Ra ONAGRACE. 
Mowers small, in a nodding spike, white or rose-color: capsule contorted..... -- 14,18 
lL. G. biennis, L. Stout, 1 to 5 ft. high: calyx-tube 1 to 24 inches long. 
Var. grandifiora, Lindl. Capsule hirsute: petals as long as calyx-tube.. 
Var. hirsutissimus, Gr. Similar: ovary more hirsute. The common form. 
2. °O&. albicaulis, Nutt. Erect, 4 to 4 ft. high: large leaves pinnatifid. 
3. C&. Californica, Watson. Hoary, decumbent: ovary and calyx villous, 
4, C&. trichocalyx, Nutt. Stouter, more erect: capsule thicker at base. 
5. triloba, Nutt. Nearly glabrous: petals 4 to 14 inches long. 
6. G& heterantha, Nutt. Petals 3 to 6 lines long: capsules ovoid-oblong. 
Var, taraxacifolia, Watson. Leaves lyrately pinnatifid: Sierra Nevada. J 
7. GE. ovata, Nutt. Similar: capsule with obtuse angles. Coast Valleys. 
8 8. graciliflora, H. & A. Petals obcordate, turning greenish, 3 to 5 lines long. 
9. G8. cheiranthifolia, Hornem. Prostrate or ascending: leaves thick. 
Var. suffruticosa, Watson. Woody at base, leafy. Both on sand uear the sea. 
10. G&. bistorta, Nutt. Similar: petals 4 to 9 lines long, spot at base. 
11. G, micrantha, Hornem. Flowers smaller: leaves thin, crimped. 
12, G&. dentata, Cav. Diffuse, very slender: leaves linear: capsule very slender. 
13. Gi. strigulosa, T. &G. Similar: petals smaller, 1 or 2 lines long, reddening. 
14, Gi. alyssoides, H.& A. Slender, canescent: calyx-lobes and petals 2 or 3 lines long, 
15. Gi, gaureeflora, T.& G. Glabrous: bark loose, white: capsule tapering upward. 
8. GODETIA, Spach. 
* Flowers in strict mostly close spikes: stems leafy: capsule ovoid to oblong. 
+ Capsule not ribbed: seeds in 2 rows in the cell: stems simple or few branched. 
Calyx-tube broadly obconical, 4 to 6 lines long: petals 1 or 2 inches long............. 1 
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+ t Capsule with at least alternate sides 2-ribbed: seeds in 1 row in each cell: stems often much 
branched: canescently puberulent. 
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* © Flowers mostly scattered in a simple spike or raceme and nodding in the bud: capsule 
linear; seeds in 1 row: stems slender: leaves few. 
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Capsules on pedicels, not ribbed: stigmas mostly yellow..............-..00-. 10 to 13 
1. G. grandiflora, Lindl. Stout: spike leafy: petals often with a spot. N. W. Cal. 
2. G@. purpurea, Watson. Ovary densely villous: style short: stigma-lobes purple. 
3. G. lepida, Lindl. Stem shining white: petals rose-color with a spot above, 
Var. parviflora, Watson. Petals smaller, 3-3 in. long: leaves 4-1 in. long. 
Var. Arnottii, Watson. Nearly glabrous: leaves longer, acute: capsule glabrous, 
4. G. albescens, Lindl. Flowers small, in many spikelets: petals purple-blue. 
5. G. Williamsoni, Watson. Petals yellowish at base, purple spot in center. Cal 
