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flowering; petals pink or rose-purple, 15-30 mm. long; anthers purple, yellow 

 and curved at the tip; stigmas yellow; capsule terete, broadest in the middle, 

 puberulent, short-pedicelled, 3.5-4.5 cm. long. 

 On dry plains, infrequent. 



Godetia amoena lindleyi (Dougl.) Jepson. Petals pink, each with a dark 

 purple central blotch. 



Prairies; first collected by Douglas at Fort Vancouver, Washington. 



Godetia caurina Abrams. Puberulent; leaves linear-lanceolate, entire; 

 flower buds mostly erect, obtuse or acute; calyx tube 2 mm. long; petals obovate, 

 each purple with a darker central blotch, 1.5-2 cm. long; anthers 3 mm. long, 

 glabrous; stigmas linear; capsule stoutly beaked, terete, puberulent, 2.5 cm. 

 long, on a pedicel half as long. 



Vancouver Island and adjacent Washington. 



Godetia quadrivulnera (Dougl.) Spach. Puberulent; stems slender, 30-60 

 cm. high, simple or with few branches; lower leaves oblong to narrowly obovate, 

 the upper linear or linear-lanceolate, sessile, entire or nearly so, 2-3 cm. long; 

 calyx lobes mostly separate and reflexed; calyx-tube 2-3 mm. long; petals 

 deep purple, each with a darker spot near the apex, 6-12 mm. long; stigmas 

 purple, oblong, short; capsule sessile, 4-sided, villous, 1.5-2.5 cm. long. 



Dry prairies, quite common; first collected at Fort Vancouver, Washington, 

 by Douglas. 



Godetia romanzovii (Ledeb.) Spach. Densely white puberulent through- 

 out; stems slender, often branched from the base, 20-30 cm. high; leaves 

 linear, sessile, 1-3 cm. long; buds ovoid, acuminate, erect; sepals at length 

 separate and reflexed; petals about 1 cm. long, purple; stigma ovate, purple, 

 as long as the style, both together 3 mm. long, half as long as the stamens; 

 ovary densely white puberulent, 8-ribbed; capsules sessile, somewhat 4-sided, 

 abruptly beaked, 10-14 mm. long. 



Port Angeles, Elmer, No. 2567. G. romanzovii was found by Chamisso 

 on the " Northwest Coast " and is known only from garden specimens. Elmer's 

 plant described above agrees in the very short style and stigmas but differs in 

 other respects and may represent a distinct species. 



Godetia gracilis Piper n. sp. Stems slender, erect, mostly simple, 30-60 

 cm. high; herbage appressed-puberulent; leaves few, sessile, linear, 2-5 cm. 

 long; buds lance-ovoid, acute, somewhat nodding; calyx-tube turbinate, 

 4-5 mm long; calyx splitting on one side in anthesis, the tips remaining united; 

 corolla rose-colored, the obovate petals 1-2 cm. long; filaments subulate, 

 glabrous; anthers sparsely hairy, becoming curved, filled with pollen to the 

 tip; stigmas yellow, short and broad; pods sessile, puberulent, terete, 2-3 cm. 

 long; seeds brown, the ends oblique, minutely crested on the margin of the top. 



Dry prairies from Vancouver Island southward, the type collected at 

 Silverton, Oregon, Elihu Hall, No. 192, in 1871. The species has been much 

 confused with G. tenella Cav. and G. quadrivulnera Dougl. It is very closely 

 allied to G. dudleyana Abrams, but differs in its bud being acute and not 

 acuminate; pods terete, not 2-ribbed on each face, abruptly tipped not dis- 

 tinctly beaked, and much more puberulent; it also closely resembles small 

 flowered specimens of G. amoena but is at once separated by the short stigmas. 



Godetia viminea (Dougl.) Spach. Glabrous to finely puberulent, rather 

 stout, erect, 30-80 cm. high; leaves linear to lanceolate, entire, 1-5 cm. long; 

 calyx-tube narrowly campanulate, membranous, 6-10 mm. long; calyx-lobes 

 free at tip in the bud, at length separate and reflexed; petals purplish, usually 

 paler at base and with a dark blotch in the center; stigmas oblong, purple; 

 capsule sessile, puberulent, straight, 4-sided, with a stout rib on each face, 

 short, 1.5-3.5 cm. long. 



