EVENING PRIMROSE FAMILY. Onagraceae. 



There are numerous kinds of Godetia, variable and 

 difficult to distinguish, not yet fully understood by botan- 

 ists, all western and mostly Californian, with narrow, 

 alternate leaves and handsome flowers, which close at 

 night. They have four petals and resemble Onagra, but 

 the flowers are never yellow and the anthers are not 

 swinging, but fixed to the tips of the filaments by their 

 bases; also resembling Clarkia, but the petals are without 

 claws. The calyx is often colored, tube more or less 

 funnel-form, lobes turned back, or more or less united and 

 turned to one side; stamens eight, unequal, the shorter 

 ones opposite the petals; style threadlike; stigma with four, 

 short lobes; capsule four-sided, or cylindrical, mostly ribbed, 

 rather leathery, splitting open, with four valves, containing 

 many seeds. These plants bloom in late spring, hence the 

 pretty name, Farewell-to-Spring. 



Farewell-to- A branchin g plant, woody at base, two 



Spring ^ eet m "gh w ith smooth stems; smooth, 



Godttia dtfltxa toothed leaves; nodding buds and large 

 pink handsome flowers. The petals are pale- 



CalTf^ni pink, about an inch long, the pistil pink, 



and at a distance the effect of the flower 

 is much like a Mallow. As is usual with Godetias, the 

 sepals are stuck together and stand out at one side, giving 

 the flower a quaint effect of having thrown back a little 

 hood in order to look about. This grows in light shade. 



This is common in the foothills of the 

 Spring 11 "* " Sierras and Coast Ranges and has a 



Goditia slender stem, about a foot tall, with more 



quadrivulnera or less downy leaves, sometimes slightly 

 Pink, lilac toothed, and a few very pretty flowers* 



NorthweT" 1 ab Ut an inch and a half aCr SS ' with 



bright lilac-pink petals, usually splashed 



with carmine. This red spot gives a vivid effect and the 

 delicate flowers look exceedingly gay and charming, as they 

 sway in the wind among tall grasses on open hillsides. 



From one to two feet tall, with a rather 



Codetta Gdddardit 



var. capitbta stout, more or less branching stem and 



Pink soft, rather downy, dull green leaves. The 



Spring, summer flowers are about an inch across, with pur- 

 plish-pink petals, often stained with crimson 

 at the tips. This is found on dry hills in the Coast Ranges, 



