188 ONAGRACEAE 



5. Godetia viminea (Dougl.) Spach. Large Godetia. Fig. 3400. 



Oenothera viminea Dougl. ex Hook. Bot. Mag. 55: pt. 2873. 1828. 

 Godetia viminea Spach, Hist. Veg. 4: 388. 1835. 

 Oenothera Arnottii Terr. & Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 503. 1840. 

 Godetia Arnottii'WAv- Rep. 2:88. 1843. 



Erect, branching from middle, or rarely from base, often simple, the stems 1.5-10 dm. tall, 

 finely pubescent; flowering branches with flowers in compact spikes. Leaves lance-oblong to 

 spatulate, the blades 2-5 cm. long, on short petioles; buds erect; hypanthium 6-9 mm. long, 

 slender, with inner ring of hairs about one-third way from base ; sepals 7-14 rnm. long, re- 

 flexed in pairs or more commonly distinct in anthesis ; petals lavender or purple, without central 

 spot, without claw, 13-25 mm. long; stamens unequal; stigma-lobes elliptic, 1.5 mm. long; 

 capsule 1-3 cm. long, 2-A mm. thick, enlarged at middle, plainly 8-ribbed, sessile or with pedicel 

 2 mm. long, with beak about 1 mm. long; seeds less than 1 mm., smooth, with cresting incon- 

 spicuous. 



Dry mostly coastal slopes. Upper Sonoran and Transition Zones; Multnomah County, Oregon, to Ventura 

 County, California. Type locality: interior of northern California. June-Aug. 



Godetia viminea var. Congdonii Jepson, Univ. Calif. Pub. Bot. 2: 338. 1907. {Godetia Williamsonii Dur. 

 &i Hilg. Pacif. R. Rep. 5: 7. 1855.) Petals yellow to lavender with purple spot in center; capsule not enlarged 

 at middle, usually not over 2 mm. thick; flowers scattered on long flowering branches; hypanthium 8-12 inm, 

 long. Dry slopes and fields, Upper Sonoran and lower Transition Zones; California, Shasta County to Kern 

 County. Type locality: Hetch-Hetchy Valley, Tuolumne County. 



Godetia viminea var. incerta Jepson, op. cit. 339. Petals crimson with deeper colored spot in center; in- 

 florescence and capsules much as in the preceding variety. Lower Transition Zone; Yosemite Valley, and 

 Eshome Valley, Tulare County, California. Type locality: Yosemite Valley. 



6. Godetia parviflora (Hook. & Arn.) Jepson. Small-flowered Godetia, 



Fig. 3401. 



Oenothera viminea var. parviflora Hook & Arn. Bot. Beechey 342. 1836-38. 

 Godetia parviflora Jepson, Univ. Calif. Pub. Bot. 2: 339. 1907. 



Erect and simple, or more commonly branching from base and ascending, 1^ dm. tall, 

 branches filiform and wiry ; leaf-blades linear-lanceolate to oblanceolate, 1^ cm. long, short- 

 petioled ; buds erect; hypanthium slender to quite broad at summit, 5-15 mm. long, with inner 

 ring of hairs one-fifth to one-third way from base; sepals 5-15 mm. long, green to rose, united 

 in anthesis, reflexed in pairs, or all distinct; petals crimson throughout, except for possible 

 purple spot above base, cuneate, 1-2 cm. long ; stamens subequal, 1-4 mm. long, anthers usually 

 lavender; stigma-lobes purple; capsule 1-2.5 cm. long, 8-ribbed, round in cross section, biit 

 appearing square in dried specimens, pubescent, usually arcuate, sessile, or with very short pedi- 

 cel, not beaked or barely so; seeds nearly equilateral, 1 mm. long, dark brown, with minute 

 cresting. 



Upper Sonoran Zone; California, Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties. Type locality: Monterey. June- 

 July. 



Godetia parviflora var. luteola C. L. Hitchcock, Bot. Gaz. 89: 349. 1930. Petals cream with purple spot; 

 filaments unequal, anthers lavender; stigma-lobes lavender, the style about as long as longer stamens. Upper 

 Sonoran Zone, San Luis Obispo County, California. Type locality: between Atascadero and Morro Beach. 



Godetia parviflora var. margaritae (Jepson) C. L. Hitchcock, op. cit. 350. Petals red with yellow base-, 

 stamens unequal, anthers yellow; stigma-lobes purple, style about as long as longer stamens. Upper Sonoran Zone, 

 San Luis Obispo County, California. Type locality: Santa Margarita Valley. 



7. Godetia hispidula S. Wats. Glandular Godetia. Fig. 3402. 



Oenothera hispidula S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 8: 599. 1873. 

 Godetia hispidula S. Wats. Bot. Calif. 1: 231. 1876. 

 Godetia arcuata Jepson, Univ. Calif. Pub. Bot. 2: 335. 1907. 

 Godetia Hansenii Jepson, op. cit. 336. 



Erect, simple or branching from base, 1-6 dm. tall ; inflorescence usually glandular-pubes- 

 cent. Leaf-blades linear to spatulate, 1-5 cm. long, short-petioled ; buds nodding ; hypanthium 

 slender 4-9 mm. long, green without, usually purple within, inner ring of_ hairs about one-third 

 way from base; sepals green to rose, 5-15 mm. long, united in anthesis; petals lavender to 

 lilac, broadly cuneate, 1-3 cm. long, not clawed ; stamens unequal ; stigma-lobes linear, 2-3 mm. 

 long, white or yellow ; capsule 1-3 cm. long, 8-ribbed, in dried specimens appearing square with 

 a small nerve between each pair of ribs, glandular-pubescent, on a pedicel 2-8 mm. long, and 

 tapering to a slender beak 3-6 mm. long; seeds dark brown, 1-5 mm. long, cellular-pubescent, 

 with cresting one-fourth length of seed-body. 



Foothills, Upper Sonoran Zone; Butte County to Mariposa County, California. Type locality: Sacramento 

 Valley. April-June. 



8. Godetia cylindrica (Jepson) C. L. Hitchcock. Cylindrical Godetia. Fig. 3403. 



Godetia Bottae var. cylindrica Jepson, Univ. Calif. Pub. Bot. 2: 332. 1907. 

 Godetia cylindrica C. L. Hitchcock, Bot. Gaz. 89: 352. 1930. 



Erect, slender, simple or branched in upper half, 1-5 dm. tall. Leaf-blades narrowly lanceo- 

 late to linear, 2-4 cm. long, with petioles 3-15 mm. long; inflorescence strigillose, the buds nod- 

 ding ; hypanthium slender, 1 . 5-6 mm. long, green to lavender, with inner ring of hairs one-third 



