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5. GODETIA, ‘Spach. 
Distinguished from CBnothera by the anthers not versatile, and flowers not yellow. 
* Flowers in a strict, mostly compact spike; capsule ovate to oblong; stems leafy. 
Petals deep purple............ce cece seen siaib ielsipiace digbie S1e 3's videie's G. purpurea. 1 
Petals rose-colored with a spot...........0. see cece ee eeee saiweueie wes G. lepida, 2 
Petals bluish-purple, 3 to 5 lines long........... siacevavasiecica veoeees..G. albescens. 3 
* * Flowers in usually a loose spike or raceme, mostly nodding in the bud; capsule linear; 
leaves distant. 
+ Capsule sessile; stigma-lobes purplish. 
Ovary and capsule short, villous, 2-costate.............. .....G. quadrivulnera, 4 
Capsule puberulent, not costate...... 0.2... eee cece ee eee ee cee ees G. tenella. 5 
+ + Capsule pedicellate, not costate, stigma-lobes mostly yellow...... G. amcna. 6 
SURAT, USP acai: sesoess ai ere breerase cols oie incense ind bara lace atdigiearngvaynd i og voca aie sana G. hispidula, 7 
Small; petals 2:lobed ccicwewte ces cece kdaicede tie sastecdec uw neniee ts G, biloba. & 
1. G. purpurea, Wat. Mostly very leafy, a foot or two high, puberulent, the 
ovary densely villous; leaves oblong to oblong-oblanceolate, an inch or two long, entire, 
sessile; flowers mostly in a leafy terminal cluster; petals 4 to 6 lines long; style shorter 
than the stamens; stigma-lobes very short, purple; capsule 6 to 9 lines long, not costate. 
2. G, lepida, LindL Canescently puberulent, the stem usually white and shining. 
Easily distinguished by its flowers; the rose-colored petals with a dark spot near the top 
9 to 12 lines long. 
3. G. albescens, Lindl. Smaller leaves than the last, and much smaller almost 
blue flowers. Rare. 
4, G. quadrivulnera, Spach. Puberulent, ovary and capsule more or less villous; 
stems usually slender, a foot or two high; leaves linear-lanceolate or linear, sessile or 
attenuate to a short petiole, entire or slightly denticulate, an inch or more long; petals 
deep-purple or purplish, 3 to 6 lines long; stigma-lobes short, purple. 
5. G. tenella, Wat. Chiefly distinguished from the last by the capsule, which is 
8 to 14 lines long, with nearly flat sides. 
6. G. amoena, Lilja. Petals and purple anthers, frequently rather villous, varying 
from nearly white to rose-color, with more or less of purple, § to 15 lines long; capsule 
attenuate at each end. 
7. G. hispidula, Wat. Is about a span high, often but 1-flowered; leaves narrowly 
Sinear; purple petals, 6 to 12 lines long. 
8 G. biloba, Wat. Petals 2-lobed. Foot-hills of the Sierra Nevada 
6. CLARKIA, Pursh, 
Petals 4, with claws, entire, purple. Stamens 8. Stigma with 4, at length spreading, 
