504 ONAGRACEiE. CEnothera. 



N. W. Coast (or California), Chamisso. (v. sp. cult.) — There is some con- 

 fusion respecting this species : it seems, however, well distinguished by the 

 very sliort style (scarcely longer than the stigma), which is wholly included 

 in the tube of the calyx. 



36. CE. quadrivulnera (Dougl.) : puberulent ; stems simple or branched, 

 ascending, long and slender ; leaves linear or lanceolate-linear, mostly entire ; 

 tube of the calyx infundibuUform, about half the length of the segments ; 

 petals (pale lilac with a purplisli-red spot near the base) tvvdce the length of 

 the stamens and pistils ; style about the length of the stamens ; lobes of the 

 stigma very short; capsules oblong-linear, pointed, somewhat hairy. — 

 Dougl. ! in hot. reg. t. 1119 ,• Lehm. ! in Hook. I. c. p. 213. Godetia quad- 

 rivulnera, Spach I. c. 



Banks of rivers and plains, Oregon, Douglas! Dr. Scouler! Nuttall! — • 

 Stems 12-20 inches in length. Flowers small. Stigma whitish. Capsules 

 6-10 lines long, straight or a little curved. 



37. CE. tenella (Cav.) : stem erect, branching ; leaves spatulate-linear or 

 oblong-linear, nearly sessile, obtuse, entire; tube of the calyx obconic, about 

 one-third the length of the segments ; petals (purple) commonly variegated, 

 twice the length of the stamens ; style exserted beyond the anthers ; stigmas 

 (dark purple) elliptical ; capsules oblong-linear, pointed, straiglit or curved, 

 somewhat glabrous. — Cav. ic. 4. t. 396, /. 2 ; Euiz Sf Pav. ji. Peruv. 3. ti 

 316 ; Brit.ji. gard. t. 167. Godetia Cavanillesii, Spach, I. c. 



p. tenuifolia ? {Liindl.) : leaves narrow ; capsules canescently puberulent. 

 — Hook. Sf Am. hot. Beechcy, suppl. p. 342. 



Cahfornia, Douglas, {,'i.) — Hooker & Arnott notice two forms in Doug- 

 las's Californian collection, which they somewhat doubtfully refer to CE. 

 tenella 13. tenuifolia, Lindl. 



* * * Lobes of the stigma short, purple : capsule short, closely sessile (hairy), ta- 

 pering from the base to the summit: seeds horizontal. 



38. OE. purp-drea (Curtis): stem and branches erect; leaves oblong or 

 oblong-lanceolate, sessile, obtuse or acute, entire, glaucous, often canescently 

 puberulent ; tube of the calyx infundibuliform, about the length of the seg- 

 ments, and of the conical-oblong hirsute ovary ; petals (purple) much longer 

 than the stamens ; anthers yellow ; capsules cylindrical-conic, grooved, hir- 

 sute. — Curtis, hot. mag. t. 352; Willd. I spec. 2. p. 311 ; Seriiige! in DC. 

 prodr. 3. p. 49 ; Hook. S^- Am. ! hot. Beechey, suppl. p. 342. Godetia 

 Willdenowiana, Spach, I. c. 



California, Menzies ! Douglas ! S{c. — This and the two following species 

 are somewhat nearly related. 



39. CE. lepida (Lindl.) : stem erect ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, entire, 

 glabrous or slightly hairy ; tube of the calyx obconical, much shorter than 

 the conical ovary and about half the length of the segments ; petals (pale 

 purple, with a deep purple cuneate spot at the summit) roundish-cuneiform, 

 thrice the length of the stamens ; anthers purplisli ; capsules ovate-oblong, 

 villous. — Lindl.! hot. reg. t> 1849 (under Godetia); Hook. Sf Am.! hot. 

 Beechey, suppl. p. 342. 



California, Douglas! — This species is allied to CE. purpurea and CE. de- 

 cumbens : the flowers are rather larger than in the latter. 



40. CE. decumbens (Dougl.) : stems ascending, diffuse, much branched; 

 leaves glaucous, mostly entire, somewhat pubescent, the lower ones ovate, 

 the upper ovate-lanceolate, slightly petioled ; tube of the calyx obconic, 

 about half the length of tlie segments, much longer than the canescently 



