410 CONTKIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



Range: Washington to California in the coast region. 



Specimens examined: Sinclair Inlet, Piper, July, 1895; Steilacoom, Suclchy; Ska- 

 mania County, SuJcsdorf 2129; Chambers Prairie, Henderson, August, 1892; Johns Island, 

 Lawrence 189; Klickitat County, Suksdorf, May 27, July 1881 and 23. 



Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



4. Godetia caurina Abrams, sp. nov. 



Stems erect, simple below, more or less branched above, 30 to 60 cm. high; herbage 

 minutely and rather sparsely puberulent throughout; leaves linear - lanceolate, entir'e; 

 flower heads mainly erect, oblong, obtuse at apex, 12 to 14 mm. long; calyx tube 2 mm.' 

 long; petals obovate, 15 to 18 mm. long, purple with a blotch of deeper color near the 

 center; anthers 3 mm. long, fertile to the tip, glabrous; stigmas linear-oblong, 3 mm. 

 long, yellow; capsule 8-ribbed, stoutly beaked at apex, 25 mm. long, tapering at base into 

 a pedicel fully half as long. 



Nearest G^. amoena (Lehm.) Lilja from which it is best distinguished by its much smaller 

 glabrous anthers, which are not sterile at tip, and oblong obtuse flower buds. 



Type locality: Olympic Mountains, Clallam County, collected by Elmer 2565, June, 

 1900 (type, United States National Herbarium, no. 401890). 



Specimens examined: Mount Finlayson, Vancouver Island, Macoun, June 28, 1887; 

 Beacon Hill, Vancouver Island, Macoun, May 25, 1887. 



Godetia viminea (Dougl.) Spach, Godetia lepida Lindl. Both these names appear 

 in Suksdorf 's list, but there are no specimens to indicate that these species occur in Wash- 

 ington. The species of this genus are very poorly understood. 



BOISDUVALIA. 



Upper leaves much broader than the lower ones; capsule septifragal in 



dehiscence !. . . . 1 . 5. densifora. 



Upper leaves not broadci- than the lower ones: capsule loculicidal in 

 dehiscence. 



Leaves narrowly lanceolate, pubescent 2. B. stricta. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, often glabrous 3. i?. qlabeUa. 



1. Boisduvalia densiflora (Lindl.) S. Wats, in Brewer & Wats. Bot. Ciil. 1 : 233. 1876. 



Boisduvalia douglasii Spach, Hist. Veg. 4: 385. 1835. 



Oenothera densifiora Lindl. Bot. Reg. 19: ;*/. 1593. 1833. 



Type locality: Northern California. 



Range: British Columbia to California and Nevada. 



Specimens examined: Seattle, Piper, July, 1897; Ellensburg, WJdted 573; west Klicki- 

 tat County, 5?/t.S(7o// 2254; Leavenworth, WUted 248; Falcon \&\\c\, SuTcsdorf 557; 

 Peshastin, Sandberg <& Leiherg 588; Spokane, Piper, October 1, 1900; Pullman, Hull, July 

 16, 1892; Piper, 1839; Ellensburg, Cotton 866. 



Zonal distribution : Ti-ansition and Upper Sonoran. 



la. Boisduvalia densiflora pallescens Suksdorf, Deutsch. Bot. Monatss. 18: 88. 1900. 

 Type locality: Near Bingen, Klickitat County, Washington. 

 Specimens examined: Near Bingen, Suksdorf. 

 Distinguished by having white flowers and somewhat larger seeds. 



2. Boisduvalia stricta (A. Gray) Greene, Fl. Fran. 225. 1891. 

 Gayophytum strictum A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 7: 340. 1867. 

 Boisduvalia torreyi S. Wats, in Brewer & Wats. Bot. Cal. 1: 233. 1876. 

 Oenothera torreyi S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 8: 384. 1873. 

 Type loc>ality: Cloverdale, California. 

 Range: Washington and Idaho to California. 



