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2.—GODETIA ROMANZOVII, Spach. ROMANZOW'S GODETIA. 
Synonyme. —CEnothera Romanzovii, Ledebour. 
Engravings. —Bot. Reg. t. 562 ; and our fig. 10, in Plate 8. 
Specific Character. —Glaucous. Stem erect. Leaves lanceolate- 
oblong, mucronate, tapering into the petiole. Tube of calyx very 
short. Limb one-half shorter than the corolla. Petals broad-obovate, 
crenulated. Stamens much shorter than the corolla. Anthers green. 
Stigmas nearly sessile, enclosed, dark purple. Capsule oblong-cylin¬ 
drical, somewhat tetragonal, pilose. Seeds hoary, and rather scaly 
when examined with a lens.—( D . Don.) 
Description, &c. —The flowers are small, but of a rich dark bluish colour; and the leaves are of a glaucous 
hue. The stigma is much shorter than in any of the other kinds, and of so very dark a purple, as to look almost 
black. The growth of the plant is also rather different from that of the other kinds ; the stem is decumbent, but 
it has numerous “ soft, flexile, ascending branches.” This species is a native of the north-west coast of North 
America, where it was discovered by Chamisso, who found and named the Eschsclioltzia, during the same voyage. 
The specific name of this Godetia was given in honour of the Russian minister, Count Romanzow, at whose 
expense the expedition under Captain Kotzebue, with which Chamisso sailed, was sent out. The seeds of the 
Godetia Romanzovii were sent to Moscow in 1817; and soon afterwards some were forwarded to England, and 
sown in the Botanic Garden, Chelsea, where the plant flowered for the first time in this country in 1820. It is 
now common in all the nurseries, and its seeds may be had in every seed-shop. It is quite hardy, and only 
requires the same treatment as G. purpurea. 
3.—GODETIA DECUMBENS, Spach. THE DECUMBENT GODETIA. 
Synonyme. —CE. decumbens, Doug. 
Engravings _Bot. Mag. t. 2889; Bot. Reg. t. 1221. 
Specific Character. —Leaves glaucous, quite entire, pubescent, 
lower ones broadly ovate; upper ones ovate-lanceolate. Petals ernar- 
ginate, crenulated. Stigmas purple, with reflexed segments. Capsule 
bluntly tetragonal, tapering from the base, villous.—( G. Don.) 
Description, &c. —This species has hairy glaucous leaves, and small purple flowers of no great beauty. It 
is a native of California, and was introduced by Douglas in 1837- To a botanist it is interesting, because its 
stigmas differ greatly in form from all its allies ; but it is scarcely worth cultivating as an ornamental flower, 
when so many much handsomer can be procured. Seeds may be had at Mr. Charlwood’s ; they should be sown, 
and afterwards treated in the same manner as directed for G. purpurea. 
4.—GODETIA ROSEO-ALBA. THE ROSE AND WHITE GODETIA. 
Synonymes _G. Lehmanuia, Spach. CEnothera roseo-alba, Bernl. 
CE. amoena, Lehm. 
Engravings.— Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 268 ; and our fig. 8, in Plate 8. 
Specific Character. —Pubescent. Stem round. Leaves lanceo¬ 
late, bluntish, slightly toothed, glaucous. Petals three times longer 
than the calyx, obovate, slightly emarginate, undulately crenated, 
capsule cylindrically tetragonal. Lobes of stigma semicylindrical.— 
(G. Don.) 
Description, &c. —A very beautiful species, with very delicate whitish petals deepening into rose at the base ; 
and each petal marked in the centre with a rich reddish-purple blotch. It is rather remarkable that the native 
country of this beautiful plant is not known ; some botanists supposing it to come from North America, and some 
