598 ONAGKACEAE 



Mohave sta., IliUcr 77(5:2; Ti'liailLijii. 7. lirandcf/ic I'ppor San .Toaciwin Valley: Oil City, Kern 

 Co.. Tldhr 7590. Inyo Co.: Braillmry Well, Mun:: <f- Hitchcock 10,9<t8; Grape Vine Spr., S. W. 

 Austin 589; CJront Falls Canon, Ar^us Mt.s., Wlicihr if- L'ichardson. 



Refs. — Oknothkka dkntata Cav. Icon. 1*1. 4:()7, t. 398 (1797), type Inc. "Cocjuinibo et 

 Talcaguano, urbes Ciiilensis"; Lindley, Coll. Bot. t. 10 (1821); Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 337 

 (1901), cd. 12, 283 (1911), Man. G85 (1925). Sphucrostii/ma dcntaiiim Walp. Hep. 2:78 (1843). 

 0. tornlosa race hclianthr mi flora f. mixta IjO\\. Monog. Onoth. 180 (1904) and f. pcrmixta Ldvl. 

 I.e., type loc. Fresno. Sphacro.'<ti</ma campcstrc var. mixtum Ncls. Bot. Gaz. 40:57 (1905). 

 S. campc.ftrc parishii Abranis, Fl. Los Ang. 272 (1904), type loc. plains about San Bernardino, 

 Parish. 0. dcntata var. parishii Munz, Bot. Gaz. 85:259 (1928). Var. campestri.s Jepscjn, Man. 

 685 (1925). O. camprstri.i Greene, Fl. Fr. 21G (1891), type Californian. Sphacrostigma 

 campcstrc Small, Bull. Torr. Club 23:189 (1896). Var. cruciata Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 8:594, 

 60r> (1873), tvpo Hnrtivcfj 1733 (Sacramento Valley, cf. Benth. PI. Hartw. 310); Jepson, Fl. 

 W. ^^id. Cal. 338 (1901), ed. 2, 284 (1911), Man. 085 (1925). 0. campcstris var. cruciata Greene, 

 Fl. Fr. 216 (1891). 0. torulosa race hclianthcmiflora f. cruciata L6vl. Monog. Onoth. 180 (1904). 

 Sphocro.stipma campcstrc minor Small, Bull. Torr. Club 23:189 (1896). Var. JOHNSTONII Munz, 

 Bot. Gaz. 85:259 (1928), type loc. Mohave, Johnston. 



17. 0. contorta Dougl. Stems slender, 1 to several from the base, at first 

 strict, at length diffusely branched, 4 to 16 inches high; herbage glabrous or mi- 

 nutely pubescent; leaf-blades linear, remotely low-denticulate, Yo to IVi inches 

 long; calyx-tube 14 to % line long; petals 1 to II/2 lines long, yellow, aging to deep 

 red; anthers innate; capsules narrow-linear, straight and ascending, or with the 

 lower part curved and the upper part ascending, % to 1% inches long, i/i line wide. 



Mostly drj^ or sandy ground, valley plains, hillslopes and desert mesas, 20 to 

 7000 feet : almost throughout cismontane California ; east of the Sierra Nevada 

 from Modoc Co. to Inyo Co. ; rare in the Mohave Desert ; not reported from the 

 Colorado Desert. North to British Columbia, east to Wyoming, south to Lower 

 California. Chile. Apr.-June. 



Locs. — S. Cal.: Descanso, San Diego Co., Munz 4' Earwood 7137; Saunder's Mdw., San 

 Jacinto Mts., Carl Meyer 159; Anaheim plains, Alice King; San Bernardino, Jepson 5555; Bald- 

 win Lake, San Bernardino Mts., Munz 10,745; Arrastre Canon, San Gabriel Mts., Peirson 405; 

 Bicknell sta., n. Santa Barbara Co., Jepson 12,665. Coast Eanges: Cholame, se. San Luis Obispo 

 Co., Jepson 16,186; San Miguelito Rancho near Jolon, Jepson 1637; Bear Valley, San Benito 

