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Type locality: "St Diego, Cal." long, turning r or tawny in age; anth 



Coville, CNH 4:104. Near SBer. linear-oblong, fixed in the middle; cap 



Parsons, W Fls Cal 142. acutely 4-angled, hirsute. 



Hall, U 97. Suncups. Oenothera cherianthifolia Brewer & 



SFHAEROSTXCtMA CAMPESTRE Small Watson, hot Cal 1: 



Branched from the base, 15-30 cm hi Parsons, W Fls Cal 142. 



pubescent throughout: Ivs linear-lanceo- SFHAEROSTXGMA VEITCHIANUM 



late, 2.5 cm long, dentate; pet 8-10 mm Small. 



long, turning brick-r; anth linear-ob- Sts decumbent or ascending, 2-4 dm 



long, 1.5 mm long, fixed toward the mid- long; Ivs linear-oblong, lanceolate or 



die and versatile; pods more than 2.5 ovate, more or less hirsute; ex hirsute; 



cm long, narrowly linear, slightly in- pet 10-15 mm long; cap 2.5-4 cm long 



curved with a slender beak. 1-1.5 mm wide, attenuate into a long 



Ai.rams, Fl LA 271. SBer mts. beak. 



Oenothera dentata Watson not Cav Abrams, Fl LA 270. 



(bot Cal 1:226). Oenothera bistorta Veitchiana Hooker. 



Variety PARISH!! Abrams. SFKAEROSI ZGMA VISlLDESUiJNS 



"Much resembling the type in habit; Walp. 



cinereous throughout with a short ap- Abrams, Fl LA 270. 



pressed pubescence, not at all hirsute; Silvery-canescent, with a short and 



l>3t a,;jout 8 mm long; pods very slen- dense appressed pubescence; branches 



uer, often much contorted. Plains prostrate or ascending, 3-8 dm long, 



about SBer (Parish)." Abrams, Fl LA somewhat woody; Ivs rather thick, spat- 



^ ^ ulate-oblong or linear-oblong to ovate- 



SPKAERO3TIGMA CONTORTT7M Walp. cordate, sessile, usually entire, 2 cm 

 Abrams, Fl LA 271. long or more; pet 12-16 mm long, turn- 

 Slender, erect-spreading, 15-4& cm hi, ing g'ish in age; anth linear-oblong, 

 somewhat pubescent with short ap- fixed below the middle; cap short-pub- 

 pressed or incurved w hairs: Ivs about escent. Monterey to SD! Baja! 

 12 mm long, linear-lanceolate, acutish, Hooker, Fl 1:214. 

 denticulate; subsessile; pet 3 mm long, Oenothera viridescens L,ehm. 

 turning deep r; anth roundish, basifixed; Oenothera cheiranthflolia suffraticosa 

 cap about 2 cm long, sessile, straight or Watson, Am ate pr 8:592. Bot Cal 1:225. 

 arcuate, scarcely attenuate at apex. 



Oenothera strigulosa T & G. Genus O\AGRA Adang 

 Variety G-REEJ^EI Small. Ann or bien caulescent herbs with 

 Abrams, Fl LA 271. mostly erect sts: Ivs alt, undulate or 

 Sts erect, usually simple below, more toothed, sessile or somewhat petioled: 

 or less hirsute pubescent and somewhat Tls y, nocturnal, in terminal spikes: ex- 

 viscid, otherwise as type. tube elongated, terete, gradually en- 

 Oenothera strigulosa epilobiodies largred at the throat; seg narrow, the 

 Greene. tips free in the bud: pet 4, spreading: 

 SI>HAER03TIGMA HIRTEI.I,TJBl Small sta many, equal in length; ffl filiform; 

 Abrams, Fl LA 271. anth linear: ova 4-cellect; sty united, 

 Sts stoutish, erect, simple or with a filiform; stig 4-cIeft; ovules num. in 2 

 few ascending branches from the base, or more rows, horizontal: cap 4-celied, 

 15-30 cm hi, the herbage p'lish, short- 4-angled, more or less tapering", locu- 

 hirsute; radical Ivs oblanceolate, den- licidally dehiscent; sds more or less 

 ticulate; st Ivs ovate, sassile, coarsely prismatic-angled, 

 toothed and more or less undulate- OjSTACvUA CAiIFQR2?XCA Small, 

 crisped; pet 4 mm long or more; cap Sts decumbent from a running rt- 

 hirsute, narrow, attenuate upwards, stock, 1-2 dm long, branching: herbage 

 once or twice coiled. hoary-pubescent and more or less vil- 

 Oenothera hirtella Greene. lous: Ivs narrowly oblancaolate, sinuate- 

 SPHAEROSTXGMA MICRANTHXJM ly toothed or pinnatifid, 6-8 cm long: 

 Walp. ova and ex villous: ex-tube about 2 cm 

 Abrams, Fl LA 271. long: pet w turning p, lobed at apex, 

 Sts prostrate or ascending, 1-4 dm with a rounded sinus: cap 4-6 cm long, 

 long; Ivs all narrowly oblanceolate to Abrams, Fl LA 452. 

 linear-oblong, hirsute, 3-5 cm long, Small Torr-cl b 23:176 (1896). 

 dentate, acutish, somewhat undulate; Oenothera Californica S. Watson, bot 

 pet 2-4 mm long, often emarginate; cap Cal 1:223. 



4-angled, contorted, sparsely hirsute. Oenothei-a albicaulis var Californica 



Oenothera micrantha Hornem. Watson. Am ac pr 8:r>82. 



Da 6. El Campo Aleman, Baja (Br). OXAGRA HOOKER! Small. 



SPHAEBOSTIGMA RUTILA Parish. Bien; st r'ish, stout, angular, 1-2 m 



Cenothera rutila Davidson, Erythea hi, herbage canescently pubescent and 



2:62. somewhat villous; Ivs lanceolate, sessile, 



Parish, Erythea 6:89. Mohave des- acute, obscurely denticulate, ex-tube S 



ert (Davidson). cm long; seg nearly as long; pet about 



Orcutt, Am pi 1:40 E. 4 cm long, obcordate, pale y, turning 



SFHAEROSTXG-MA STIHAIiE Walp. to rose p; stig-lobes y, spreading; cap 



Abrams, Fl LA 270. 2 cm long, sessile, canescent with a 



Sts herbaceous, prostrate or ascend- fine close pubescence; sds brown, 1 mm 



Ing. 3-6 dm long; Ivs rather thick, spat- long, faintly striate, not wing-angled, 



n late to ovate-cordate, the lowest short- BC to Mex. 



petioled, entire or dentate, more or less Abrams, Fl LA 269. 



hirsute; ex-pubescent; pet 8-12 mm Oenothera biennis hirsutissima A 



