Clarkia. ONAGRACEiE. 231 



Doii^l.; Hook. ]i()l. Mu|?. i. 2S.32 ; Lindl. H-.t. Hog. I. HOf.. CW^^a ruhiauula 

 k a. vhom, Lindl. Bot. Keg. t. 18r)f) & t. 1880. 



From Vancouver Island and Fraser lliver to Santa Cruz ; Plumas Co., Mrs. Ames. 



10. Gr. BottSB, Spach. Canescently puherulent or nearly glabro>i.s, erect or 

 somewhat decumbent, 1 to 1| feet high: leaves narrowly linear to lanceolate, entire 

 or sparingly toothed, an incli or two long, on slender petioles : calyx-tube short : 

 petals light purple, 6 to 12 lines long: filaments usually slender and stylo elongated: 

 stigma-lobes yellow or purple, a line or two long : capsule attenuate at each end, 

 10 to 15 lines long : pedicel 3 to 9 lines long. — (Enothera Bottoe, Torr. & Gray, Fl. 

 i. 505. 



In the Coast Raiigps, from Monterey to San Diego. 



11. Gr. epilobioides, Watson. Tomentosely pubernlent, erect, 1 to 3 feet 

 high : leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, entire or sparingly denticulate, an inch or 

 two long, petioled : calyx-tube a line or two long : petals light purj)le or rose-color, 

 3 to 6 lines long : stigma-lobes short : capsules acuminate, attenuate to a short 

 jmdicel or rarely nearly aessilo, G to 14 lines long. — (Kiinthera fpihhioides, Nutt. ; 

 Torr. ^ <«ray, V\. i. 51 1 ; Wntsoii, Proc;. Am. Acad. viii. 51)'.). 



Frequent in llio foot-hills of tlio Sierra Novaila upon both sides, and ranging from Oregon to 

 Mariposa Cotuity and southward ; San Diego, Nuttall, Thurbcr, Clcvclnnd. 



1 2. O. hispidula, Watson. Hispid with short spreading pubescence, especially 

 above, erect, mostly simple and often 1 -flowered, about a span high : leaves very 

 narrowly linear, an inch or two long : calyx-tubo 2 or 3 lines long : petals purple, 

 6 to 12 lines long: filaments rather slender: style elongated and stigraa-lobes linear: 

 capsules attonnato at top, abruptly contracted at base, 4 to 9 lines long, perhaps 

 costate : pedicels 2 to 4 lines long. — O'hiothera hiyndn/a, Watson, 1. c. 599. 



Sacramento and Tulare Valleys, Fremont, Prnlten, Rattan. 



13. Gr, biloba, Watson. Minutely puherulent, erect, a span or two high : leaves 

 nearly glabrous, linear or narrowly lanceolate, an inch or two long, obscurely den- 

 ticulate, the lower on long slender petioles : calyx-tube a line or two long : petals 

 light purple, cuneate-obovate, more or less deeply 2-lobed, 4 to 9 lines long : cap- 

 sules puherulent, 6 to 9 lines long, attenuate at the apex, abruptly contracted at 

 base into a pedicel alnmt a line in length. — CEnothera hilohn, Durand, PI. Pratten. 

 87 ; Watson, 1. c. 



In the foot-hilla of the Sierra Nevada from Tuolunuic to Novudii comities. 



9. CLARKIA, Puish. 



Calyx-tube obconical above the ovary, deciduous; the 4-cleft limb reflexed. 

 Petals 4, with claws, lobed or entire, purple or violet. Stamens 8, those opposite 

 to the petals often sterile or rudimentary ; anthers oblong or linear, attached by the 

 base. Ovary 4-cclled : stylo elongated : stigma with 4 broad lobes, sometimes un- 

 equal, at length sjireading. Capsule linear, attenuate above, coriaceous, erect, some- 

 what 4-angled, 4-celled, and 4-valved to the middle. Seeds numerous, angled or 

 margined. — Annuals, with erect brittle stems and alternate leaves on short slender 

 petioles, the uppermost sessile ; flowers showy, nodding in the bud, in terminal 

 racemes. 



A genus confined to our Pacific coast, some of the species well known in cultivation. 



1. C. pulchella, Pursh. Stem (^ to 2 feet high) and inflorescence pubenilent: 

 leaves linear-lanceolate to linear, 1 to 3 inches long, nearly glabrous, entire : petals 

 6 to 9 lines long, 3-lobed, attenuate to n long claw wliich lia--^ a spreading tooth on 