 Co., Jepson 12,245; Monterey, Woodcoch ; Glen Echo, Santa Cruz Co., Jepson 14,476; Mt. Hamil- 

 ton, Elmer 4625; Alameda, Jepson 14,526; San Francisco, Greene; Howell Mt., Napa Range, 

 Jepson 14,478; Potter Valley, Mendocino Co., Nettie Purpus ; Navarro, Mendocino Co., Edith 

 Byxbee; Bucksport, Humboldt Co., Tracy 2191; Oro Fino, Siskiyou Co., Butler 615. Sierra Ne- 

 vada: Kernville, Kern Co., T. Brandegee ; Sparkville, Fresno Co., Jepson 15,135; Mono Hot Sprs., 

 Fresno Co., E. Ferguson 430; Yosemite Valley, Jepson 10,478; Cosumne River, V. Rattan 6419; 

 Phoenix Lake, Tuolumne Co., A. L. Grant 946; Big Valley, Modoc Co., BaTcer ^ Nutting. Great 

 Valley: Selma, H. P. Kelley ; Tracy, C. F. BaTcer 2775; South Peak, Marysville Buttes, Jepson 

 14,477; College City, Alice King. Mohave Desert: Kramer, K. Brandegee. Inyo to Modoc Co.: 

 Argus Mts., Hall 4' Chandler 7089; Bishop, Almeda Nordyke ; Sherwin grade. Mono Co., Munz 

 11,075; Chat, Long Valley, Lassen Co., Davy; Round Valley, Modoc Co., L. S. Smith 1197. 



Var. pubens Cov. Plants grayish with a short dense hirsute pubescence. — Sandy soil, 4000 

 feet: east slope or easterly summits of the Sierra Nevada from Kern Co. (Erskiue Creek, Purpus 

 5365) to Lassen Co. (Honey Lake, T. Brandegee). East to western Nevada. May- June. 



Refs. — Oenothera contorta Dougl.; Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:214 (1833), type loc. "sandy 

 barren soil on the interior banks of the Columbia River", Douglas; Jepson, Man. 685, fig. 667 

 (1925). Sphaerostigma eontortum Walp. Rep. 2:78 (1843). 0. cheiranthi folia var. contorta 

 Levi. Monog. Onoth. 216 (1904). 0. parvula Nutt.; T. & G. Fl. 1:511 (1840), type loc. "plains 

 of the Rocky Mts., toward Lewis's River", Nuttall. Sphaerostigma parvulum Walp. Rep. 2:78 

 (1843). S.'filiforme Nels. Bot. Gaz. 40:57 (1905), type loc. New River, Utah. S. strigulosum 

 F. & M. Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. 2:50 (1835). 0. strigulosa T. & G. Fl. 1:512 (1840) ; Jepson, 

 Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 337 (1901), ed. 2, 283 (1911). 0. contorta var. strigulosa Munz, Bot. Gaz. 

 85:255 (1928). 0. strigulosa var. epilobioides Greene, Fl. Fr. 216 (1891), type loc. "of the in- 

 terior from Oregon to San Diego" ; not 0. epilobioides Nutt. (1840). 0. contorta var. epilohioides 

 Munz, Bot. Gaz. 85:256 (1928). Sphaerostigma eontortum greenei Small, Bull. Torr. Club 23: 

 189 (1896). 0. torulosa Levi. Monog. Onoth. 176 (1904), typo loc. San Bernardino Co., Parry 

 4' Lemmon. Sphaerostigma eontortum var. flexuosum Nels. Bot. Gaz. 40:58 (1905), type loc. 

 "Point of Rocks", Nelson 4060. S. flexuosum Rydb. Fl. Rocky Mts. 601 (1917). 0. contorta 

 var. flexuosa Munz, Bot. Gaz. 85:253 (1928). Var. pubens Cov. Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 4:104 

 (1893); Jepson, Man. 685 (1925). 0. strigulosa var. pubens Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 8:594 

 (1873). 0. dentata var. Wats. Bot. King 112 (1871), type from w. Nev., Watson 423. Sphaero- 



