62 ONAGRACE^L 



Flowers small, in a nodding spike, white or rose-color: capsule contorted 14, 1ft 



1. (E. biennis, L. Stout, 1 to 5 ft. high: calyx-tube 1 to 2 inches long. 

 Var. grandifiora, Lindl. Capsule hirsute: petals as long as calyx-tube. 

 Var. hirsutissimus, Gr. Similar: ovary more hirsute. The common form. 



2. (E. albicaulis, Nutt. Erect, ^ to 4 ft. high: large leaves pinnatifid. 



3. CB. Californica, Watson. Hoary, decumbent: ovary and calyx villous. 



4. OS. trich.ocalyx, Nutt. Stouter, more erect: capsule thicker at base. 



5. CE. triloba, Nutt. Nearly glabrous: petals to 1 inches long. 



6. (E heterantha, Nutt. Petals 3 to 6 lines long: capsules ovoid-oblong. 

 Var. taraxacifolia, Watson. Leaves lyrately pinnatifid: Sierra Nevada. 



7. G3. ovata, Nutt. Similar: capsule with obtuse angles. Coast Valleys. 



8. (E. graciliflora, H. & A. Petals obcordate, turning, greenish, 3 to 5 lines long. 



9. CE. cheirantliifolia, Hornem. Prostrate or ascending: leaves thick. 

 Var. sufiruticosa, Watson. Woody at base, leafy. Both on sand near the sea. 



10. (E. bistorta, Nutt. Similar: petals 4 to 9 lines long, spot at base. 



11. CE. micrantlia, Hornem. Flowers smaller: leaves thin, crimped. 



12. CE. dentata, Cav. Diffuse, very slender: leaves linear: capsule very slender. 



13. CE. strigulosa, T. & G. Similar: petals smaller, 1 or 2 lines long, reddening. 



14. CE. alyssoides, H. & A. Slender, canescent: calyx-lobes and petals 2 or 3.1ines long. 



15. (E. gaurfflflora, T. & G. Glabrous: bark loose, white: capsule tapering upward. 



8. GODETIA, Spach. 



* Flowers in strict mostly close spikes: stems leafy: capsule ovoid to oblong. 

 t Capsule not ribbed: seeds in % rows in the cell: stems simple or few branched. 



Calyx- tube broadly obconical, 4 to 6 lines long: petals 1 or 2 inches long 1 



Calyx-l'abe 2 or 3 lines long, deep-purple 2 



1 1 Capsule with at least alternate sides 2-ribbed: seeds in 1 row in each cell: stems often much 

 branched: canescently puberuknt. 



Capsule 5 to 8 lines long tapering from the base 3 



Capsule 3 to G lines long, oblong, short-hairy 4 



* * Flowers mostly scattered in a simple spike or raceme and nodding in the bud: capsule 

 linear; seeds in 1 row: stems slender: leaves few. 



Capsules sessile, more or less distinctly ribbed 5 to 9 



Capsules on pedicels, not ribbed: stigmas mostly yellow 10 to 13 



1. G. grandiflora, Lindl. Stout: spike leafy: petals often with a spot. N. W. Cal. 



2. G. purpurea, Watson. Ovary densely villous: style short: stigma-lobes purple. 



3. G. lepida, Lindl. Stem shining white: petals rose-color with a spot above. 

 Var. parviflora, Watson. Petals smaller, |- in. long: leaves -1 in. long. 

 Var. Arnottii, Watson. Nearly glabrous: leaves longer, acute: capsule glabrous. 



4. G. albescens, Lindl. Flowers small, in many spikelets: petals purple-blue. 



5. G-. Williamson!, Watson. Petals yellowish at base, purple spot in center. CaL 



