234 OXAGRACEJE. pachylophus. 



GODETIA. 



cordate, 9-20 lines long : capsule oblong 1-2*4 inches long by 3-6 lines in 

 diameter, subattenuate at each end, sessile or short-pediceled, strongly 

 ribbed at the sides and often with a double crest along the sutures : seeds 

 in two rows in each cell, oval oblong, not angled, very minutely and 

 densely tubercled upon the back, with a thin flattened process and a longi- 

 tudinal furrow on the ventral side. Oregon and Idaho to California, Da- 

 kota and New Mexico. 



11 GODETIA Spach. I.e.' . 



Simple or branched erect annuals with alternate leaves and 

 showy flowers in racemes or spikes. Calyx-tube above the 

 ovary obconic or shortly funnelform, deciduous. Petals 4, 

 broad and sessile, entire or emarginate or very rarely 2-lobed, 

 lilac-purple or rose-color. Stamens 8, unequal, the filaments op- 

 posite the petals shorter : anthers all perfect, oblong attached at 

 the base and erect or arcuate. Ovarv 4-celled, many-ovuled. 

 Style filiform : stigma-lobes short, linear or roundish. Capsule 

 ovate to linear, 4-sided, somewhat coriaceous, loculicidally de- 

 hiscent. Seeds ascending or horizontal, in one or two rows in 

 each cell, obliquely angled, the upper surface with a thin tuber- 

 culate margin. 



* Capsule ovate to oblong, sessile, stems erect, leafy, usually stout 

 and strict ; the flowers in a strict compact spike erect in the bud. 



Gr. purpurea Watson Bot. Cal. i, 229. Mostly very leafy, 1-2 feet 

 high, canescently-puberulent, the ovary hirsutely villous; leaves oblong to 

 oblong-lanceolate, 1-3 inches long, obtuse or acute, entire, sessile with an 

 obtuse or attenuate base; flowers mostly in a leafy terminal cluster; calyx- 

 tube 2-3 lines long, the tips not free ; petals 4-6 lines long, deep purple; 

 style shorter than the stamens, the stigma-lobes very short, purple; cap- 

 sule ovate to linear-o- long, 6-9 lines long, acute, not attenuate at base, 

 hairy, the sides nearly flat, ribbed. From the valley of the Columbia to 

 California. 



•-(*. lepida Lindl. Bot. Reg. xxii, t. 1849. Erect, 6-24 inches high, can- 

 escently-puberulent, the stem usually white and shining ; leaves oblong to 

 oblong-lanceolate, 1-2 inches long, usually obtuse, sessile and scarcely 

 attenuate at base, sparingly denticulate ; flowers in a short simple spike; 

 calyx-tube 2-3 lines long, the tips very slightly free; petals 9-12 lines long, 

 rose-color with a darker spot near the apex; stigmas very short, purple ; 

 capsule 5-8 lines long, 2 lines broad and attenuate to the apex, hairy, the 

 sides tricostate, at least alternatelv. Willamette valley to California. 



(x. decumbens Spach. Monog. Onogr. 68. Stems slender, erect or 

 ascending, 3 inches to 3 feet high ; leaves linear to oblong, 6-12 lines long ; 

 calyx-tube 2 lines long; petals 3-8 lines long, purple to rose-color; capsule 

 shortly pubescent, 4-6 lines long. Columbia River to California. 



G. Arnottii Walp. Rep. ii, 83. G. lepida var. Arnotlii Watson. Nearly 

 glabrous or subcanescently puberulent : leaves linear to lanceolate, 12-18 

 lines long, acute, entire or sparingly denticulate; petals 4-8 lines long; 

 capsules glabrous or nearly so. Southern Oregon to California. 



(i. albescens Lindl. Bot. Reg. 27. Simple or branching from the 

 base, erect, 1-2 feet high, canescently puber dent, leaves linear to oblong- 

 lanceolate an inch long, acutish, sparingly denticulate; flowers small in 

 numerous short lateral spikelets, mostly crowded into a compact spike ; 

 calyx-tube 2 lines long; petals 3-5 lines long, purplish-blue; stigmas 



