189 
3. SPHAEROSTIGMA CONTORTUM (Dougl.) Walp. 
OLnothera contorta Dougl.; Lehm. in Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 
214. 1833. 
OLnothera strigulosa T. & G. Fl. N. A. 1: 512. 1840. 
OEnothera parvula Nutt.; T. & G. Fl. N. Avr: 511. 1840. 
Sphaerostigma contortum Walp. Repert. 2: 78. 1843. 
Sphaerostigma parvulum Walp. Repert.2: 78. 1843. 
_ Sphaerostigma strigulosum F. & M. Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. 2: 
2. 1636, 
Washington to Nevada, Arizona and southern California, where 
it ascends to 1850 meters. 
3a. SPHAEROSTIGMA CONTORTUM PUBENS (S. Wats.). 
OLnothera strigulosa var. pubens S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 8: 
594. 1873. 
OEnothera contorta pubens Coville, Cont. Nat. Herb. 4: 104. 
1893. 
Vancouver Island to Nevada, Arizona and Southern California, 
ascends to 1500-1700 metres in Nevada and California. 
3b. SPHAEROSTIGMA CONTORTUM GREENEI. 
OLEnothera strigulosa var. epilobioides Greene, F|. Francis, 216. 
1891. Not OL. epilobioides Nutt. 1840. 
Away from the seaboard, from Oregon to San Diego, Cal. ‘ 
4. SPHAEROSTIGMA CAMPESTRE (Greene). . : 
OLEnothera dentata S, Wats. Bot. Calif. 1: 226. 1876. Not Cav. 
Ic. 4: 67. pl. 398. 1797. 
OLnothera campestris Greene, Fl. Francis, 216. 1891. 
From the Valley of the Sacramento to southern California, 
where it ascends to 1700 meters. 
4a, SPHAEROSTIGMA CAMPESTRE MINOR. 
OEnothera strigulosa Benth. Pl, Hartw. 310. 1849. 
OEnothera dentata var. cructata S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 8: 
594. 1873. Not O&. cruciata Nutt. 1828. 
5. SPHAEROSTIGMA CHAMAENERIOIDES (A. Gray). : 
OEnothera chamaenerioides A. Gray, P). Wright 2: 58. 1853. Ss 
Southern Utah to Texas and southern California. a 
