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 REVISION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF C.AVOIMIYTUM 
 
 AND BOISDUVALIA. 
 
 BY WILLIAM TIIKMCASK. 
 
 Though few in nuiul)er.s, our species of Gayophytuui and 
 Boisduvalia are difficult because of the great variability of 
 several species, and as the naming in herliaria is usually 
 much confused, it is hoped that the following revision may 
 facilitate the determination of future collections. In its 
 preparation I have examined the material in the Engel- 
 niann herbarium and the general herbarium of the Missouri 
 Botanical Garden, and the collections of Columbia College, 
 Harvard Universit}^ the California Academy, and the 
 United States Department of Agriculture, for the use of 
 which I wish to express my thanks. Several western cor- 
 respondents have also placed me under obligation by con- 
 tributing specimens for the Garden herliarium. 
 
 Gayophytum, Juss. Ann. Sci. Nat. 1832, xxv. 18, pi. 4; 
 Bentham & Hooker, Gen. PI. i. 786, 789. 
 
 Gayophytum is a small genus of Onagraceao of the as- 
 pect of the paniculatum group of Epilobium, and also more 
 or less similar in appearance to species of Oenothera of the 
 group Sphaerostigma. From the former it differs oy hav- 
 ing its seeds quite destitute of a coma, and by its two-celled 
 ovary and fruit, and isolated pollen grains. Oenotheras of 
 similar habit and with equally reflexed f'e[)al.j, may be dis- 
 tinguished from it by their more elongated calyx-tube, and 
 4-celled ovary, and the prevailing color of their flowers is 
 yellow, while the flowers of our GaA'ophytums are white or 
 rose-purple. The bark is very frequently papery-exfoliat- 
 ing at base, as in some Ei)ilobiums. 
 
 The geographical distribution of the genus is peculiar. 
 The species represented in our flora are plants of the 
 mountain region of the west. One or two other represent- 
 
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MIfHOMM r.OTAMCAl, () AltDKN. 
 
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 ativcs, — inc'ludiiiji; tlic Mpocios on which the pjcnus was 
 founded by JiLSHieu, — occupy the corresponding part of 
 the South American continent; but the genuH ap[)ears to be 
 entirely absent from the intervening country. None of the 
 species are truly alpine, though several of them reach up 
 to considerable altitudes in the higher mountains; never- 
 theless the indication is that the former distribution of the 
 genus V/iis continuous along the backbone of both North 
 and South America. Plants of thlL; distribution arc often 
 represented also across the Noilh American continent in 
 high latitudes, and not infrequently they occur likewise in 
 Europe, where they enjoy a similar arclic-alpinc distribu- 
 tion. In the present case, however, the prototype of the 
 genus appears to be of rather recent differentiation from 
 Oenothera, which is of wide American distribution (one 
 specic.i, Tasmanian, according to Bentham and Hooker), of 
 which genus it represents an accentuated mountain type. 
 
 The principal revisions of our species appear in Torrey 
 & Gray, Fl. N. A. i. 512; Watson, Bot. Calif, i. 221; 
 Coulter, Man. Kocky Mt. Bot. 103; and Greene, Flora 
 Franciscana, 218. For other references see Watson, Bibl. 
 Index, 370. 
 
 SYNOPSIS, 
 
 * Seeds canescent with appressed liairs. 
 
 Flowers siirnll, tlie petals aljout 1 nun. long G. lasiospermum. 
 
 Flowers large, the i)etals 3 to mm. long G. eriosptrimim. 
 
 ** Seeds glal)rous, either smooth or low papillate. 
 -•- Much forked above, mostly remotely leaf y : stigma rather small: 
 pedicels llliform, elongated: capsules subclavate, mostly toru- 
 lose : seeds rather few, suberect, large, mostly dark colored. 
 Large flowered, the petals 3 to 6 mm. long: seeds al)0Ut 1.5 ram- 
 long G. diffusum. 
 
 Small floAvercd, the petals 1 to 2 mm. long: seeds 1 to 1.5 mm. long. 
 
 G, ramonissimum. 
 
 H- ••- Subsimple or paniculately hranclicd, especially toward the base, 
 densely leafy: stigma largo, capitate: pedicels short or almost 
 wanting: capsules neither clavate nor conspicuously torulose: 
 seeds numerous, small, pale. 
 
 Capsules narrowly linear, witli suberect seeds O. caesium. 
 
 Capsules broadly ol)loug, tiattencd contrary to the septum, with 
 very oblique seeds G. pumilum. 
 
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OAYOI'IIYII M A.\0 BOIHDLVALl V. 
 
 long. 
 
 G. LASiosPEKML'M Grcciic, Pitloiiiii, 1891, ii. 1(>4. — A 
 8|i!m lo .'I foot liiirit, loosely dichotomous willi lilitorni 
 brunches, i\ui upper leaves aiul InHoreseeneo more or less 
 cmioseent with iipprcssed or spreadim^ shoi't haii's; le.'ive.s 
 aseendiiiir ; Howers small, tlio petals about 1 mm. loiiir; 
 shorter stamens with Minall anthers; stij^iiia ;:lobose, about 
 .3 nun. in diameter; capsules erect, about e(|ualin<jj tho 
 subtending leaves, narrowly linear or slightly clavate, 
 scarcely toruU)sc, their Hlcnder j)ediccls about 3 mm. long; 
 seeds mostly numerous, erect, not papillate, finely a| })ressed 
 pubescent, about .4(>X1.2r) nun, (varying from .29 to .OO 
 X.92 to 1.72 nun). — Washington to Southern California 
 and Nevada. 
 
