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Range: Washington to California in the coast region. 



Specimens examined: Sinclair Inlet, Piper, July, 1895; Steilacoom, Suckley; Ska- 

 mania County, Suksdorf 2129: Chamliers Prairie, Henderson, August, 1892; Johns Island, 

 Laurence 189; Klickitat County, SuJcsdorf, May 27, July 1881 and 23. 



Zonal distribution : Humid Transition. 



4. Oodetia caurina Abrams, sp. nov. 



Stems erect, simple below, more or less branched above, 30 to 60 cm. high; herbage 

 minutely and rather sparsely puberulent throughout; leaves linear -lanceolate, entire; 

 flower heads mainly erect, oblong, obtuse at apex, 12 to 14 mm. long; calyx tube 2 mm. 

 long: petals obovate, 15 to 18 mm. long, purple with a blotch of deeper color near the 

 center; anthers 3 mm. long, fertile to the tip, glabrous; stigmas linear-oblong, 3 mm. 

 long, yellow; capsule 8-ribbod, stoutly beaked at apex, 25 mm. long, tapering at base into 

 a pedicel fully half as long. 



Nearest G. amoena (Ix'hm.) Lilja from which it is best distinguished by its much smaller 

 glabrous anthers, which are !iot sterile at tip, and oblong obtuse flower buds. 



TSpe locality: Olympic Mountains, Clallam County, collected by Elmer 2565, June, 

 1900 (tvpe, United States National Herbarium, no. 401890). 



Specimens examined: Mount Finlaj-sou, Vancouver Island, Macoun, June 28, 1887; 

 Beacon Hill, Vancouver Island, Macoun, May 25, 1887. 



Godetia VI.MINEA (Dougl.) Spacli, GoDETLV LEPiUA Lindl. Both these names appear 

 in Suksdorf 's list, but there are no specimens to indicate that these species occur in Wash- 

 ington. The species of this genus are very poorly understood. 



BOISDUVALIA. 



Upper leaves much broader than the lower ones; capsule septifragal in 



dehiscence 1.5. densiflora. 



Upper leaves not broader than the lower ones; capsule loculicidal in 

 dehiscence. 



Leaves narrowly lanceolate, pubescent ,. . . . 2. B. stricta. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, often glabrous 3.5. glabella. 



1. Boisduvalia densiflora (Lindl.) S. Wats, in Brewer & Wats. Bot. Cal. 1 : 233. 1876. 

 Boisduvalia dowjlasii Spach, Hist. Veg. 4: 385. 1835. 



Oenothera densiflora Lindl. Bot. Reg. 19: pZ. 159S. 1833. 



Type ixjcality: Northern California. 



Range: British Columbia to CaHfomia and Nevada. 



Specimens examined: Seattle, Piper, July, 1897; Ellensburg, Whited 573; west Klicki- 

 tat County, Suksdorf 2254; Leavenworth, Whited 248; Falcon Ysdhy, Suksdorf 557; 

 Peshastin, Sandberg cfc Leiberg 588; Spokane, Piper, October 1, 1900; Pullman, Hull, July 

 16, 1892; Piper, 1839; Ellensburg, Cotton 866. 



Zonal distribution: Transition and Upper Sonoran. 



la. Boisduvalia densiflora pallescens Suksdorf, Deutsch. Bot. Monatss. 18: 88. 1900. 

 Type locality: Near Bingen, Klickitat County, Washington. 

 Specimens examined: Near Bingen, Suksdorf. 

 Distinguished by having white flowers and somewhat larger seeds. 



2. Boisduvalia stricta (A. Gray) Greene, Fl. Fran. 225. 1891. 

 Gayophytum strictum A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 7: 340. 1867. 

 Boisduvalia torreyi S. Wats, in Brewer & Wats. Bot. Cal. 1: 233. 1876. 

 Oenothera torreyi S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 8: 384. 1873. 



Type locality: Cloverdale, California. 

 Range: Washington and Idaho to California. 



