Revision of North American Species of Godetia

Abstract

This study, which has been carried on at the Herbarium of Pomona College, was undertaken at the suggestion of Dr. PHILIP A. MUNZ. He had collected important notes on the genus Godetia while at the Gray Herbarium, and I am deeply indebted to him for the use of these notes, as well as for his guidance in the preparation of this paper. In the summer of I928 the herbarium of the California Academy of Sciences was visited, with access to valuable notes on the genus by Miss ALICE EASTWOOD, to whom gratitude is hereby expressed. I wish also to thank Dr. W. A. SETCHELL of the University of California for the loan of the important memoranda on Godetia left by the late Mrs. KATHARINE BRANDEGEE, whose knowledge of the group cannot be questioned. I am indebted also to several others who have either furnished color notes, or looked up references. They are Mr. T. A. SPRAGUE of the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew, Mr. DAVID KECK of the Carnegie Institute, Dr. AVEN NELSON of the University of Wyoming, Professor P. B. KENNEDY of the University of California, and Mr. THOMAS CRAIG of Pomona College. For carrying on this revision, material has been available from the following sources: Pomona College Herbarium (P), Herbarium of the University of California (C), Gray Herbarium of Harvard Uni-