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2 - 3" long, the tips not free ; petals 4 - 6" long, deep purple ; style 

 shorter than the stamens, the stigma-lohes very short, purple; capsules 

 ovate to linear-oblong, 6 - 9" long, 2 - 2\" broad, acute, not attenuate at 

 base, hairy, the sides nearly flat, ribbed. — From the valley of the 

 Columbia to Monterey, California. 



54. CE. lepida, Hook. & Arn. Erect, i - 2° high, canescently 

 puberulent, the stem usually white and shining ; leaves oblong to 

 oblong-lanceolate, 1-2' long, usually obtuse, sessile and scarcely atten- 

 uate at base, sparingly denticulate ; flowers in a short simple spike ; 

 calyx-tube 2 - 3" long, the tips very slightly free ; petals 9-12" long, 

 rose-color with a darker spot near the apex ; stigmas very short, pur- 

 ple ; capsule 5-8" long, 2" broad near the base and attenuate to the 

 apex, hairy, the sides bicostate, at least alternately. — From the Upper 

 Sacramento to St. Simeon (Nuttall). 



Var. parviflora. (ffi 1 . decumbens, Dougl.) Slender, erect or 

 ascending, 3' - 3° high ; leaves linear to oblong, \—V long ; calyx- 

 tube 2" long; petals 3 - 8" long, purple to rose-color; capsule 

 shortly pubescent, 4 — 6" long. — From the Columbia River to Mon- 

 terey. 



Var. Arnotth. ( (E. Arnottii, Torr. & Gray.) Nearly glabrous or 

 subcanescently puberulent; leaves linear to lanceolate, 1—1^' long, 

 acute, entire or sparingly denticulate; petals 4-8" long; capsules 

 glabrous or nearly so. — California. 



55. CE. albescens. (Godetia, Lindl.) Simple or branching from 

 the base, erect, 1-2° high, canescently puberulent ; leaves linear to 

 oblong-lanceolate, 1/ long, acutish, sparingly denticulate ; flowers small, 

 in numerous short lateral spikelets, mostly crowded into a compact 

 spike; calyx-tube 2" long ; petals 3 -5" long, purplish-blue ; stigmas 

 greenish to purple ; capsules oblong, 3 - 6" long, \y broad, shortly 

 hirsute or pubescent, at least the alternate sides bicostate. — Central 

 California. 



* * Capsule linear ; flowers loosely scattered in a slender spike or 

 weenie, nodding in the bud ; stems slender, less leafy. 



f Capsules sessile. 



56. CE. Williamsoni, Durand & Hilgard. Erect, 1° high, canes- 

 cently puberulent, the calyx villous ; leaves linear, 1 - 1^' long, entire ; 

 flowers su bap proximate ; calyx-tube funnelform, 3 - 5" long, the tips 

 free; petals 6-12" long, yellow at base, and with a deep purple spot 