 Specimens examined from Washington (near Mt. Adams, 
 Henderson, Aug. 6, 1892, 2466, and Suksdorf, Aug. 31, 
 1881, 22; Spokane, Henderson, Juno 10, 1892, 24(57), 
 California (Julian, Dunn, 1888; Congdon, 1889; Pringlo, 
 1881; Cuiamaea Mts., Palmer, 1875, 99; Mojave River, 
 Parish, 1884 and 1886, 1824; Sunuuit, Mrs. Curran, Sept. 
 1888; Donner, Brandegeo, Aug. 1883; Tehachapi, Brande- 
 gee, July 1884, and Mrs. Curran ; Susanville, Brandegee, 
 July 1, 1^*92 ; Lassen Co., hb. Calif. Acad. ; Laguna, Cleve- 
 land, 1885, 462; San Diego Co., Palmer, 1875, 138,— 
 with seeds as large as in the next, and torulose ca})sules, and 
 Palmer, 1876, 131 in part; Sierra Co., Lenunon, 1874; 
 Kernville, Coville & Funston, 1891, 1040 and 2167; Ft. 
 Tejon, Coville & Funston, 1891, 1180), and Nevada (Cavson 
 City, Anderson, 1864.) 
 
 As hero understood, this species is quite variable in aspect, 
 the habit of some specimens being that of ramositisimwnf 
 while others more nearly resemble caesium. The numerous 
 usually small seeds recall the latter species, but in some 
 cases the capsules and seeds have more nearly the form and 
 size of those of the former, and it is possible that another 
 species may be separated, intermediate between lasiosper- 
 mum and crioaptrmum. 
 
 G. EKiosFERMUM CoviUc, Botauy of the Death Valley 
 
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MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
 
 Expedition, 1893, 103. — Liir<;oi- und tuoro loosely forked ; 
 tlowcrs very liir<;«, the petalH 3 to inin. lonjjf, rosy; 
 anthcr.s and Ktijjma twiro as largo as in tho preceding; 
 capHules more Hproadiiij;, toruloHo; 8eed8 few, 1.3 to 1.5 
 nun. long. — Oregon to Central California. 
 
 Specimens examined from Oregon (Camp Harney, 
 Bcndire, 1875), and California (Bolander, 186fi, 6371; 
 Peru Creek, Rothrock, 187.'), 225; Fresno Co., Engelmann, 
 Sept. 13, 1880 — the seeds of some s[)ecimens of this 
 collection glabrous and i)apillate, strongly suggesting 
 hybridity with lUffusum; Kern Co., Palmer, 1888, 155; 
 Tularo Co., Coville and Fuuston, 1891, 1316; Siskiyou 
 Co., Pringlc, Sept. 6, 1882). 
 
 G. DIFFUSUM Torrey and Gray, Fl. 1840, i. 513. — A 
 foot or two high, loosely dichotomous, somewhat cancseont 
 above or with spreading hairs throughout ; flowers largo, 
 tho petals about 3 mm. long; stamens all with good 
 anthers; stignui little enlarged, about .25 mm. in diameter; 
 capsule* thick, subclavate, torulose, erect or refracted; 
 seeds few, low papillate, about .55X1.3 mm. (varying from 
 .42 to .85X1.05 to 2 mm).— Washington to Central Cali- 
 fornia, Idaho and Northern Utah. 
 
 Specimens examined from Washington (Snake River, 
 Fremont, 1843, 782 ; Spokane River, Cooper, 18(50 ; Fal- 
 con Valle}-^, Suksdorf, Sept. 2, 1881, and Howell, Aug. 19, 
 1882), Oregon (Nuttall ; Harford; Klanuith Valley, Cronk- 
 hite, 1864; Geyer, 546; Cusick, June 1878; Lyall, 1860; 
 Howell, June 1877, and 1880), California (Bridges; 
 Brewer, 1860-2, 1414; Lassen Co., Bryant; Amador Co., 
 Mrs. Wiley, July 1886; Plumas Co., Mrs. Ames, 1874, and 
 Cleveland, June 1882 ; Alta, Jones, July 3, 1882 ; Crescent 
 Lake, Kellogg and Harford, 1868, 280; Sequoia Mills, 
 Brandegee, July 19, 1892; Mt. Shasta, Pringle, Aug. 29, 
 1882; Sierra Nevada Mts., Lemmon, 1875; Sissons, Mrs. 
 Curran, July 1887 ; Yosemite, Gray, 1872, Torrey, 1865, 
 112, Bolander, 1866, 4922, Mrs. Curran, July 1883, and 
 Brandegee, July 1883) , the Yellowstone Region ? ( Hayden, 
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OAYOIMIYTUM AND lU)l8I)rVAI-IA. 
 
 y forked ; 
 'jr. rosj; 
 roccding ; 
 .3 to 1.5 
 
 Harnoy, 
 0, (J371; 
 golnmnn, 
 I of this 
 ij?gesting 
 38, 155; 
 Siskiyou 
 
 513.-.A 
 ianoscont 
 iVH largo, 
 th good 
 iameter ; 
 f racted ; 
 ng from 
 ral Cali- 
 
 3 River, 
 JO; Fai- 
 Liig. 19, 
 Cronk- 
 1860; 
 ridges ; 
 or Co., 
 74, and 
 rescent 
 Mills, 
 ug. 29, 
 s, Mrs. 
 , 1865, 
 3, and 
 avden. 
 
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 ▼arious ntnulMTM (»f iMrjll-tiO, in tiic Kiij^clmann lior- 
 Imriiiin, — tinis*' plaiils of leafy hahil witli more aiiipio 
 foliage than usual, and less dicholonious, hut loo yonng 
 f«)r Hati?*fa('torv .stndv), Maho (Ti'toii Foot Hills, Ilaydcn 
 KxpcHlition, 1872), and Utah ( Parley's Park, Watscuj, .Inly 
 1869, 404). 
 
 (i. iiAMOsisHiMUM Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 1840, :)i;j.— A 
 upan to a loot or Isvo high, intricately dichotonious with 
 filiform hraiu-hes, glabrous, appressed eaneseent above, or 
 very e.xeeptionally with spreading hairs throughout ; leaves 
 mostly narrow, usually less consijii nous than in the last, 
 often appressed against tlie branches; flowers snuill, the 
 petals 1 to 2 nun. long; stamens in two sets, the; shorter 
 ones often with abortive anthers; stigma larg(>r, about .4 
 mm. in dianu^ter; capsuhjs about 1 mm. thick, oblong to 
 Bubelavat(!, often torulose, erect or refracted, on filiform 
 peduncles; se'.fds few, nearly erect in a single series, papil- 
 late, about .5X1. 3mm. (varylngfrom.38to .80X.84 — 1.89 
 mm.), often abruptly dilated on(!-third above the base. — 
 Washington to the Yellowstone, Arizona auul Southern 
 California. 
 
