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5. GODETIA, Spach. 



Distinguished from CEnothera by the anthers not versatile, and flowers not yellow. 



* Flowers in a strict, mostly compact spike; capsule ovate to oblong; stems leafy. 



Petals deep purple G. purpurea. 1 



Petals rose-colored with a spot G. .lepida. 2 



Petals bluish-purple, 3 to 5 lines long G. albescens. 3 



* * Flowers in usually a loose spike or raceme, mostly nodding in the bud; capsule linear; 



leaves distant. 

 HE- Capsule sessile; stigma-lobes purplish. 



Ovary and capsule short, villous, 2-costate G. quadrivulnera. 4 



Capsule puberulent, not costate G. tenella. 5 



HE- HE- Capsule pedicellate, not costate, stigma-lobes mostly yellow G. amoena. 6 



Small, hispid G. hispidula. 7 



Small, petals 2-lobed G. biloba. 8 



1. G. purpurea, Wat. Mostly very leafy, a foot or two high, puberulent, the 

 ovary densely villous; leaves oblong to oblong-oblanceolate, an inch or two long, entire, 

 sessile; flowers mostly in a leafy terminal cluster; petals 4 to 6 lines long; style shorter 

 than the stamens; stigma-lobes very short, purple; capsule 6 to 9 lines long, not costate. 



2. G. lepida, Lindl. Canescently puberulent, the stem usually white and shining. 

 Easily distinguished by its flowers; the rose-colored petals with a dark spot near the top 

 9 to 12 lines long. 



3. G. albescens, Lindl. SmaUer leaves than the last, and much smaller almost 

 blue flowers. Rare. 



4. G. quadrivulnera, Spach. Puberulent, ovary and capsule more or less villous; 

 stems usually slender, a foot or two high; leaves linear-lanceolate or linear, sessile or 

 attenuate to a short petiole, entire or slightly denticulate, an inch or more long; petals 

 deep-purple or purplish, 3 to 6 lines long; stigma-lobes short, purple. 



5. G. tenella, Wat. Chiefly distinguished from the last by the capsule, which is 

 8 to 14 lines- long, with nearly flat sides. 



6. G. amoena, Lilja. Petals and purple anthers, frequently rather villous, varying 

 from nearly white to rose-color, with more or less of purple, 8 to 15 lines long; capsule 

 attenuate at each end. 



7. G. hispidula, Wat. Is about a span high, often but 1-flowered; leaves narrowly 

 linear; purple petals, 6 to 12 lines long. 



8. G. biloba, Wat. Petals 2-lobed. Foot-hills of the Sierra Nevada. 



6. CLARKIA, Pursh. 



Petals 4, with claws, entire, purple. Stamens 8. Stigma with 4, at length spreading, 



