1849 



*GOD]ETIA lepida. 



Smart Godetia. 



Nat. ord Onagrace^. 



GODETIA Spach. Omnia CEnotherae salvis seminibus angulatis quels 



comae rudimentum adest marginls dentatse forma chalazam circumdantis. 



Omnes annuce, floribus rubicundis v, purpurascentibus, nunquam xanthinis. 



G. lepida ; erecta, foliis ovato-lanceolatis integerrimis, petalis subrhombeis ob- 

 tusis denticulatis, staminibus petalis triplo brevioribus alternis brevioribus, 

 capsulis sessilibus ovato-oblongis villosis. 



Ayinua, pedalis et sesquipedalis, caule stricto ramoso pilis brevibus 

 adpressis leviter pubescente. Folia ovato-lanceolata, integerrima, subpilosa, 

 Jloribus cequalia v. paulh longiora. Sepala acuminata, reflexa, villosa, 

 ovario parum breviora, tubo brevissimo. Petala subrotunda in rhomboideam 

 formam abeuntia, apice denticulata, pallide purpurascentia, maculd vinoso- 

 purjmrea. cuneatd in medio apicis. Stamina alterna breviora, antheris pur- 

 pureis apice fulvis ; petalis triplo breviora. Capsula sessilis, ovaio-oblongay 

 pilis sessilibus albidis villosa. Semina fusca, depressa, angulata, cunei- 

 formia, chalazd marginatd denticulatd. 



A pretty new annual, found in California by Mr. Douglas. 

 It was raised in the Garden of the Horticultural Society in 

 July 1835. In some respects, especially in the spots on its 

 petals, it resembles Godetia (CEnothera) quadrivulnera, but is 

 more handsome than that species ; in reality it is most 

 nearly allied to Godetia (CEnothera) decumbens, already 

 figured at t. 1221 of this work; but that species, indepen- 



* A name the meaning of which is unexplained by its author, M. Spach. 