 Specimens examintul from Washington (Brandegee, 1882, 
 280, and 1883, 781; Yakima Co., Henderson, May 
 30, 1892, 2463, and Aug. 3, 1892, 2464 ; Falcon Valley, 
 Suksdorf, Aug. 2, 1881, 20, and Sept. 2, 1881, 13; North 
 Branch of the Columbia, Wilkes Exped, 1838-42, 1052), 
 Oregon (Geyer,4 and 547; Hall, 1871, 183; Howell, 1880; 
 John Day Valley, Howell, May 12, 1885; Stein's Moun- 
 tain, Howell, June 1, 1885), Idaho (Kootenai Co., Sand- 
 berg, July 1892), Montana (Birch Lakes, Canby, Aug. 8, 
 1883, 133), Yellowstone Park (Miss Cooley, June 1891, 
 4), Rocky Mountains (Nuttall, Hall and Harbour, 1862, 
 172 for the most part). Black Hills of the Platte (Hayden), 
 Colorado (Central City, Letterman, 1885; Palmer Lake, 
 Miss Eastwood, 1890; Sierra Mojado, Brandegee, June 
 ■jS877 ; Fremont Co., Brandegee, 1872, 450; Golden, Greene, 
 1870; Parry, 1872; Clear Creek, Parry, 1861-2, 124; 
 
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lllSflOUItl DOTANICAL OAltDRN. 
 
 Eaglo River, Coulter, Auj;. 20, 187.'i; Empire, Pnttorson, 
 Aug. 13, 1892, 208; South Park, Wolf, 187.1, LOO (447); 
 Lcudvillo, Treleasc, July 188(5; BriMk«!nri(l;;e, Mrs. Win- 
 li/enuM, 1887; Vanpy, 1868, li)0; Ilar)l>it'M Ear Pa.sH, Shol- 
 (lon, 1884, 186), Utah (Frisro, Joijoh, Juno 22, 1880, 1953 ; 
 Ogdc'u, Tracy & Evans, July 31, 1887,573; Alta, Jono8, 
 Aug. 1, 1879, 1148; Salt Lako City, Watson, May 1869, 
 401; City Crook Caflon, Jones, Sept. 11, 1882; Palmer, 
 1877, 157 in })art; Antelo[)o Island, Stansbury Exped. Juno 
 30, 1850, and Watson, Juno 1869, 401), Arizona (Wil- 
 liams, Rusby, July 20, 1883), Nevada ( Carson City, Ander- 
 son, 1864, 239, 282, and Stret(^h, May 1865; Gray, 1872; 
 Auruni, Jones, Juno 12, 1893; Soda Springs, Jones, July 
 20, 1881, 2403; Empire City, Torrey, 1865, 96; Monitor 
 Valley, Watson, July 1868, 401 ; Virginia Mountains, 
 Watson, July 1867, 401 ; Palisade, T.acy & Evans, July 
 26 and 29, 1887, 515), California (Tuolumne, Bolander, 
 1866, 5059; Brewer, 1860-2, 1711, 1945; Palmer, 1876, 
 131 ; Mt. Shasta, Brandegoe, July 1887, and Pringle, Aug. 
 29, 1882 in pail, toward diffuaum; Merced River, Torroy, 
 1865, 96a; Yosomite, Torroy, 1865, 96; San Jacijito Mts., 
 Parish, July 1881, 1023; Summit, Mrs. Curran, Sept. 
 1888; Snow Mountain, Brandogee, Aug. 24, 1892; Del 
 Norte Co., Brandegoe, Sept. 1885; Doniior Lako, Torroy, 
 1865, 98 ; Truekee, Brandegoe, July 1884, and Mrs. Cur- 
 ran, Sept. 1887). 
 
 Specimens ai)parcntly referable here, but with larger 
 flowers, the staiiions of the two sots subequal, from Cali- 
 fornia (Strawberry Valley, Pringle, Aug. 16, 1881, 108; 
 Big Trees, Bolander, 1866, 6365) and Washington (Falcon 
 Valley, Suksdorf , Aug. 2, 1881, 21). A leafy paniculatoly 
 branched plant from Sierra Valley, Calif., Lemmon, 1873, 
 with leaves as much as 4X35 mm., apparently belongs here 
 also. The more villous plants can hardly be distinguished 
 from lasiospermum except b}' seed characters. What may 
 be this species was collected by Brandogee at Baja Cali- 
 fornia, L. Cal., May 28, 1893. " 
 
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O/WOI'in n M AM» llOlM»l,VAI,IA. 
 
 •0 (447); 
 
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 asH, Shol- 
 80, 1953; 
 ta, JonuH, 
 lay 18(Jl), 
 ; Paliner, 
 pc<l. June 
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 ay, 1872; 
 ncs, July 
 Monitor 
 ountains, 
 iins, July 
 Bolandcr, 
 er, 1876, 
 ?le, Aug. 
 , Torrey, 
 ito Mts., 
 m, Sept. 
 192; Del 
 Torrey, 
 rs. Cur- 
 
 larger 
 om Cali- 
 81, 108; 
 (Falcon 
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 n, 1873, 
 ngs here 
 iguished 
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 Sir William Ilookrr (lionddii .loiini, HmI. 1847, vl. 
 224), distinjjrtiishcs two forms of this Kpcfies, «. ntrirlipf^^ 
 and {i. JrflijHm, r«'s|M'rliv«'ly willi ricct and rt!fr:ut«'d 
 (•apsnh's(llH' cliMrarliTs, iiowcncr, li-jiiisposcd in his drscriji- 
 tioiis, as jiiis been noti'tl l»y Hi', (ii.'iv in I'r<»c. IMiihi. Acad. 
 18(I;), <)1 ). Hotii finiuM ai'o aliont (>(|nally almndantnml of 
 similar dislrihulion. Cornssponding forms oct'ur in ollmr 
 spc'cioH, HO that it has linrdly sccniiHl dcsirahh^ to maintain 
 th<i vari«'ti('s Jicrn nidt'ss similar varieties are to be admitted 
 for llni others. 
 
