584 OXACKACEAE 



dots, at base with a dark i)urplc band. !» to 1 1 liiics loni:; aiitliers sometimes purple- 

 dotted; t-apsules slender, i/j to M> line wide, teretish, not ribbed or obscurely ribbed, 

 % to V-2 inches long, sessile (or sometimes with a pedicel 31/2 lines long). 



Dry open or openly wooded slopes, 1000 to 5200 feet : Sierra Nevada foothills 

 from Madera Co. to Kern Co.; San Luis Obisjio Co. south to the San Emigdio Mts.; 

 south to Los Angeles Co. Apr.-June. 



Tax. note.— The ring of hairs set at the middle of the calyx (hypanthiuin)-tube is, says C. L. 

 Hitchcock, a mark of Godetia cylindrica, as also of G. arcuata, whereas in G. bottae and G. dud- 

 loyana the ring is found at the month of the calyx (hypanthium)-tube (Bot. Gaz. 89:357). 



I.ocs.— Sierra Nevada foothills: North Fork, Madera Co., Jcpson 12,873; Trimmer Sprs., 

 Fresno Co., 77. P. Keltcy: Kaweah River, napping 29; Bakersfield, Davy 1713; Blue Mt., Green- 

 horn Kange, Hall .J- Babcock 5007; Calientc, Kern Co., Coville Sr Fiinston 1099. South Coast 

 Ranges: betw. King City and Jolon, Monterey Co., K. Brandegee; Santa Margarita, Summers; 

 Cuesta grade, San Luis Obispo, Tlhoda Heed 462; betw. Pine Creek bridge and Cuyama Valley, 

 Jepson 12,152; San Emigdio Canon, Davy 1992; Old Fort Tejon, Hall 6279. S. Cal.: Lebec, n. 

 Los Angeles Co., C. L. Hitchcock 44; Elizabeth Lake, Los Angeles Co., C. L. Hitchcock 55; Hop- 

 per Creek Canon, Piru, Ventura Co., C. L. Hitchcock 43; San Marcos Pass, Santa Inez Mts., 

 Jepson 12,147; Newhall, C. L. Hitchcock 1; Ojai Valley, Olive Thacher. 



Var. tracyi Jepson var. n. Petals turning blue-purple in drying, % to 1^/4 inches long; 

 capsules thickened upward, 1 to IM lines wide.— (Petala unc. Va-li/i longa, caerulescentia ; cap- 

 sulae ad apicem latior, lin. l-lVt latae.) — North Coast Ranges in Mendocino Co. (Ilopland, 

 Tracy 9904), Humboldt Co. (Buck Mt., Tracy 9597) and Trinity Co. (Hayfork Valley, Tracy 

 6474; Three Forks of Mad River, Tracy 10,227), Colusa Co. (Stonyford, Jepson 16,297) and 

 8w. Tehama Co. (Paskenta, Jepson 16,324, type). 



Eefs. — Godetia cylindrica Htck. Bot. Gaz. 89:352 (1930). G. bottae var. cylindrica Jep- 

 son, Univ. Cal. Publ. Bot. 2:332 (1907), type loc. Waltham Creek near Alcalde, sw. Fresno Co., 

 Jepson 2656a; Man. 676 (1925). Var. tracyi Jepson. 



10. G. dudleyana Abrams. Maiden Godetia. Stem slender, simple or with 

 rather strict brandies above the middle, less commonly from the base, % to 2% 

 feet high; herbage puberulent or the older parts glabrous; leaf -blades filiform to 

 oblong, entire or remotely denticulate, 14 to 2% inches long, petioled or sessile; 

 conduplicate upper leaves few or none; flower buds slender, ovate, often abruptly 

 attenuate near apex, nodding, the tips of the calyx-lobes not free; calyx purple to 

 lavender, its lobes turned to one side in anthesis; petals cuneate-obovate, trun- 

 catish, pink-crimson with crimson dots in center, 6 to 13 lines long; stamens % 

 to as long as the style; filaments all or only those of the short stamens purple; 

 anthers yellow or purple ; style purplish ; capsules slender, often enlarged a little 

 upward, long-beaked, sessile or nearly so, 2-ribbed on each face, 6 to IOI/2 lines long. 



Barren hills or open chaparral, 1500 to 6000 feet : Sierra Nevada foothills from 

 Tuolumne Co. to Kern and Inyo Cos.; Santa Inez Mts. to the San Jacinto Mts. 

 May- July. 



Locs. — Sierra Nevada: Italian Bar, South Fork Stanislaus River, Jepson 6383; Yosemite, 

 Jepson 14,336 ; Greeley Hill, Coulterville, Jepson 14,337 ; Chowchilla School, Mariposa Co., Jepson 

 12,803; Wawona, Mariposa Co., Jepson 8387; North Fork, Madera Co., Jepson 12,870; Hunting- 

 ton Lake, A. L. Grant 1398; Sequoia Lake near Millwood, 77. P. Kelley ; Cedar Creek, North Fork 

 Kaweah River, Jepson 614; ^Middle Tule River, Jepson 4864; Kern River Caiion, Kern Co., 

 Abrams 11,989 ; Hunter ranch (s. of), Owens Valley, Inyo Co., S. W. Austin 387. S. Cal.: Wilson 

 trail. Little Santa Anita Canon, San Gabriel Mts., Abrams 2625; Cow Canon divide, San Gabriel 

 Mts., Peirson 466; City Creek Canon, San Bernardino Mts., Mum 11,317; San Jacinto Mts., Hall 

 2265. 



Refs. — Godetia dudleyana Abrams, Fl. Los Ang. 267 (]904), type loc. Little Santa Anita 

 Canon, San Gabriel Mts., Abrams 2625; Jepson, Univ. Cal. Publ. Bot. 2:333 (1907), Man. 675 

 (1925); Htck. Bot. Gaz. 89:355 (1930). Clarkia dudleyana Mcbr. Contrib. Gray Herb. 56:54 

 (1918). G. jucu7ida Jepson, Univ. Cal. Publ. Bot. 2:234 (1907), type loc. Greely Hill, Coulter- 

 ville, Mariposa Co., Jepson 14,337. 



11. G. biloba Wats. Mule-ear Godetia. Stem simple or branching, 1 to 2 

 feet high; leaf -blades oblong-ianceoiate or linear, I/2 to 2 inches long, entire or 

 remotely denticulate, the lower on long slender petioles; flower buds nodding, nar- 

 rowly ovate, commonly abruptly tipped with a slender point; calyx-lobes united 



