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. 



A branching plant, woody at base, twt 

 Farewell-to- 

 Spring feet high, with smooth stems; smooth 



Godetia deflexa toothed leaves; nodding buds and larg< 

 Pi nk handsome flowers. The petals are pale 



^itimmpr 



and at a distance the effect of the flowei 

 is much like a Mallow. As is usual with Godetias, th( 

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

 the flower a quaint effect of having thrown back a littl< 

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

 This is common in the foothills of 



Sierras and Coast Ranges and 

 Godltia slender stem, about a foot tall, with 



quadrivulnera or less downy leaves, sometimes slig 

 Pink, lilac toothed, and a few very pretty flo 



about an inch and a half across, 



bright lilac-pink petals, usually splashe 

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

 delicate flowers look exceedingly gay and charming, as the 

 sway in the wind among tall grasses on open hillsides. 



From one to two feet tall, with a rath< 

 Godetia Gdddardii , '. 



var. capitata stout, more or less branching stem ar 



Pink soft, rather downy, dull green leaves. Tl 



Spring, summer flowers are about an inch across, with pu 

 California plish-pink petals, often stained wi th crimsc 



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