 G. cAF.siiivi Torr, & (Jray, Kl. i. 1M4(), r)14. — C;. 
 racemomnii Tori-ev t'i Or. /. c. ,• G. Nuffftlii Torr. c*c (ir. 
 /. c. — A span to laicly a foot hi<:h, suhsimplo or diHiisely 
 panitniiato and fertile from the base, gl.-ibrous or with 
 spreading soft pubeseenco; leaves iniiforndy distributcfd 
 along the blanches, the upper nutstly small and (irect; 
 flowei's very snudi, thu ])etals mostly under 1 nnn. long; 
 stamens in two s(^ts, the anthers of the shorter oxh^h 
 smaller; stigma globos<% large for the genus, .(> to .8 mm, 
 in diameter; capsules .5 nun. wide, narrowly linear, littlo 
 flattened, nearly sessile, often finely torulos(!, erect; seeds 
 numerous, nearly ere<!t, smooth, about .30x.J'3nnn. (vary- 
 ing from .25 to .50X.7() to 1.17 mm). — Oregon to the Yel- 
 lowstone, Colora(h), and California. 
 
 Si.ecimens examined from Oregon (Nuttall's typo of 
 Oenothera cresia ; Douglas; Union Co., Cusiek, 1877), 
 Idaho (Beaver Canon, Watson, 1880, 148), Yellow^stono 
 region (Ilayden, 185i)-60 ?, with diffusum). Rocky Mount- 
 ains (Hall & Harbour, 18(52, 171, and 172 in part in 
 some sets; Nuttall, types of O. micrantha and O. ra- 
 cemosa in hbs. Gray and Torrey), Colorado (Empire, 
 Patterson, 181)2, 207; Steamboat Springs, Miss East- 
 wood, July 1891; Breckeuridge, Brandegee, 1871, 109), 
 Utah (Alta, Jones, 1879, 1249; Palmer 1877, 157 in 
 part), Nevada, (Aurum, Jones, June 12, 1893 — a 
 canescent form ; Carson ValU\v, Stretch, 18()5, 179; Clover 
 Mts., Watson, 1868, 403; E. Humboldt Mts., Watson, 
 
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 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
 
 1868, 402 ami 403; Flagstaff, MacDougal, 1891, 313), 
 and California ( Downievillc, Digelow, 1853-4; White Mts., 
 Coville & Funston, 1891, 1797; Susanvillo, Brandegec, 
 July 1, 1892; Kern Co., Palmer, 1888, 156a and 156b 
 in part. 
 
 It is evident that Nuttall wrote the name cresia, on the 
 labels of the specimens preserved in the Gray and Torrey 
 herbaria, but the name published by Torrey and Gray is 
 here adopted. The only reason for preferring this to the 
 name ra^emos^im which is now in almost universal use, is 
 its prior position on the page on which both of the syn- 
 onyms of the species are published. Retiexed fruit occurs 
 on some of no. 1249 Jones. 
 
 G. PUMILUM S. Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad, xviii. 1883, 
 193. — A span or two high, simple or paniculatcly few 
 branched toward the base, the branches quickly erect, 
 minutely spreading puberulcnt to mostly glabrous ; leaves 
 lanceolate, very acute, rather large, longer than the inter- 
 nodes, the lower spreading; flowers very small, the petals 
 about 1 mm. long; stamens and stigma as in the last; 
 capsules 1 to 1.5 mm. wide, strongly flattened contrary to 
 the septum, nearly sessile, not at all torulose, erect; seeds 
 numerous, very oblique in the cells, smooth, smaller, about 
 .'6 X .8 mm. (varying from .25 to .34 X .71 to .97 mm.)^ — 
 Washington to southern California. 
 
 Specimens examined from Washington (Yakima region, 
 Brandcgee; Henderson, Aug. 3, 1892, 2465; Falcon Val- 
 ley, &c., Suksdorf, 1880, 376, June 29 and Aug. 31, 1881; 
 Klickitat River, Suksdorf, 1885, 82), Oregon (Klamath 
 Valley, Cronkhite, 1864; Siskiyou Mts., Howell, July 19, 
 1887, 1141), Nevada (Reno, Brandegee, Sept. 1887), and 
 California (Fresno Co., P^ngelmann, Sept. 13, 1880; Kel- 
 logg, 1870; Kern Co., Palmer, 1888, 156b in part; Sierra 
 Co., Lemmon, 1874 in part, and Parry and Lemmon, 1876, 
 131 ; Headwaters of Sacramento, Pringle, Sept. 1, 1882 ; 
 San Bernardino, Parish, 1892, 2372, and Parry, May 1876 ; 
 Trinity River, Rattan, June, 1883 ; Lake Co., Torrey, 1865, 
 
 
 I I 
 
OAYOPHYTIM AM) liOISDlN AM A . 
 
 91, 313), 
 
 'hitc Mts., 
 
 Jrundegec, 
 
 and 156b 
 
 na, on the 
 nd Torrey 
 id Gray is 
 this to the 
 sal use, is 
 f the syn- 
 •uit occurs 
 
 viii. 1883, 
 lately few 
 kly erect, 
 us; leaves 
 the inter- 
 ihe petals 
 the last; 
 ontrary to 
 eot; seeds 
 Her, about 
 '7 mm. )— 
 
 la region, 
 ilcon Val- 
 31, 1881; 
 ( Klamath 
 , July 19, 
 887), and 
 880; Kel- 
 irt; Sierra 
 ion, 1876, 
 1, 1882; 
 lay 1876 ; 
 •cy, 1865, 
 
 97 ; Truokoc, Sonne, 188(5, 112, and nraMtlo^c'c, July 1884; 
 Bartlctt Mt., Brandctr*'*', Junc^ 1884; Snow Mt., liiandegoe, 
 „ June 1891; Scijuoia Mills, Brandegeo, July 1892). 
 
 ■0 G. utrictiim, Qr.iy, Proc. AintT. Acad. vii. (18()7), 340, ticconiiiiii to 
 Watson (Bibl. Index, at;3), and tlic type spociuieiis, is Hoisduviilia 
 Torrcyl. 
 
