230 ONAGRACE^I. Godeiia. 



* * Floivers in a simple spike or raceme, usually scattered and mostly nodding in, 

 bud : capsides linear : seeds in one row : stems slender, with leaves rather distant. 



+- Capsules sessile : calyx-tips slightly free. Exceptions in No. 8. 



5. Gr. Williamsoni, "Watson. Canescently puberulent, the calyx-tube and 

 lobes villous : stem erect, a foot high: leaves linear, sessile, entire, 1 to 1-J- inches 

 long : calyx-tube funnelform, 3 to 5 lines long; tips of the lobes free: petals yellow 

 at base and with a deep purple spot in the centre, G to 12 lines long : stigma-lobes 

 short, oblong, yellow : capsules attenuate upward from the base, 6 to 8 lines long, 

 puberulent, 2-costate on the sides. — (Enothera Williamsoni, Durand & Hilgard, 

 Pacif. E. Eep. v. 7, t. 5 ; Watson, 1. c. 597. 



In the foot-hills of the Sierra Nevada from Millerton (Hccrmann) to Placer Co., Rattan. 



6. Gr. quadrivulnera, Spach. Puberulent, ovary and capsule more or less 

 villous : stem usually very slender, a foot or two high : leaves linear to linear-lance- 

 olate, sessile or attenuate to a short petiole, entire or slightly denticulate, an inch or 

 two long : calyx-tube obconic, 2 (rarely 3) lines long : petals deep purple or pur- 

 plish, 3 to 6 lines long : stigma-lobes short, purple : capsules 5 to 10 lines long, 

 usually short, attenuate at the apex, 2-costate at the alternate angles. — (Enothera 

 quadrivulnera, Dougl.; Lindl. Bot. Eeg. t. 1119 ; Watson, 1. c. 598. 



Near the coast from Paget Sound to San Diego. 



7. Gr. tenella, Watson. Puberulent, erect and slender, G to 18 inches high, 

 very rarely decumbent : leaves linear, acute or obtuse, mostly entire, more or less 

 attenuate at base, J to 2 inches long : calyx-tube shortly obconic, 1 to 3 lines long ; 

 tips of the lobes rarely not free : petals deep purple, 3 to 5 lines long : style shorter 

 than the stamens ; stigma-lobes purplish : capsules puberulent, attenuate at the 

 apex, 8 to 14 lines long, nearly flat upon the sides. — (Enothera tenella, Cav. Icon, 

 iv. t. 396, fig. 2; Euiz & Pavon, Fl. Peruv. iii. t. 316; Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. t. 

 167. Godetia Cavanillesii, Spach, Monog. Onagr. 71. 



Near the coast from Oregon to San Diego ; also in Chili and Peru. 



8. Gr. viminea, Spach. Like the last : sometimes stout, 1 to 3 feet high : leaves 

 linear to linear-lanceolate, entire, narrowed at base, an inch or two long : calyx-tube 

 2 to- 4 lines long : petals deep purple or purplish, sometimes yellowish at base with 

 a dark spot in the centre, 9 to 15 lines long: capsules smoothish, 8 or 18 lines 

 long, 2-costate on the sides, occasionally shortly pedicellate. — Monog. Onagr. 69. 

 (Enothera viminea, Dougl. ; Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 2873; Lindl. Bot. Eeg. t. 1220. 



From the Columbia southward to the Sacramento, and in the Sierra Nevada to the Yosemite 

 Valley. 



G. Romanzovii, Spach {(Enothera, Ledebour), is known only from cultivated specimens, origi- 

 nally from seeds collected by Chamisso on the "Northwest Coast." It is rather stout, puberu- 

 lent, the ovary white with a silky pubescence : leaves oblaneeolate, petioled : calyx-tube very 

 short, and tips not free : filaments stout, the alternate anthers nearly sessile ; stigmas included 

 within the calyx-tube : capsule attenuate at each end, sometimes shortly pedicellate, the sides 

 2-costate. 



4- -i- Capsules pedicellate, not costate : stigma-lobes mostly yelloio : calyx-tips not free 

 in the bud, or rarely so in the first species. 



9. Gr. amcena, Lilja. Minutely puberulent, usually slender, a foot or two high : 

 leaves linear to narrowly oblaneeolate or sometimes lanceolate, entire or nearly so, 

 petiolate, 1 to 3 inches long : calyx-tube obconic, 2 to 4 lines long : petals frequently 

 rather villous (as also the purple anthers), varying from nearly white to rose-color, 

 with more or less of purple, "8 to 15 lines long: filaments rather stout : stigma-lobes 

 linear, li lines long: capsules 1 to l-J- inches long, attenuate to each end : pedicel 

 2 to 6 lines long. — Linnaja, xv. 265. (Enothera amozna, Lehm. Nov. Act. Loop. 

 xiv. 811, t. 45; Eegel, Gartenfl. xiii. t. 443. (E. roseo-alba, Horuem. IE. Lindleyi, 



