Oodetia. ONAGRACEiE. 229 



* Flotvers in a strict mostly compact spike : stems leafy : capsule ovate to oblong. 



+- Tips of the calyx-lnhes not at all free in the bud : sides of the capsule not 2costate : 

 seeds in 2 rotvs in each cell. 



1. O. grandiilora, Lindl. Puberulent : stem a foot or two high, stout, simple 

 or with a low short hianches near the top : leaves lanceolate, 2 or 3 inches long, acute 

 at each end, shortly petioled, obscurely ropand-denticulate or entire : spike dense, 

 leafy : calyx-tubo broadly obconical, 4 to fi lines long : petals an inch or two long, 

 oinarginate, light purplo with often a largo crimson spot in \\w ciMitro : Btigiiia-lobofl 

 linear, 3 linos long: capsule jiubcrulent, oblong to linear, 8 to 15 lines long, a lino 

 or two broad or more, 4-toothed at the apex : seeds in 2 rows in each cell. — Hot. 

 Keg. xxvi, t. 61. (Ennthera Whitneyi, Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. vii. 340 & 400; 

 Hook. f. Bot. Mag. t. 58G7. (E. grandijiora, Watson, 1. c. 59G. 



On hillsides, Humboldt and Mendocino counties, Bolander, Kellogg k Harford. With larger 

 flowers than any other sjiecies ; in cultivation. 



2. Gr. purpurea Watson. Mostly very leafy, a foot or two high, puberulent, 

 the ovary densely villous : leaves oblong to oblong-oblanceolate, usually an inch or 

 two long, entire, sessile with an obtuse or narrowed base : flowers mostly in a leafy 

 terminal cluster : calyx-tube 2 or 3 lines long, half the length of the deep purple 

 petals : stylo shorter than the stamens ; stigma-lobes very short, purple : capsules 

 ovate to linear-oblong, 6 to 9 lines long, 2 to 2| lines broad, acute, obtuse at base, 

 hairy; the sides nearly flat, with a strong midvein. — Oenothera purpurea, Curtis, 

 Bot. Mag. t. 352 ; Watson, 1. c. Godetia Willdenowiana, Spach. 



FroTn tho valley of tlio Columbia to Monterey. 



+- +- Tips of the calyx-lobes slightly free in the hid: capsule 2-costate on at least the 

 alternate sides : seeds in one row in each cell. 



3. G. lepida, Lindl. Canosccntly puberulent, tho stem usually white and 

 shining, ^ to 2 feet high : leaves oblong to oblanceolate, an inch or two long, mostly 

 obtuse, sessile and scarcely narrowed at base, sparingly denticulate : flowers in a 

 short simple spike : calyx-tube 2 or 3 lines long : ))etals rose-colored with a dark 

 spot n*ir the summit, 9 to 1 2 lines long : stigmas very short, purple : caj)sulo short- 

 hairy, 5 to 8 lines long, 2 lines broad Jienr tho base and nttenuato to tho apex. — 

 ]iot. Reg. t. 1849. (Etwthera lepida, Hook. <t Arn. I'.ot. J?ecchoy, 342. 



Var. parviflora, Watson, 1. c. Flowers and capsules somewhat smaller ; the 

 petals 3 to 8 lines long, purple to rose-colored : stems slender, erect or ascending, 3 

 inches to 3 feet high : leaves linear to oblong, a half to an inch long. — (E. decurn- 

 bens, Dougl. ; Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 2889 ; Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1221 ; Terr. & Gray, 

 Fl. i. 504. 



Var. Arnottii, Watson, 1. c. Nearly glabrous or somewhat puberulent : leaves 

 linear to lanceolate, acute, entire or sparingly denticulate, 1 to 1 ^ inches long : 

 petals 4 to 8 lines long : capsules glabrous or nearly so. — (Enothei-a Arnottii, Torr. 

 & Gray, 1. c. 



From the f'olunibia River to Monterey nnd San Simeon. 



4. Qr. albescens, T-indl. Canescently puberulent: stem erect, simple or branch- 

 ing from the base, a foot or two high : leaves linear to oblong-lanceolate, acutish, 

 sparingly deiiticulate, an inch long : flowers small, in numerous short lateral mostly 

 crowded spikelets : calyx-tube 2 lines long : petals purplish-blue, 3 to 5 lines long : 

 stigmas greenish to purplo : capsules oblong, 3 to lines long, 1^ lines broad, 

 shortly hirsute or pubi<scent. — r>ot. Reg. xxviii, t. 9. (JiJnothera albescens, Watson, 

 Proc. Am. Acad. viii. 597. 



In woods near Monterey (ffnrl.urg) ; Napa Valley nnd near Rorax Ijiko (Torrctj) : rarely col- 

 lected. Said to have been first received from the Columbia Valley. 