 ;^ The genus Gnyophytum wtis founded on a South Amer- 
 ican speeiivs, G. humile Juss.,* of Chill and Peru. The 
 original [jlate of Jussleu, and Gay's plate for a tracing of 
 which I am indcl)tedto Mr. Henisley, show that this species 
 is nearly identical with G.jjumilum, having flattened cap- 
 sules with numerous ohli(iuc seeds. Specimens referable 
 here occur in the herbarium of the California Academy, 
 from the mountains about Santiago, as G. humile Juss. and 
 G. densifolium Ph., and it may be (luestioned whether 
 study of additional material may not necessitate the adop- 
 tion of Jussieu's name for the North American plant which 
 now bears the name of pumihim. G. micranthum Tlook, 
 & Arnott, in Hook. Bot. Miscell. iii. 311 {Oenothera 
 micrantha Presl, Rel. Haenk. ii. 31 1), which is generally 
 held to be the same as humile, is represented in the Gray 
 herbarium by a fragment from Hooker, which has the 
 elongated internodcs, dichotomous habit, clavate torulose 
 capsules on filiform pedicels, and few largo dark seeds, of 
 the ramosissimum group, and from this fragment one would 
 hesitate to call it different from the latter, but it is pos- 
 sible that some error has occurred in the labeling. Appar- 
 ently of a single species, s.eparable from humile, are the 
 following specimens in the herbarium of the California 
 Academy, from the Andes near Santiago : — G. minutum, 
 Ph., G. gracile, Ph., and G. robustum. Ph., — all of which 
 appear more closely related to caesium than to any other 
 species. I am disposed to think that these (together v/ith 
 
 ♦ .Tussieu, Ann. Sc. uat. 1832. xxv. 18. pi, 4; Gay, Flora Chilouu, ii. 
 824, pi. 22. 
 
 t Datiujj from 1825, as Mr. Hemsley iufonu.s me. 
 
 9 
 

 MISSOURI llOTAXICAL GARDEN. 
 
 > 1 
 
 1! 
 
 the Hooker fr.agment referred to above?) should all bear 
 the name micranthum. 
 
 BoiSDUVALiA, Spaeh, Hist. Nat. des Veg. 1835, iv. 383, 
 and Atlas, pi. 85, f . 2 ; Monogr. Onagrearum, 1835, 398, 
 pi. 31, f. 2; Benth. and Hook., Gen. Plant, i. 790, — as 
 section of Oenothera. 
 
 Like Gayophytuni, this is a small group, confined to the 
 mounttiins of Western North and South America, what has 
 boen said of the distribution of the former genus applying 
 eijually to this, except that our species are more closely 
 confined to the Pacific coast. In general habit it approaches 
 closest to Oenothera, with which Bentham and Hooker 
 unite it, but in aspect it differs from most species of Oeno- 
 thera proper, from which it also differs (so far as our 
 species are concerned) in its short, nearly basifixed anthers 
 in two sets, erect calyx lobes, and pollen grains adnate in 
 tetrads. It is also closely related structurally to Epilobium, 
 from which it differs in aspect, and in its seeds destitute 
 of a coma. In my study, I have thought best to follow 
 most American botanists in treating it as a distinct genus. 
 The principal revisions of our species appear in Torrey 
 & Gray, Fl. N. A., i. 505 (under Oenothera); Watson, Bot. 
 Calif, i. 233; Behr, Flora of the vicinity of San Fran- 
 cisco; and Greene, Flora F^ranciscana, 224. — For other 
 references see W^atson, Bibl. Index, 302, and Jackson, 
 Index Kewensis, i. 318- 
 
 SYNOPSIS. 
 
 * Capsule membranaceous, loculicidal, a considerable portion of the 
 septa remaiuiu!^ atlaclietl lo the valves on deliisceiice. 
 Leaves ovate lanceolate, 1i»>>ilu;d, the upper not reduced: ficeds 
 
 minute, fusiform B. glabella. 
 
 Leaves nnrrov.ly lanceolate, nearly entire, the upper small: sciids 
 
 broad and flattened B. stricta. 
 
 *♦ Capsule menil)ranaceous, septifraijal, tlie septa wholly adherent to 
 the placenta, rendering; the latter stronsily 4 winged: leaves 
 
 lanceolate, toothed, tiie upper broader B. densfflora. 
 
 *•♦ Capsule coriaceous, 4 sided, very tardily (locullcidally?) dehiscent: 
 leaves narrowly l.tnit'ohitc. toothed, the upper not enlarged. 
 
 B. elf I ^togama. 
 
 10 
 
 ik' 
 
 I 
 
 
tJAVOt'lIYTl .M AM) li(il>l)l \ AI.IA. 
 
 1 all bear 
 
 , iv. 383, 
 
 835, 398, 2 
 
 790, — as 'I 
 
 led to the 
 
 what has • 
 
 applying 
 
 re closely 
 
 jproaches 
 
 i Hooker 
 
 of Oeno- 
 
 ir as our 
 
 id anthers 
 
 adnate in 
 
 Ipilobium, 
 
 5 destitute 
 
 to follow t 
 
 ■A- 
 
 let genus. -i' 
 
 n Torrey f 
 
 tson, Bot. *v 
 
 vm Fran- t 
 
 'f ! 
 
 'A 
 
 For other ¥ 
 
 Jackson, | 
 
 V 
 
 irtion of the 
 
 0. 
 
 need: fioeds 
 
 . B. glabella. 
 
 nnall: seeds :, 
 
 . . B. stricta. V 
 
 iidherciit to J 
 
 ged: leaves 
 
 f. denafflora. ik 
 
 ) dehiscent: t 
 
 )t euhirged. ';' 
 
 clfiHogama. V 
 
 B. OLAHF.LLA (Nutt. ) WiiliHTs, Kopcrt. 1843, ii. 89; 
 Watson, B(»t. Calif. 1870, i. 233; Indox, iW2,— Omoffirra 
 ylahtlla Nutt. in Torroy & Gray, Flora, 1840, i. .'iO,'). — 
 A .span or two hijj;h, siniplo or mostly drcunihcntiy 
 branched near the base aiu' fre(|ucntly with ascending 
 branches above, bluish, (icpsely soft villous to glabrous; 
 loaves half an inch long, ovate lanceolate, acute, serrulate, 
 the upper similar; flowers in a terminal cluster and a few 
 shorter literal spikes, also occasionally in the lower axils, 
 shorter than the subtending leaves; corolla about 2 mm. 
 long, violet; capsules rather slender, nearly straight, 
 usually acute, about 7 mm. long, subterete with 4 broad 
 nerves or laterally somewhat 2-keeled, loculicidal ; seeds 
 about 6 in each cell, subfusiform, small, about .35X1 mm. 
 (varying from .25 to .42 X .84 to 1.26 mm.).— British 
 Columbia to Montana, Nevada, and southern Californa. 
 
