62 ONAGRACEiE. 



Flowers Email, in a nodding spike, white or rose-color: uapsole contorted 14, 16 



1. CE. biennis, L. Stout, 1 to 5 £t. high: calyx-tube 1 to 2 J inches long. 

 Var . ^andi&ora, Lindl. Capsule hirsute : petals as long as calyx-tube.^ 

 Var. hirsutissimus, Gr. Similar: ovary more hirsute. The common form. 



2. CE. albicaulis, Nutt. Erect, 4 to 4 ft. high: large leaves pinnatifid. 



3. CB. Calif omica, Watson. Hoary, decumbent: ovary and calyx villous. 



4. CE. trichocalyx, Nutt. Stouter, more erect: capsule thicker at base. 



5. CE. triloba, Nutt. Nearly glabrous: petals J to IJ inches long. 



6. CE heterantha, Nutt. Petals 3 to 6 lines long: capsules ovoid-oblong. 

 Var. taraxacifolia, Watson. Leaves lyrately pinnatifid: Sierra Nevada. 



7. QE. ovata, Nutt. Similar: capsule with obtuse angles. Coast Valleys. 



8. CE, graciliflora, H. & A. Petals obcordate, turning greenish, 3 to 5 lines long. 



9. CB. cheirantliifolia, Homem. Prostrate or ascending: leaves thick. 

 Var. suffiruticosa, Watson. Woody at base, leafy. Both on sand near the sea. 



10. <E. bistorta, Nutt. Similar: petals 4 to 9 lines long, spot at base. 



11. <E. micrantha, Homem. Flowers smaller: leaves thin, crimped. 



12. <E. dentata, Cav. Diffuse, very slender: leaves linear: capsule very slender. 



13. (E. strigfulosa, T. & G, Similar; petals smaller, 1 or 2 lines long, reddening. 



14. CE. alyssoides, H. & A. Slender, canescent: calyx-lobes and petals 2 or 3 lines long. 



15. (E. gaurasflora, T. & G. Glabrous: bark loose, white: capsule tapering upward. 



8. GODETIA, Spach. 



* Flowers in strict mostly close spikes: stems leafy: capsule ovoid to ohlong. 



t Capsule not ribbed: seeds in S rows in the cell: stems simple or few branched. 



Calyx-tube broadly obconioal, 4 to 6 lines long: petals 1 or 2 inches long 1 



Calyx-tabe 2 or 3 lines long, deep-purple 2 



• T t Capsule with at least alternate sides S-ribbed: seeds in 1 row in each ceU: stems often much 



branched: canescently puberulent. 



-Capsule 5 to 8 lines long tapering from the base 3 ■ 



Capsule 3 to 6 lines long, oblong, short-hairy 4 



* * Flowers mxistly scattered in a simple spike or raceme, and nodding in the bud: capsule 

 linear; seeds in 1 row: stems slender: leaves few. 



Capsules sessile, more or less distinctly ribbed 5 to 9 



Capsules on pedicels, not ribbed: stigmas mostly yellow 10 to 13 



1. Gr. grandiflora, Lindl. Stout: spil;e leafy: petals often with a spot. N. W. Cal. 



2. Q-. purpurea, Watson. Ovary densely villous: style short: stigma-lobes purple. 



3. Gr. lepida, Lindl. Stem shining white: petals rose-color with a spot above. 

 Var. parviflora, Watson. Petals smaller, J-g in. long: leaves ^-1 in. long. 



• Var. Amottii, Watson. Nearly glabrous: leaves longer, acute: capsule glabrous. 



4. G. albescens, Lindl. Flowers small, in many spikelets; petals purple-blue. 



6. G. WilHamsoni, Watson. Petals yellnwish at base, purple spot in center. CaL 



