EVENING PRIMROSE FAMILY. Onagraceae. 
There are numerous kinds of Godetia, variable and 
difficult to distinguish, not yet fully understood by botan- 
ists, all western and mostly Californian, with narrow, 
alternate leaves and handsome flowers, which close at 
night. They have four petals and resemble Onagra, but 
the flowers are never yellow and the anthers are not 
swinging, but fixed to the tips of the filaments by their 
bases; also resembling Clarkia, but the petals are without 
claws. The calyx is often colored, tube more or less 
funnel-form, lobes turned back, or more or less united and 
turned to one side; stamens eight, unequal, the shorter 
ones opposite the petals; style threadlike; stigma with four, 
short lobes; capsule four-sided, or cylindrical, mostly ribbed, 
rather leathery, splitting open, with four valves, containing 
many seeds. These plants bloom in late spring, hence the 
‘pretty name, Farewell-to-Spring. 
Farewell-to- A branching plant, woody at base, two 
ene feet high, with smooth stems; smooth, 
Godétia defléxa toothed leaves; nodding buds and large 
Pink handsome flowers. The petals are pale- 
Summer 
pink, about an inch long, the pistil pink, 
and at a distance the effect of the flower 
is much like a Mallow. As is usual with Godetias, the 
sepals are stuck together and stand out at one side, giving 
the flower a quaint effect of having thrown back a little 
hood in order to look about. This grows in light shade. 
This is common in the foothills of the 
Sierras and Coast Ranges and has a 
California 
Farewell-to- 
Sprin c 
ee slender stem, about a foot tall, with more 
quadrivilnera or less downy leaves, sometimes slightly 
Pink, lilac toothed, and a few very pretty flowers, 
Spring, summer 
about an inch and a half across, with 
Northwest 
bright lilac-pink petals, usually splashed 
with carmine. This red spot gives a vivid effect and the 
delicate flowers look exceedingly gay and charming, as they 
sway in the wind among tall grasses on open hillsides, 
Gutpita-Ciédder dit From one to two feet tall, with a rather 
nee amen stout, more or less branching stem and 
Pink soft, rather downy, dull green leaves. The 
Spring, summer flowers are about an inch across, with pur- 
= plish-pink petals, often stained with crimson 
at the tips. This is found on dry hills in the Coast Ranges. 
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