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to three-fourths way from base ; sepals green, tinged purple, 1-1 . 5 cm. long, united in anthesis ; 



petals lavender in upper half, shading to yellowish white at base, usually with small purple dots, 



cuneate to broadly obovate, 8-26 mm. long ; stamens unequal ; stigma-lobes narrowly ovate, 2-2 . 5 



mm. long; capsule linear, 1.5-4 cm. long, 1-2 mm. thick, sessile or with pedicel 1-4 mm. long, 



tapering to beak 2-6 mm. long, capsule-ribs 8, which quite disappear in old and dry material; 



seeds 1 mm. long, dark brown, with cresting inconspicuous. 



Dry grassy slopes especially among oaks, Upper Sonoran Zone; California from Fresno and San Luis Obtspo 

 Counties to Los Angeles County. Type locality: Waltham Creek, near Alcalde, Fresno County. May-June. 



Godetia cylindrica var. Tracyi Jepson, FI. Calif. 2: 584. 1936. Petals blue-purple when dry, 1-3 cm. long; 

 capsule thickened upward, 2-2.5 mm. thick. North Coast Ranges of California. Type locality: Plaskenta, Tehama 

 County. 



9. Godetia Bottae Spach. Botta's Godetia. Fig. 3404. 



Godetia Bottae Spach, Ann. Mus. Par. II. 4: 393. 1835. 

 Oeno*/tera Bo«ae Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 505. 1840. 



Erect, simple or branching from base, 1-8 dm. tall, strigillose above. Leaf-blades linear to 

 lanceolate, 15-40 mm. long, 2-4 mm. wide, on petioles 3-10 mm. long; buds nodding; hypanthium 

 1-4 mm. long, with inner ring of hairs just beneath the summit; sepals usually rose-colored, 

 1-2 cm. long, united in anthesis or reflexed in pairs ; petals lavender, with or without purple 

 dots, cuneate-obovate, 1-2.5 cm. long, narrowed into a claw 1 mm. or less long; stamens un- 

 equal ; stigma-lobes white or purple, about 2 mm. long ; young ovaries erect or deflexed, densely 

 pubescent, but not silvery ; capsule 1 . 5-5 cm. long, 2-3 mm. thick, terete and not ribbed when 

 young, square and sometimes showing median nerve on each face when mature, without beak, 

 or with short one 1-4 mm. long, on pedicel 2-30 mm. long ; seeds dark brown, 1 mm. long. 



Slopes and hills along the coast, Monterey County to Santa Barbara County, California. Type locality: 

 Monterey. May-June. 



Godetia Bottae var. deflexa (Jepson) C. L. Hitchcock, Bot. Gaz. 89: 355. 1930. Sepals unusually green; 

 leaves broad, 4-15 mm. wide and 2-7 cm. long; young ovaries deflexed, silvery canescent; plants robust. Coastal 

 slopes, Santa Barbara County to Orange County, California. Type locality: "sandy plains of Los Angeles." 



10. Godetia Dudleyana Abrams. Dudley's Godetia. Fig. 3405. 



Godetia Dudleyana Abrams, Fl. Los Ang. 267. 1904. 



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



Godetia jucunda Jepson, op. cit. 334. 



Erect, usually branching from near middle, occasionally simple, 1 . 5-7 dm. tall. Leaf-blades 

 narrowly lanceolate to spatulate, 2-5 cm. long, with petioles 3-12 mm. long, finely pubescent; 

 inflorescence finely strigillose, buds nodding ; hypanthium 1-4 mm. long, lavender to green, with 

 inner ring of hairs near summit; sepals 6-15 mm. long, lavender, united in anthesis; petals cu- 

 neate, pink to deep magenta, shading to white at base, usually with crimson or purple dots in 

 lower portion, 1-3 cm. long, with claw 1-2 mm. long ; stamens unequal ; stigma-lobes 1-2 mm. 

 long, yellow to lavender ; capsule slender, 1-3 cm. long, 1-3 mm. thick, beakless or with beak 1-4 

 mm. long, usually sessile, or with pedicel 1-5 mm. long, 8-ribbed, terete when fresh, often square 

 and the ribbing obscure when old or dry ; seeds 1 mm. long, dark brown, with minute cresting. 



Grassy slopes and canyons, Upper Sonoran and Transition Zones; Tuolumne County to Riverside County, 

 California. Type locality: Little Santa Anita Canyon, San Gabriel Mountains. May-July. 



11. Godetia epilobioides (Nutt.) S. Wats. Willow-herb Godetia. Fig. 3406. 



Oenothera epilobioides Nutt. in Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 511. 1840. 

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

 Clarkia epilobioides Nels. & Macbr. Bot. Gaz. 65: 60. 1918. 

 Clarkia modesta Jepson, Man. Fl. PI. Calif. 673. 1925. 



Erect, simple to diffusely branched throughout, but usually sparingly branched and only at 

 the middle, 1.5-4.5 dm. tall, strigillose above. Leaf -blades linear to broadly lanceolate or spatu- 

 late, 1-4 cm. long, with petioles 2-8 mm. long; buds nodding; hypanthium 1-1.5 mm. long, with 

 inner ring of hairs near summit; sepals united in anthesis, 3-5 mm. long; petals obovate, 6-11 

 mm. long, white, sometimes pinkish or lavender, with or without purple spots at base, tapering 

 to a short claw; stamens unequal, 2-6 mm. long; stigma-lobes very short, 0.5 mm. long, yellow; 

 capsule linear, 1.5-3 cm. long, 1-1.5 mm. thick, rather densely strigillose when young, less so 

 in age, weakly 8-ribbed, square in dried material, with beak 0.5-2 mm. long and pedicel 1-10 mm. 

 long; seeds dark brown, 0.5 mm. long, cellular-puberulent, with minute cresting. 



Chiefly shaded slopes, Upper Sonoran Zone; Contra Costa and Sacramento Counties to San Diego County, 

 California. Most abundant in southern California. Type locality: San Diego. April-May. 



12. Godetia biloba (Durand) S. Wats. Lobed Godetia. Fig. 3407. 



Oenothera biloba Durand, Journ. Acad. Phila. II. 3: 87. 1855. 

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

 Clarkia biloba Nels. & Macbr. Bot. Gaz. 65: 60. 1918. 

 Godetia biloba var. Brandegcae Jepson, Fl. Calif. 2: 585. 1936. 



Erect, simple or branching near or above the base, 2-7 dm. tall, strigillose above. _ Leaves 

 elliptic to linear-elliptic, 1-5 cm. long, with petiole an additional 5-15 mm.; buds droopnig; hy- 

 panthium 1 . 5-5 mm. long, usually tinged red, the inner ring of hair near summit ; petals magenta, 

 with or without purple dots near the base, cuneate, 1-2 cm. long, with claw 1-2 mm. long and 



