^"^^^^^- ONAGRACEJi:. 



6. QAYOPHYTUM, A. J,ks. 



Petals 4, wlnte or i-ose-coloml, very small, olwvate or oval will, a ve,-v sl,„ ^ 

 Stamens 8 ; anther broad or ,.o.,„,M, attached ,y the mi d. o e o : ^ I 

 petals o„ shorter filaments and usually sterile. Ovary 2-cellei : style rts^^„ 

 ap.ate or elavata. Capsule membranaceous, clavate, 2-celIed. 4-va " ' Sc 

 few to many, ,„ one row in each cell, small, smooth, oblong, n.ked ascendi.; 

 Very slender b„>nching annuals, of western .North An,crica°'and CI il w a alt^; 



1:::,';:;:;::": '"'''' "-' --^"''-^ '-'■-■ ■"- ^'* ■« -- ''--'y -'^-i. 



pnL^.,nr;^^'3 S:;ht,''7to i?'T 7 "r 'f °"^"™= -™''"- 



Fron^Oregon to Manposa Co. and eastward to Colorado, in the mountains on dry slopes 



Short q^p'SnX^^^^ '■ ^; ^^rT "^^-^ °^ ^-« — "t with 



simple /Lwr^SXebnt^Jl '''f^ Ij^S^, the elongated branches mostly 

 lineir, sessile ^ven^Vh^^ of the branches : capsule's 



Watson, 1. c. O. lua.li'jf^:^^^^^'^^^! T''' --^--J«^- - 

 From the Columhia River to Central Calilbrnia and eastward to Colorado 



flowerfw"fTo ?W.1 ^^T' ^- 1 ^'''''^^ S^^^^'^"^' « ^o 18 inches hi^h 



3tooh£ii:h4-:s^-^--^-^^^^ 



Less frequeat ; from Orego,, to Soafcra California a„.I e»twa„l to Idaho and N. Utah. 

 6. ETJLOBUS, Nutt. 



letals 4, homb.c-ovate, sessile, hght yellow turning to red. Stamens 8; anthers 



and w,h smalet- globose anthe,,. Ovary 4-celled : stigma capitate. Capsule 

 Unear, elongated, 4-angIed, 4-valved, imperfectly 4.celle,l, strongly cfracted Se 



sessile along the virgate branches. A single species. 

 sp,L^;°vS"!S,,!:'"''i ^^'^T. ' '".^^ f-' '"o*. -"- ^'""t. with a few 



Dry pl.,ces, from Santa Barbae to Sa„ Diogo ; Canu, Gtaat, Arizona, Pal,„c.. 



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