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cellatis. Calyx oblongo-clavatus, fructifer clavatus infra 
capsulam constrictus, dentibus oblongo-ovatis, acutis, albo- 
Marginatis, ciliolatis. Petala alba, unguibus auriculatis, 
lamina oblonga, lobis linearibus, extra dente uno acuto auctis, 
appendicibus binis, lanceolatis, acutis, denticulatis. Capsula 
subcylindrica. Semina compressa, dorso granulata. 
Hab. California; San Luis Obispo, Tolon, and mountains 
south of Fort Tejon. 
377. Strene pecrinata, S. Wats. in Proc. Amer. Acad., x. (1875) 
p. 344; B. L. Robinson, l.c., xxviii. (1893) p. 139. 
Basi suffrutescens, glanduloso-pubescens. Caules_ erecti, 
simplices vel ramosi. Folia lanceolata, inferiora acuta, in 
petiolum laminam mquantem attenuata, superiora acuminata. 
Panicula stricta vel dichotome ramosa, floribus longe pedi- 
cellatis. Calyx oblongo-tubulosus, fructifer ovatus, dentibus 
lanceolato-linearibus acutis. Petala rubella vel purpurascertia, 
profunde bipartita, lamina oblonga, lobis linearibus, appen- 
dicibus binis, lanceolatis. Capsula ovata. 
Lusus 2. Vix viscidula. Caules subsimplices foliis inferi- 
oribus fere glabris. 
Syn. 8. pectinata var. subnuda, B. L. Robinson, l.c., p. 140. 
Hab. United States ; California and Nevada. 
078. S. Lyatuu, S. Wats. in Proc. Amer. Acad., x. (1875) 
p. 342; B. L. Robinson, le., xxviii. (1893) p. 144. 
Minute puberula, multicaulis, czspitosa. Caules foliosi, 
adscendentes. Folia inferiora lineari-lanceolata, acuta, basi 
attenuata, subpetiolata. Inflorescentia diffusa; cyme glandu- 
loso-pubescentes, dichotome pauciflore; pedicelli tenuiter 
graciles. Calyx ampliato-campanulatus, dentibus triangulari- 
bus, obtusis, reticulato-venosis. Petala fuseo-purpurea, bifida, 
lobis late ovatis, appendicibus oblongis, integris. Anther@ 
purpuree, inclusz. Capsula anguste oblonga. 
In some of tiese species the anthers are often infested with a fungus 
(Ustilago antherarum), and in consequence enlarge and turn purple. 
Hab. Cascade Mountains, Washington Territory, and Sierra 
Co., California. 
379. S. puryota, Boiss., Fl. Orient., i. p. 644; Rohrb., Monogr., 
p. 223. 
