410 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
RanGe: Washington to California in the coast region. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Sinclair Inlet, Piper, July, 1895; Steilacoom, Suckley; Ska- 
mania County, Suksdorf 2129; Chambers Prairie, Henderson, August, 1892; Johns Island, 
Lawrence 189; Klickitat County, Suksdorf, May 27, July 1881 and 23. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition. 
4. Godetia caurina Abrams, sp. nov. 
Stems erect, simple below, more or less branched above, 30 to 60 cm. high; herbage 
minutely and rather sparsely puberulent throughout; leaves linear -lanceolate, entire; 
flower heads mainly erect, oblong, obtuse at apex, 12 to 14 mm. long; calyx tube 2 mm. 
long; petals obovate, 15 to 18 mm. long, purple with a blotch of deeper color near the 
center; anthers 3 mm. long, fertile to the tip, glabrous; stigmas linear-oblong, 3 mm. 
long, yellow; capsule 8-ribbed, stoutly beaked at apex, 25 mm. long, tapering at base into 
a pedicel fully half as long. 
Nearest G. amoena (Lehm.) Lilja from which it is best distinguished by its much smaller 
glabrous anthers, which are not sterile at tip, and oblong obtuse flower buds. 
TYPE LocaLity: Olympic Mountains, Clallam County, collected by Eimer 2565, June, 
1900 (type, United States National Herbarium, no, 401890). 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Mount Finlayson, Vancouver Island, Macoun, June 28, 1887; 
Beacon Hill, Vancouver Island, Macoun, May 25, 1887. 
GobETIA VIMINEA (Dougl.) Spach, Gopetia Lepipa Lindl. Both these names appear 
in Suksdorf’s list, but there are no specimens to indicate that these species occur in Wash- 
ington. The species of this genus are very poorly understood. 
BOISDUVALIA. 
Upper leaves much broader than the lower ones; capsule septifragal in 
dehiscence....... 2.2.22 2-2-2222 ee ee ee ee eee 1. B. densiflora. 
Upper leaves not broader than the lower ones; capsule loculicidal in 
dehiscence. 
Leaves narrowly lanceolate, pubescent._-.-...................... 2. B. stricta. 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate, often glabrous... ......2...-.-.......... 3. B. glabella. 
1. Boisduvalia densiflora (Lindl.) 8. Wats. in Brewer & Wats. Bot. Cal. 1: 233. 1876. 
Boisduvalia douglasti Spach, Hist. Veg. 4: 385. 1835. 
Oenothera densiflora Lindl. Bot. Reg. 19: pl. 1593. 1833. 
Tyre Locauity: Northern California. 
Rance: British Columbia to California and Nevada. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Seattle, Piper, July, 1897; Ellensburg, Whited 573; west Klicki- 
tat County, Suksdorf 2254; Leavenworth, Whited 248; Faleon Valley, Suksdorf 557; 
Peshastin, Sandberg & Leiberg 588; Spokane, Piper, October 1, 1900; Pullman, Hull, July 
16, 1892; Piper, 1839; Ellensburg, Cotton 866. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition and Upper Sonoran. 
la. Boisduvalia densiflora pallescens Suksdorf, Deutsch. Bot. Monatss. 18: 88. 1900. 
Type Loca.iry: Near Bingen, Klickitat County, Washington. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Near Bingen, Suksdorf. 
Distinguished by having white flowers and somewhat larger seeds. 
2. Boisduvalia stricta (A. Gray) Greene, Fl. Fran, 225. 1891. 
Gayophytum strictum A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 7: 340. 1867. 
Boisduvalia torreyx S. Wats. in Brewer & Wats. Bot. Cal. 1: 233. 1876. 
Oenothera torreyi S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 8: 384. 1873. 
Tyre Locatity: Cloverdale, California. 
Rance: Washington and Idaho to California. 
