GODETiA. ONAGRACE^. 2S5 



BOISDUVALIA. 



greenish to purple ;■ capsule oblong 3-6 lines long, shortly hirsute or pubes- 

 cent, at least the alternate sides tricostate. Oregon to California. 



* * Capsule linear ; flowers loosely scattered in a slender spike or 

 raceme, nodding in the bud. 



-I- Capsules sessile. 



G. qnadrirulnera Spach. 1. c. Usually very slender, erect, or ascend- 

 ing 1-2 ft. high, puberulent; leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, 1-2 inches 

 long, sessile or attenuate to a short petiole ; calyx -tube obconic, 2-3 lines 

 long, the tips slightly free ; petals 3-6 lines long, deep purple or purplish 

 stigma lobes very short, yellow; ovary and capsule hairy, capsule linear 

 5-rlp lines long, mostly short, attenustte at the apex, the sides nearly flat or 

 channelled by the prominence of the sutures. On dry plains, Brit. Colum- 

 bia to California. .... ■ ^ .: . , 



G. tenella "Watson 1. c. Erect, 6-18. in, high, puberulent: leaves 

 linear, 6-24 lines long, acute or obtuse, more or less attenuate, mostly 

 entire : calyx-tube shortly obconic, 1-3 lines long, the tips closed or slightly 

 free ; petals 3-5 lines long, deep purple; stigma lobes purple or purplish, 

 the style shorter than the stamens; capsules puberulent, 8-12 lines long, 

 attenuate above but not at base, the sides nearly, flat. Washington to 

 California. 



G. Timiuea Spach. Monog. Onogr. 60. Usually stout, 1-3 ft. high, 

 branched; leaves linear to linear lanceolate, 1-2 in. long, narrowed at the 

 base, entire ; calyx-tube 2-4 lines long, the tips slightly free; petals 9-12 

 lines long, deep purple or purplish ; capsule 9 lines long, 8-costate, smooth- 

 ish. Washinglou to California. 



■f- -H Capsule, pedicellcd not costate; stigmas mostly yellow; calyx 

 tips not free in the bud. 



G. amdeua Lilja in Lindblom Bot. Notes 1833, 53. Usually slender, 

 erect, 1-2 feet high , minutely puberulent; leaves linear to narrowly oblanceo- 

 late,or sometimes lanceolate, 1-3 in. long, petioled, entire or nearly so; ca- 

 lyx-tube obconic, 2-4 lines long; petals 8-15 lines long, frequently rather 

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

 with more or less of purple ; filaments rather stout; stigma-lobes linear, 

 1-2 lines long, yellow; capsules 12-18 lines long attenuate to a slender 

 beak above and into the pedicel below which is 2-6 lines long. Brit. 

 Columbia to California. 



G. epilobloides Watson Bot. Cal. i. 231. Erect, 1-3 ft. high tomen- 

 tosely puberulent ; leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, 1-2 inches long, 

 petioled, entire or Sparingly denticulate ;■ calyx-tube ,1-2 lines long ; petals 

 3-6 lines long, light purple or rose-color; stigma lobes short; capsule 6-14 

 lines long, acuminate, attenuate to a short pedicel, or rarely nearly sessile. 

 Brit. Columbia to California and Nevada, 



G hispidnla Watson 1. c. 633. Erect, 6-12 in. high, mostly simple 

 and often but 1-flowered, hispidly puberulent, especially above ; leaves 

 very narrowly linear. 1-2 in. long: calyx-tube 2-3 lines long; petals 6-12 

 lines long, purple; filaments rather slender; style elongated and stigma- 

 lobes linear; capsule 4-9 lines long, attenuate at the apex, abruptly con- 

 tracted into a pedicel 2-4 lines long Brit. Columbia to California. 



12 B0ISDUVALI.1 Spach. Hist Veg. iv, 383. 



Erect leafy annuals with alternate ■ simple sessile leaves and 



small flo\yers in leafy simple or compound spikes. Calyx-tube 



f unnelform above the ovary, deciduous, the lobes erect. Petals 4, 



sessile, 2-lobed, purple to white. Stamens 8, those opposite the 



