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* Flowers in a strict mostly compact spike : stems leafy : capsule ovate to ohloug. 



4- Tips of the calyx-lobes not at all free in the hud: sides of the capsule not 2-costate : 

 seeds in 2 rotvs in each cell. 



1. G. grandiflora, LiuJl. Pubenilent : stem a foot or two liif^h, stout, simple 

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

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

 leafy : calyx-tube broadly obconical, 4 to 6 lines long : petals an inch or two long, 

 emarginate, light purple with often a large primson spot in the centre : stigma-loljes 

 linear, 3 lines long : capsule puberulent, oblong to linear, 8 to 15 lines long, a line 

 or t\vo broad or more, 4-toothed at the apex : seeds in 2 rows in each cell. — liot. 

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

 Hook. f. Bot. Mag. t. 58G7. (E. grandiflora, Watson, 1. c. 596. 



On hillsiiles, Humboldt and Mendocino counties, Bolander, Kellogg & Harford. Witli larger 

 flowers than any other species ; 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 : style 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 b;ise, 

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

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



From the valley of the Columbia to Monterey. 



-{- -f- Tips of the calyx-lobes slightly free in the hud : capsule 2-costate on at least the 

 alternate sides : seeds in one row in each cell. 



3. Gr. lepida, Lindl. Canescently puberulent, the stem usually Avhite and 

 shining, h 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 : petals rose-colored Avith a dark 

 spot near the summit, 9 to 12 lines long : stigmas very short, purple : capsule short- 

 hairy, 5 to 8 lines long, 2 lines broad near the base and attenuate to the apex. — 

 Bot. Eeg. t. 1849. (Enothera lepida, Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey, 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. — ffi". decum- 

 hens, Dough ; Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 2889 ; Lindl. Bot. Eeg. t. 1221 ; Torr. & Gray, 

 FL i. 504. 



Var. Arnottii, Watson, 1. c. N"early glabrous or somewhat puberulent : leaves 

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

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

 & Gray, 1. c. 



From the Columbia Elver to Monterey and San Simeon. 



4. G. albescens, Lindl. Canescently puberulent : stem erect, simple or branch- 

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

 sparingly denticulate, an incli 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 purple : capsules oblong, 3 to 6 lines long, 1 \ lines broad, 

 shortly hirsute or pubescent. — Bot. Eeg. xxviii, t. 9. (Enothera albescens, Watson, 

 Proc. Am. Acad. viii. 597. 



In woods near Monterey (Ilariwrg) ; Na^ia Valley and near Borax Lake {Tonrij) : rarely col- 

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