 Specimens examined from British Columbia (Cypress 
 Hills, Macoun, 1880, 67; Bullrush Lake, Macoun, July 25, 
 1880, — both with narrower leaves than usual), Washington 
 (Pullman, Henderson, July 17, 1892, 2469), Oregon (Hall, 
 1871, 190; "Walla Walla, Nuttall ; Howell, 1887, 702; 
 Grant's Pass, Howell, 1887, 1145; Wasco Co., Suksdorf, 
 1886, 862), Montana (Sand Coulee, Anderson, July 1887; 
 Deer Lodge?, Notestein, 1892), Nevada (Carson Valley, 
 Watson, Aug. 1867, 413; Truckee Valley, Bailey, 1867, 
 413), and California (Vasey, 11875; Mrs. Austin, July 
 1884, 176; Ehnira, Mrs. Curran, Aug. 1883; San Diego, 
 Cleveland, 1882, 868, and Orcutt, 1887, 1119; San Luis 
 Obispo, Brandegee, July 1886, and Palmer, 1876, 14.") j; 
 Santa Monica, Hasse, June 1892; Siskiyou Co., Greene. 
 1876, 892; Gilroy, Brandegee, June 1885; Antioch, 
 Brandegee, June 8, 1892; Mt. Eden, Brandegee, June 16, 
 1893; Snow VX., Brandegee, June 23, 1891 and Aug. 
 1892; Byron, Brandegee, June 9, 1892; Monterey Co., 
 Congdon, June 1881). 
 
 B. STiiiCTA (Gray). — GayopJiytum strictum Gray, 
 Proc. Amer. Acad., 1867, vii. 340. — Oenothera Torreyi 
 
 11 
 
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mSSOUKI BOTANICAL OAKDEN. 
 
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 iii 
 
 Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. 1873, viii. 600. — O. densiflora 
 var. tenella Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 1873, viii. 384 — 
 Boisduvalia Toireyi Watson, Bot. Calif. 1876, i. 233; 
 Index, 363. — A foot to a foot and a half high, slender, 
 simple or with a few long erect virgate branches chiefly 
 toward the base, densely villous, often hoary ; leaves com- 
 monly under 1 in. long, narrowly lanceolate, acute, entire 
 or minutely denticulate, the upper shorter and not widened ; 
 flowers axillary along the branches, about ecjualing the 
 leaves; corolla 2 to 4 mm. long, violet; capsules slender, 
 generally curved outwards, tai)ering above, more or less 2- 
 edged, about 10 mm. long, loculicidal, the lateral nerves 
 commonly heavier; seeds 6 to 8 in each cell, similar to 
 those of densijlora but smaller, about .5X1 mm. (varying 
 from .38 to .63X.88 to 1.6 nun.). — Washington to Idaho 
 and Central California. 
 
 Specimens examined from Washington (Brandegee, 
 1882 and 1883, 788; Seattle, Piper, 1888, 411; Spokane, 
 Henderson, 1892, 2468 in part, and Sandberg, Aug. 1892; 
 Klickitat Co., Suksdorf, Aug. 8, 1881; Falcon Valley, 
 Suksdorf, Aug. 1880, 378, and July 3, 1882), Oregon (Hen- 
 derson, 1882, 360; Howell, Aug. 1880; Hall, 1871, 189; 
 Grant's Pass, Howell, June 23, 1884; Idaho (Kootenai 
 Co., Heller, 1892, 905), and California (Rockville, Earle, 
 Aug. 1, 1880; Yreka, Greene, 1876, 853; Humboldt 
 & Sonoma Counties, Bolander, 1866-7, 6535; Almaden, 
 Torrey, 1865, 109; Borax Lake and Bear Mountain, 
 Torrey, 1865; Sta. Lucia Mts., Vasey, July 1880, Kern- 
 ville, Coville and Funston, 1891, 1041,- Lake Co., Brande- 
 gee, July 1884, and June 1890; Howell Mt., Brandegee, 
 Aug. 1888; Plumas Co., Brandegee, July 4, 1892; Byron 
 Sta., Greene, May 24, 1886 ; Newcastle, Brandegee, July 
 5, 1889; Sonoma, Brandegee, June 1892; Modoc Co., Mrs. 
 Austin, Aug. 1885; Humboldt Co., Mrs. Bush.) 
 
 B. DENSIFLORA (Liudlcy) Watson, Bot. Calif. 1876, i. 
 223; Index, 362. — ^. Douglasii Spach, Hist. Nat. Ve- 
 getaux, 1835, iv. 385, atlas, })1. 85, f. 2; Monographia 
 12 
 
 ! ! 
 
(^^^()IMlYTlM and HOisnrvALiA, 
 
 densiflora 
 
 lii. 384 — 
 
 6, i. 233; 
 
 h, slender, 
 
 he.s chiefly 
 
 !aves eom- 
 
 ute, entire 
 
 ; widened ; 
 
 iling the 
 
 es slender, 
 
 ) or less 2- 
 
 ral nerves 
 
 similar to 
 
 . (varying: 
 
 n to Idaho 
 
 Jrandegee, 
 Spokane, 
 .ug. 1892; 
 3n Valley, 
 gon ( Hen- 
 L871, 189; 
 (Kootenai 
 ille, Earle, 
 Humboldt 
 Almaden, 
 Mountain, 
 J80, Kern- 
 ., Brande- 
 Jrandegee, 
 92 ; Byron 
 egee, July 
 I Co., Mrs. 
 
