cuneate-obovate, rose-red, 8 to 15 mm long, the long stamens two-thirds 

 their length; style nearly or quite equaling the petals; stigmas purple, 

 elliptic, somewhat united at base; capsule 9 to 18 mm long, 1,5 mm 

 broad, teretish, rather strongly curved, obscurely 2-ribbed on the sides. 

 California: Dry soils, Monterey Co.: San Miguelito Rancho, W. h. 

 Jepson, no. 1624, Juno 14—20, 1901; Santa Lucia Mts., W. L. Jepson, 

 no. 1636, June, 1901; G. R. Vasey. 1880; Salinas Valley, Brewer, 

 no. 519, May 1, 1861, typical but small plants; Douglas. 1830—32, who 

 first collected it; Monterey, State Survey, Guirado, no. 638, is, doubt- 

 less, a young state. The Brewer and Guirado plants were included by 

 Watson in his Oenothera tenella, Proc. Am. Acad., vol. 8, p. 615. My no. 

 1636 is an exact duplicate of the Douglas plant in the Kew Herbarium 

 which was first described as Oenothera viminea Douglas, var. parviflora? 

 Hooker & Arnott, Bot. Beech. 342 (1841). 



15. Godetia quadrivulnera Spach. var. apiculata Jepson, 1. c, p. 341 

 Pale, slender; buds strongly apiculate. 



California: Howell Mts., W. L. Jepson. no. 2441. 



16. Godetia quadrivulnera var. vacensis Jepson, 1. c, p. 341. 



Often branched at the base, the stems slender; flowers very remote; 

 capsules slender, 3 cm long. 



California: Vaca Mts., W. L. Jepson. 



17. Godetia quadrivulnera var. Davyi Jepson, 1. c, p. 341. 



Leaves all or mainly oblong and mostly obtuse, about 1,2 cm long; 

 midrib of valves prominent, ribs none or 4. 



California: Point Reyes, Davy, no. 6701. 

 Forma flagellata Jepson, 1. c, p. 341. 



Simple or with few elongated very slender whip-like branches, 37 2 . 

 to 6 dm high, the flowers very remote. 



California: Vaca Mts., W. L. Jepson. June 12, 1893. 

 Forma Setchelliana Jepson. 1. c, p. 341. 



Branching from base; young parts very canescent; style longer than 

 stamens; capsule short, densely short villous. 



California: Santa Cruz Mts., Setchell & Jepson, June 20, 1896 



18. Godetia quadrivulnera var. Hal Hi Jepson, 1. c, p. 341. 



Freely branching, 6 dm high, petals ovate, with an abrupt short 

 small point, light pink with a sharply defined deep purple or reddish 

 wedge-shaped spot at apex; stigmas very short, subquadrate; ovary and 

 capsule hairy; ribs filiform. 



California: Box Springs Mt., Riverside, Hall. no. 6241. 



19. Godetia quadrivulnera var. rubrissima Jepson, 1. c, p. 342. 

 Petals roundish ovate, 9 to 13 mm long, uniformly deep reddish 



purple; ovaries canescent; capsules strigulose-pubescent. 



