GODETIA. ONAGRACEJ3. 2S5 



BOISDUVALIA. 



greenish to purple ; capsule oblong 3-6 lines long, shortly hirsute or pubes- 

 cent, at least the alternate sides tricostate. Oregon to California. 



* * Capsule linear ; flowers loosely scattered in a slender spike or 

 raceme, nodding in the bud. 



H- Capsules sessile. 



Gr. quadrivulnera Spach. 1. c. Usually very slender, erect, or ascend- 

 ing 1-2 ft. high, puberulent; leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, 1-2 inches 

 long, sessile or attenuate to a short petiole; calyx-tube obconic, 2-3 lines 

 long, the tips slightly free; petals 3-6 lines long, deep purple or purplish 

 stigma lobes very short, yellow; ovary and capsule hairy, capsule linear 

 5-10 lines long, mostly short, attenuate at the apex, the sides nearly flat or 

 channelled by the prominence of the sutures. On dry plains, Brit. "Colum- 

 bia to California. 



(x. tenella Watson 1. c. Erect, 6-18 in. high, puberulent: leaves 

 linear, 6-24 lines long, acute or obtuse, more or less attenuate, mostly 

 entire : calyx-tube shortly obconic, 1-3 lines long, the tips closed or slightly 

 free ; petals 3-5 lines long, deep purple; stigma lobes purple or purplish, 

 the style shorter than the stamens; capsules puberulent, 8-12 lines long, 

 attenuate above but not at base, the sides nearly flat. Washington to 

 California. 



(x. yiminea Spach. Monog. Onogr. 60. Usually atout, 1-3 ft. high, 

 branched; leaves linear to linear lanceolate, 1-2 in. long, narrowed at the 

 base, entire ; calyx-tube 2-4 lines long, the tips slightly free; petals 9-12 

 Hues long, deep purple or purplish ; capsule 9 lines long, 8-costate, smooth- 

 ish. Washington to California. 



-i- H- Capsule pedicellcd not costate; stigmas mostly yellow; calyx 

 tips not free in the Lud; 



(jr. uiiHiMia Lilja in Lindblom Bot. Notes 1839, 53. Usually slender, 

 erect, 1-2 feet high, minutely puberulent; leaves linear to narrowly oblanceo- 

 late,or sometimes lanceolate, 1-3 in. long, petioled, entire or nearly so; ca- 

 lyx-tube obconic, 2-4 lines long; petals 8-15 lines long, frequently rather 

 villous, as also the purple anthers, varying from nearly white to rose-color, 

 with more or less of purple ; filaments rather stout; stigma-lobes linear, 

 1-2 lines long, yellow; capsules 12-18 lines long attenuate to a slender 

 beak above and into the pedicel below which is 2-0 lines long. Brit. 

 Columbia to California. 



G. epilobioides Watson Bot. Cal. i. 231. -Erect, 1-3 ft high toinen- 

 tosely puberulent; leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, 1-2 inches long, 

 petioled, entire or sparingly denticulate; calyx-tube 1-2 lines long; petals 

 3-6 lines long, light ptirple'or rose-color; stigma lobes short; capsule ti-14 

 lines long, acuminate, attenuate to a short pedicel, or rarely nearly sessile. 

 Brit. Columbia to California and Nevada. 



<* hispidula Watson 1. c 633. Erect, 6-12 in. high, mostly simple 

 and often but 1-flowered, hispidly puberulent, especially above; leaves 

 very narrowly linear. 1-2 in. long: calyx-tube 2-3 lines long; petals b-12 

 lines long, purple; filaments rather slender; style elongated and stigma- 

 lobes linear; capsule 4-9 lines long, attenuate at the apex, abruptly con- 

 tracted into a pedicel 2-4 lines long Brit. Columbia to California. 



12 BOLSDUVALIA Spach. Hist Veg. iv, 383. 



Erect leafy annuals with alternate simple sessile leaves and 

 small flowers in leafy simple or compound spikes. Calyx-tube 

 funnelform above the ovary, deciduous, the lobes erect. Petals 4, 

 sessile, 2-lobed, purple to "white. Stamens 8 5 those opposite the 



