Clarkia. ONAaRACEiE. 231 



Dougl; Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 2832; Lindl. Eot. Reg. t. 1405. Godetia rubicunJa 

 & G. vimsa, Liudl. Bot. lleg. t. 185G & t. 1880. 



From Vancouver Island and Fi-aser River to Santa Cruz ; Plumas Co., Mrs. Ames. 



10. Gr. Bottae, Spach. Canescently puberulent or nearly glaLrous, erect or 

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

 or sparingly toothed, an inch or two long, on slender peti(des : calyx-tube shoit : 

 petals light purple, 6 to 1 2 lines long : filaments usually slender and style elongated : 

 stigmadobes yellow or purple, a line or two long : capsule attenuate at each end, 

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

 i. 505. 



In the Coast Ranges, from Monterey to San Diego. 



11. G. epilobioides, Watson. Tomentosely puberulent, erect, 1 to 3 feet 

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

 two long, petioled : calyx-tube a line or two long : petals light purple or rose-color, 

 3 to 6 lines long : stigmadobes short : capsules acuminate, attenuate to a short 

 pedicel or rarely nearly sessile, 6 to 14 lines long. — (Unotkera epilobioides, Nutt.; 

 Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 511 ; Watson, Proc. Am. Acad. viii. 599. 



Frequent in the foot-hills of the Sierra Nevada upon both sides, and ranging from Oregon to 

 Mariposa County and southward ; San Diego, NiUtall, Thurbcr, Cleveland. 



1 2. G. 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-tube 2 or 3 lines long : petals pur[)le, 

 C to 12 lines long: filaments rather slender : style elongated and stigma-lobes linear: 

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

 costate : pedicels 2 to 4 lines long. — (Enothera liispidida, Watson, 1. c. 599. 



Sacramento and Tulare Valleys, Fremont, Prattcn, Rattan. 



13. G. biloba, Watson. Minutely puberulent, 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 2dobed, 4 to 9 lines long : cap- 

 sules puberulent, G to 9 lines long, attenuate at the apex, abrui»tly contracted at 

 base into a pedicel about a line in length. — CEnothera biloba, Durand, PI. Pratten. 

 87 ; Watson, 1. c. 



In the foot-hills of the Sierra Nevada from Tuolumne to Nevada counties. 



9. CLARKIA, Pursh. 



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 Imear, attached by the 

 base. Ovary 4-celled : style elongated : stigma Avith 4 broad lobes, sometimes un- 

 equal, at length spreading. 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 cidtivation. 



1. C. pulcheUa, Pursh. Stem (i to 2 feet high) and inflorescence puberulent: 

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

 G to 9 lines long, 3dobed, attenuate to a long claw which has a spreading tooth on 



