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* Flowers in a strict mostly compact spilce : stems leafy : capsule ovate to oblong. 



+- Tips of the calyx-lobes not at all free in the bud : sides of the capsule not 2-coslate : 



seeds in 2 rows in each cell. 



1. Gr. giandiflora, Lindl. Puberulent : stem a foot or two high, stout, simple 

 or with a few short brandies near the tup : 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 crimson spot in the centre : stigma-lobes 

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

 or two broad or more, 4-toothed at the apex : seeds in 2 rows in each cell. — Bot. 

 Beg. xxvi, t. Gl. (Enotliera Whitneyi, Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. vii. 340 & 400; 

 Hook. f. Bot. Mag. t. 5867. (E. grandiffora, Watson, 1. c. 596. 



On hillsides, Humboldt and Mendocino counties, Bolander, Kellogg k Harford. With 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 loiig, 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 2i lines broad, acute, obtuse at base, 

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

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



From tho valley of the Columbia to Monterey. 



+- -i- Tips of the calyx-lobes slightly free in the bud : 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 white and 

 shining, A 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 spiko : calyx-tube 2 or 3 lines long: petals rose-colored with a dark 

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

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

 Hot. Reg. t. 1S49. (Enotliera lepida. Hook. & Am. Mot. Mcechey, 342. 



Var. parviflora, Watson, 1. c. Flowers and capsules somewhat smaller; tho 

 petals 3 to S 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. — 'J:', d 

 bens, Dough ; Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 2889 ; Lindl. Bot. Beg. t. 1221 ; Torr. & Cray, 

 Fl. i. 504. 



Var. Arnottii, Watson, 1. c. Nearly glabrous or somewhat puberulent : leaves 

 limar to lanceolate, acute, entire or sparingly denticulate, 1 to \\ inches long: 

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

 & Gray, 1. c. 



From the Columbia River to Monterey and San Simeon. 



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

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

 sparingly denticulate, an inch long: (lowers 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, ."> to 6 lines long, l 1 lines broad. 

 shortly hirsute or pubescent. — Bot. Reg. xxviii, t. 9. (Enotliera albeti -. Watson, 



PrOC. Am. Acad. \ iii. 597. 



In « Is near Montorej (ITartweg) ; Napa Valley and near Borax Laki < 



leeted. Said t" have 1 fit I received [row tho Columbia Valley. 