 '■. 1876, i. 
 . Nat. Ve- 
 inographia 
 
 Onnfri'f'.'ii'uni, 1H35, 400, pi. 31, f. 2. — 0( iinfhcra tfrns/ffnra 
 Lindhy, Bol. Reg. 1833, xix. 1)1. 15!)3. — Mostly a foot or 
 two high, simple or with few ascending l)r!Ui(hos, green to 
 hoar> , more oi- li'ss viUoiis ; leaves 1 to 3 in, long, lan- 
 ceolate, acute, denticulate! to rather sharply serrate, the 
 upper ubruj)tly becoming shorter, broadly ovate, acuminate, 
 mostly entire, sometimes much crowded ; flowers in an often 
 dense terminal spike, similar but shoi-ter clusters ending 
 the braiH'hes; corolla 12 mm. long, deep vioU^t, mostly 
 exceeding the subtending leaves; capsules stout, straight, 
 usually blunt, terete, about 7 mm. long, shorter than 
 the leaves, septifragal, with 4 bropd but low nerves; 
 seeds rarely over 6 in each cell, pale at both ends, gen- 
 erally very concave on the inner face and much deformed 
 by mutual pressure, about .!) X 1.7 mm. (exception- 
 ally varying from .(53 to 1.20 X 1.2(5 to 2.31 mm.). — 
 Vancouver Island and Washington to Nevada and Lower 
 California. 
 
 Specimens examined from Vancouver ( Macoun, July 9 
 and Aug. 27, 1887), Wiishington ( Brandegee, 1883, 787; 
 Yakima Co., Henderson, May 27, 1892, 2470; Seattle, 
 Smith, July (5, 1-^89, 108; Piper, July 1 and Aug. 9, 1888, 
 27()1, and Miss Shumway, May 1892; Klickitat Co., 
 Suksdorf, Aug. 8, 1881, 15), Oregon (Hall, 1871, 185, 18(), 
 187, 188 in part; Lyall, 18(50; Newberry, Williamson Sur- 
 vey; Kellogg & Harford, 18(58-9,1152; Douglas ; Gcver, 
 591; Nuttall — types of imbn'cafa, sa/lriiia, and salicina 
 albijlora; Dalles, Brandcgco, 1882; Grant's Pass, Bran- 
 degee, Sept. 1885;' Clear Water, S[)alding), Califoi'uia 
 (Fitch; Kellogg & Harford, 18(58-9, 275; Vasey, 1875; 
 Brewer, 18j0-2, 811; Alta, Pringle, Sept. 29, 1882: Sierra 
 Nevada Mts., Lcnimon, 1875 ; Susanville, Brandegee, July 
 2, 1892; Sonoma Co., Samuels, 72; Sonoma Valley, Torrey, 
 1865, 104; Sta. Lucia Mts., Vasey, July 1880, 205 and 
 an albino, Brandegee, ]88f5; Placer Co., Vasey, 1880; 
 Jolon, Vasey, July 1880, 20(5; Kern Co., Palmer, 1888, 
 141 — an albino; Oakland, Jones, 1881, 2358; Stanislaus 
 
 13 
 
Mis.s<)i;i:i M)r\M(Ai, cakdkx. 
 
 I' 
 
 I 'I 
 
 ll 
 I! 
 
 .11' 
 
 River, Bigelow, 1853-4; Hcaldsbur<?, Bryiint, July 1887; 
 Napa Co., Brfndegco Au<j^. 1888; Folwom, Brandegee, 
 July 1883; Adobe Flats, Mrs. Austin, July 1884, 118; 
 ]Vlt. Tunialpals, Jepson, Sept. 9, 1892, and Brandegee, July 
 ISDl ; Yoseniitc, Torrey, 1872; Yreka, Greono, 1876, 947; 
 ^Monterey, Nuttall ; Auburn, Vasey, Oct. 1880; Peru 
 f-rcok, Rothrock, 1875, 235; Truckee, Jcues, 1881, 392a; 
 ^Nevada Co., Jones, 1881, 2715), Nevada (Carson City, 
 Anderson, 1804, 26, 54, 118; Yolo, Brandegee, Sept. 20, 
 1892; Palisades, Brandegee, 1886; Modoc Co., Mrs. Aus- 
 tin, Aug. 1885; Verano, Heaton, 1888; Sta. Cruz Mts., 
 Price, 1890; Ukiah, Mrs. McCowen, June 1892), and 
 Lower ("alifornia ( Orcutt, July 30, 1883). 
 
 The ty[)i(al, usually green form, with ample serrate 
 leaves, largo l)racts and dense inflorescence, passes into a 
 grayer form with longer spikes and smaller bracts, and this 
 in turn grades into var. . of Torrey and- Gray's Flora, 
 which is the Oenothera aalicina of Nuttall, and is very 
 canesc<Mit, with narrower leaves and bracts, smaller tiowers 
 and slenderer capsules. Variety imhricata Greene, is a 
 virgate form, in wet ground becoming six or seven feet 
 liigh, with the floriferous branches as much as two feet 
 and a half long (Jepson, Erythea, i. 241 and 244). I do 
 not see how to separate these forms as even varieties, 
 although as here defined, densijlora is far more variable 
 than the other species of the genus. Specimens from 
 California (Yreka, Greene, 1876, 853; Sta. Lucia Mts., 
 Vasey, July 1880), and Washington (Falcon Valley, 
 Siiksdorf, Aug. 3, 1882, 56, July 30, 1885, 343, 557 and 
 5r)S), are variously intermediate between this species and 
 .strictaf in bract, flower, capsule and seed characters, as 
 well as in habit, and are indicative of hybridity or a possible 
 intermediate species which I cannot define. 
 
