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CEj. albicatilis. Xutt. With erect and white, often shreddy stems, 

 which arc i;hxL)nms or nearly so, linear or oblon.ii-lanceolate, entire or 

 repand-denticulate, or even sinuate-piniiatilid leaves, linear and sessile, 

 curved or twisted pods ; grows from \V. Minn, to N. Mex., and is cult. 11 



CE. rosea. Ait. Mkxic.w Piu.muosk. Minutely downy, with .slender 

 .spreadin:; stems iS' --V lii.u'h, ovate or lance-oblong leaves, the lower 

 sonuiimcs r:iiher jtinnatitld, and red-imrplc diurnal flowers, 1' across in 

 leafy racemes ; pods club-shaped. Mex. (I) (2) 



* * » Yellow-fm>wehei), diurxal Prkmuoses, sometimes called Sun- 

 drops, the blossoms opening in bright sunshine ; petals mostly obcordate ; 

 stems leafy ; leaves obscurely toothed or entire. Wild species of the 

 country, all but the last occasionally cultivated. (2) 11 



I- Pod short-oblong or obovate, broadly i-vHng-angled. 



CE. glatica, Michx. Wild from Va. and Ky., near and in the moun- 

 tains vS. ; 1^-2° high, smooth, pale and glaucous, leafy to the top ; leaves 

 ovate or lance-ovate ; corolla 2' or more in diameter. 



-1- -t- Pod club-shaped, soineiohat 4-imng-angled above, vnth 4 intervening 



rilis. 



CE. frutic6sa, Linn. Wild in open places; not shrubby, as the name 

 would imply ; hairy or nearly smooth, with oblong or lanceolate leaves, 

 somewhat corymbed flowers lh'-2' in diameter, and short-stalked or 

 nearly sessile, more or less pubescent pods. 



Var. linearis, AVats. Wild from Conn. S., near the coast ; linear or 

 lance-linear leaves, and pods tapering into a slender stalk. A spreading 

 form is cultivated. 



CE. pilmila, Linn. In fields, etc. ; nearly smooth, 5'-12' high, with 

 mostly simple, erect or a.scending stem; oblanceolate entire leaves, and 

 scattered flowers, the corolla less than 1' across, and smooth pods short- 

 stalked or sessile. 



8. GODETIA. (Named for Charles Codct, botanist and entomologist 

 at Neufchatel.) Western American annuals, in gardens. The .species 

 are often referred to CEnothera. 



* Capsule ovate or oblong ; the seeds in 2 rotos. 



G. purpurea, Wats. Very leafy to the top, rather stout, l(i'-2() high, 

 at length with many short branches ; leaves pale, lance-oblong, entire, 

 and sessile; corolla I'-IA' across, purple, with a dark eye; sliort and 

 broad lobes of stigma dark-colored ; pods .short and thick, rather conical, 

 hairy. 



G. grandiflbra, Lindl. (or (i. WnfrvKviV Stout and nearly simi)le, 

 with lanceolate' leaves acute at both ends and borne on a short jjctiole, 

 entire or obscurely denticulate ; flowers 2' or moi-e across, light-purple, 

 and usually with a purple spot in the center of each petal ; stigina lobes 

 linear ; capsule puberulent. 



* * CdfKsule linear; the seeds in a single row. 



G. amoena, I.ilja. (G. Lf\i>M.vi and G. rihici xda). Rather slender, 

 ]°-2° high; leaves linear or lanceolate, entire or very nearly so, with 

 short petioles ; petals white or rose-colored, '\'-l\' long, sometimes hairy ; 

 stigma lobes linear. 



9. LOPEZIA. (Named for T. Lnper., an early Spanish naturalist.) ® 



L. racemosa, Cav. Cult, sparingly, from Mexico; a slender, branch- 

 ing, nearlv smooth plant, with alternate, ovate or lance-oblong leaves on 



