106 BOTAIi^Y. 



above; stems divaricately bjanched, 6-18' high, flowers mostly toward the 

 extremities of the branches, rather large, the petals exceeding the calyx; 

 stamens usually all fertile, the shorter varying in length and in the size of 

 their anthers ; style longer than the stamens, with a capitate or subclavate 

 stigma ; capsules oblong or linear, a little longer than the pedicels. — Flowers 

 1 J-3" in diameter ; capsules frequently deflexed, 3-6" long ; cells 4-8-seeded. 

 Much resembling O. ramosis&imum, but distinguished by its larger flowers and 

 longer capsules. It differs somewhat from G. diffusum as described, but 

 the characters of the anthers and stigma are quite variable, and flowers may 

 be found that accord well enough with the original. Idaho, Oregon, (Cronk- 

 hite,) and California, (4922 and 6371 Bolander, 1414 Brewer.) Havallah 

 Range and East and West Humboldt Mountains, Nevada, and in the Wah- 

 satch ; 5-6,000 feet altitude ; June-September. (404.) 



(Enotheea biennis, L. Stems 2-3° high; minutely pubescent, the 

 calyx somewhat silky ; spike crowded ; petals 6" in length ; leaves lanceo- 

 late, the lower cauline 6' by 1'. Throughout North Anierica from latitude 

 66° to Florida, Arkansas, New Mexico, Arizona and California. "Wahsatch 

 Mountains, Utah ; 6,000 feet altitude ; August.' (405.) 



Var. GEANDIPLOEA, T. & G. Spike less crowded and with fewer flow- 

 ers ; petals 1-1^' long, nearly equaling the tube ; leaves narrowly lanceolate, 

 the lower 3' long by \' wide. Through Nevada and Utah, much more com- 

 mon than ihe last ; 4,500-6,000 feet altitude ; June-September. (406.) 



CEnotheea coronopifolia, T. & G. Perennial, with horizontal root- 

 stocks ; stems simple, often numerous from a branching base, erect or ascend- 

 ing, slender, canescently puberuleni, strigose or hispid ; basal leaves linear- 

 spatulate, the rest pectinately pinnatifid ; throat of the calyx-tube densely 

 villous ; petals somewhat orbicular, entire, equaling the stamens, shorter than 

 the pistil ; capsule ovate- or linear-oblong, torulose at base, sometimes attenu- 

 ate into a very short peduncle, suberect ; seeds large, ovate, turgid, somewhat 

 obtuse or obliquely truncate, costate-tuberculate.— Stems 6-18' high; petals 

 nearly white, turning red, i' long ; capsules \-V in length. From Northern 

 Arizona and New Mexico to the Platte. In the Wahsatch and Uintas ; 6,000 

 feet altitude ; July. (407.) 



CEnotheea albicaulis, Nutt. Perennial, glabrous, puberulent or hir- 

 sute ; bark of the stem white, membranous, shining ; leaves v'ery variable ; 

 petals round-ovate, more or less unguiculate, entire, exceeding the stamens 