 A portion of Hall 188 is Oenothera lepida^ var. parvi- 
 
 Jlora, as noted by Mr. Watson on several sheets ; but this 
 
 mav be distinguished by its larjrer acuminate buds, more 
 
 strigoso pubescence above, larger capsules and entire leaves 
 
 U 
 
(JAYOI'IIVTIM AM' |{< '1-1)1. \ \ I.IA , 
 
 July 1887; 
 
 Brandegee, 
 
 1884, 118; 
 
 idegee, July 
 
 1876, 947; 
 
 880; Peru 
 
 1881, 392a; 
 
 arson City, 
 
 e, Sept. 20, 
 
 , Mrs. Aus- 
 
 Cruz Mts., 
 
 1892), and 
 
 iple serrate 
 Lsses into a 
 :t8, and this 
 ay's Flora, 
 md is very 
 iller flowers 
 Jreene, is a 
 • seven feet 
 IS two feet 
 244). I do 
 1 varieties, 
 >re variable 
 mens from 
 Mic'ia Mts., 
 on Valley, 
 3, 557 and 
 species and 
 iracters, as 
 r a possible 
 
 rar. parvi- 
 ;s ; but this 
 buds, more 
 ntire leaves 
 
 with inourvod tonicntutu, thouirli in lialiit it hoars a rather 
 close ix>('iiil)Iuiicf lo //. dmisfjiora. 
 
 n. (;lrisi'()(}.\.m,\ ('ill-ran, Hull. Calif. Acad. llSHl, i. 
 12 ; Mrs. lirandcjrcc, Zoc, iii. I^TO. — A spau <(!• t\v;) hi<rli, 
 dccuinhcntly brauciu-d from tln' hasc, very \illoiis to gla- 
 brous cxrcpt for a f(!W sprcadiiiu' hairs; leaves pale, an inch 
 or two lou;;, lanceolate to linear lanceolate, acute, remotely 
 denticulate to sharply serrulate, the upper similar; flowers 
 axillary alonir the hranches, shorter than the subtendinjji; 
 leaves, ''the; viarlier ones fertilized in the bud and never 
 exi)andin<;j; " corolla rose purple, 2 to 4 nun. long; cap- 
 sules stout, spreading fr<tm the stem, acute, 10 to 15 nun. 
 long, sharply 4-sided and with 4 intermediate nerves, (tar- 
 dily loculicidal?), much surpassed by the leaves; seeds 
 numerous, about ..'• X 1.4 mm. — ('alifornia (Antioch, Bran- 
 degee, May 1880; Elmira, Mrs. Curran, May and Aug. 
 1883). 
 
 In aspect this is between (jhihella and stricta, but its 
 capsular characters are quite unlike those of other species. 
 M Besides these North Anun-ican species, Jackson eiuuner- 
 atea the follov/ing Chilian si)ccics, referring tlu.'in to 
 Oenothera: — B. anditia Phil., B. conciana Spach, B. 
 Tocornalii Gay, and B. Volckmanni Phil., — which I 
 have not in suflielent material to warrant a revision of the 
 South American forms. 
 
 EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 
 
 v,|i The figures were drawn from hcrbariuni specimens by 
 Miss Grace E. Johnson, under supervision of the author, 
 and details are from his sketches. 
 
 Plate 17, Gayophytum laifiospenmim. — 1, Habit, natural size; 2, cap- 
 sule, eular<?eci; 3, deliiscont capsule, X S; 4, hair from ovary, X -00; b, 
 stigma, y^'il\ 6, throe seeds, X 1^- 
 
 Plate 18, O. eriospennum. — I, Habit, uatural size; 2, ))ranch, X 2; 3, 
 long and short stamen, from one flower, X 18; 4, pollen grain, X 200; 
 5, two stigmas, X 37; C, seed, X 1^*^; 7, seed of the diffunum type, from 
 an Engeliiuuiu specimen. 
 
 Plate l!t, G. diffusiim. — 1, Habit (from a Nuttall specimen), uatural 
 
 15 
 
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 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
 
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 Mae; 2, flower, X 3; 3, stignm, X 37; 4. two capaulfts, Homcwhat 
 enlarged; 5, seed, X 18. 
 
 Plate 20, . ramoaiastmum. — 1, Habit, natural size; 2, two .stigmas, 
 X 87; 8, stamen, X 18; 4,germinatiuK pollen grain, X 200; 5, elongated 
 erect eapsule, X S; 6, shorter dcflcxcd capsule, X 6; 7, capsule In sec- 
 tion, X ">; 8, two seeds, X 18. 
 
 Plate 21, G, caeaium. — \, Habit, natural size; 2, flower, X 9? 8, 
 stigma, X 37; 4, capsule, X 6; 6, section of capsule, X 16; 6, seed, X 
 18. 
 
 Plate 22, G. pumilum. — 1-2, Habit, natural size; 8, flower, X 3; 4, 
 stigma, X 37; 5, capsule, X 5; 6, section of capsule, X 15; 7, two seeds, 
 X 18. 
 
 Plate 23, Boiaduvalia glabella. — 1, Habit, half size; 2, branch, half 
 size; 3, two stigmas, X 18; 4, two pollen tetrads, X 200; 5, capsule, X 1; 
 6, two seeds, X 18. 
 
 Plate 24, /?. stn'cta. — 1, Habit, half size; 2, branch, natural size; 3, 
 opened flower, X '>; *> stigma, X 18; 6, capsule, X 6; 6, four seeds, 
 X 18; 7, pollen tetrad, X 200; 8, glandular and non-glandular hairs, 
 X 200. 
 
 Plate 25, B. densiflora. — 1, Branch, half size; 2, diagramatic section 
 of flower, enlarged; 3, pollen tetrad, X 200; 4, capsule and bract, 
 natural size; 5, capsule, X 3, and section X 3; 6, two seeds-, X 18. 
 
 Plate 26, B. c leiatogama. — 1, Habit, half size; 2, smaller plant, natural 
 aize 3, capsule, X 5> and section, X 5; 4, stigma, X 18; 5, seed, X 18. 
 16 
 
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 i 
 
 M 
 
fis, somewhat 
 
 two stlRinafl, 
 ; 6, olougatcd 
 apsule In soe- 
 ver, X 9; 8, 
 15; 6, seed, X 
 
 •wer, X 8; 4, 
 7, two seeds, 
 
 , branch, half 
 capsule, X 1; 
 
 Ltural size ; 3, 
 5, lour seeds, 
 ndular hairs, 
 
 imatic section 
 3 and bract, 
 is-, X 18. 
 plant, natural 
 seed, X 18. 
 
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