GJnothera. ONAGRACE^. 227 



Var. villosa, Watson, 1. c. More or less villous througliout. 

 Var. minutiflora, Watson. Flowers much reduced, scarcely more than a lino 

 long. — liut. Xing Exp. 111. 



Through the interior from the base of the Sierra Nevada eastward to Utah. 



18. CE. Boothii, Dougl. Like the last, but viscidly pubescent : leaves ovate to 

 lanceolate : capsules somewhat broader : seeds brownish, angled, very minutely 

 tuberculate. — Hook. Fl. i. 213. CE. j^ygmwa, Dougl. 1. c. 



Eastward of the Sierra Nevada from S. Oregon to N. W. Nevada. 



19. CE. gauraeflora, Torr. & Gray. Often stout, erect, | to 2 feet high, gla- 

 brous or the intiorescence and younger leaves sparingly puberulent ; the bark loose, 

 white, and shining : leaves lanceolate to narrowly oblanceolate, attenuate into the 

 petiole, usually denticulate : spike often many-iiowered, nearly erect : calyx-tulxj 

 and the obovate petals 1| to 3 lines long: capsules attenuate from the base to a 

 narrow beak, 8 to 15 lines long : seeds dark, a line long, angled. — Fl. i. 510. 



From the Lower Sacrameuto to the Colorado Desert and eastward to S. Utah. 

 § 4. Gap&ule j^eclicellate, linear or someivhat clavate, obtuse, not contorted: ot/ierivise 

 as in ^ 1. Caulescent annuals : tips of the calyx-lobes sometimes free in tlie 

 hud. — Chylismia. 

 * Racemes usually feiv-fiowered, loose and ivith minute bracts : calyx-tuhe funnelform : 

 seeds narrowly oblong, smooth : leaves mostly lyrate or pinnatifid. 



20. CE. scapoidea, ISTutt. Erect, usually branching from near the base, \ to 1 \ 

 feet higli, puberulent or nearly glabrous : leaves mostly near the base, with long 

 petioles, lyrately pinnate ; the terminal leaflet much the largest, ovate to oljlong- 

 lanceolate, cuneate or cordate at base, sinuate-toothed, the prominent veins often 

 darker colored ; lateral leaflets few or many, sometimes wanting, very irregular : 

 raceme at first nodding ; bracts very small or none : calyx-tube a line or two long ; 

 tips not free : petals yellow, 1 or 2 lines long : capsules glabrous, clavate, 4 to 1 2 

 lines long : pedicels spreading, 2 to 8 lines long. — Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 506. 



Var. purpurascens, Watson. Usually stouter : flowers larger and rose-colored 

 or purplish, rarely yellow : calyx-tube 2 or 3 lines long : petals 3 or 4 lines long. — 

 Proc. Am. Acad. viii. 595. (E. clavceformis, Torr. & Gray, Pacif. li. Rep. ii. 121. 

 QU. cruciformis, Kellogg, Proc. Calif. Acad. ii. 227, fig. 71. CE. scapoidea, var. 

 clavceformis, Watson, Bot. King Exp. 109. 



Var. aurantiaca, Watson, 1. c. Low : inflorescence puberulent : flowers of the 

 size of the last, but the calyx-tube tinged more or less deeply with orange : petals 

 light rose-color or orange : capsule usually puberulent. — CE. clavaeformis, Torrey in 

 Fremont Eep. 314. 



On the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada from Oregon to Mono Lake, W. Wyoming and Utah ; 

 the var. aurantiaca from Southeastern California to Southern Utah. 



21. OB. brevipes, Gray. Like CE. scapoidea, but usually stouter, more or less 

 villous with stiff hairs, not puberulent : calyx-tube obconic to funnelform, 1 to 3 

 lines long ; the lobes strongly nerved and their stout tips free : petals apixirently 

 pale yellow or whitish, 3 to 6 lines long : capsules 1 to 3 inches long, 1 \ lines 

 broad : pedicels 2 to 12 lines long. — Pacif. R. Rep. iv. 87. 



Near the Colorado River and eastward to Southern Utah. 



22. (E. cardiophylla, Torr. Canescently hirsute with short spreading hairs: 

 stems leafy, often rather slender, 3 to 10 inches high, simple, erect or ascending : 

 leaves simple, cordate or ovate, repandly serrate, long-petioled, an inch long or less : 

 calyx-tube rather narrowly funnelform, 3 to 8 lines long, usually tinged with red; 

 tips of the lobes not free : petals yellow becoming reddish, 3 or 4 lines long : cap- 

 sule f to 1 inch long : pedicel only 1 to 3 lines long. — Pacif. R. Rcj). v. 3G0. 



Near the Colorado River, and eastward in Arizona. 



