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1. Silene multinervia S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 25: 126. 1890. 
Type Locaity: ‘Near Jamuel,’’ California. 
Rance: California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Whidby Island, Gardner 44, doubtless introduced from California. 
2. Silene vulgaris (Moench.) Garcke, Fl. Deutschl. ed. 9. 64, 1869. 
Behen vulgaris Moench, Meth. 709. 1794. 
Silene cucubalus Wibel, Prim. Fl. Werth. 241. 1799. 
Cucubalus behen L. Sp. Pl. 1: 414, 1758, not Silene behen L. 
Tyre Locatiry: European. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Seattle. Piper 1817. 
8. Silene anglica L. Sp. Pl. 1: 416. 1753. 
Silene gallica L. Sp. Pl. 1: 417. 1758. 
Tyree cocauity: ‘Habitat in Anglia, Gallia.” 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Whatcom County, Suksdorf 1847; Seattle, Piper. 
4. Silene noctiflora L. Sp. Pl. 1: 419. 1753. 
Type Locauity: “ Habitat in Suecia, Germania.” 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Whidby Island, Gardner 34; Silverton, Bouck 151 b; White Sal- 
mon, Suksdorf 525; Pullman, Piper 1854. 
5. Silene antirrhina L. Sp. Pl. 1: 419. 1743. 
Tyre Locauity: “Habitat in Virginia, Carolina.” 
Rance: Temperate North America. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Mason County, Hincaid, June, 1892; Clallam County, Elmer 
2750: Tacoma, Flett, June, 1896; west Klickitat County, Suksdorf 1857; Stehekin, Whited 
1404; Spokane, Henderson, June, 1892; Almota, Piper 1707; without locality, Vasey in 
1889; Clarks Springs, Areager 111; Seattle, Piper in L888. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Upper Sonoran and Transition. 
6. Silene acaulis L. Sp. PI. ed. 2. 1: 608. 1762. 
Type vocauiry: “Habitat in alpibus Lapponicis, Austriacis, Helveticis, Pyrenaeis.”’ 
Rance: Arctic regions, south to the White Mountains, and in the west to Washington 
and Arizona. Europe. Asia. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°, Lyall in 1860; Mount Elinor, 
Miss Getty, August, 1902; Mount Rainier, lett 31; Bridge Creek, Emer in 1897. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arctic. 
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7. Silene menziesii Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 90. pl. 30. 1830. 
Silene stellarioides Nutt.; Torr, & Gr. Fl. 1: 198. 1838. 
Type cocauiry: ‘North-West coast of America.’’ Collected by Menzies. 
Rance: British Columbia and Assiniboia to California and Nebraska. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Clallam County, Elmer 2751; Hope Island, Flett 2112; Whidby 
Island, Gardner 41; Admiralty Head, Piper, May, 1898; Thorp, Whited 634; Beaver Creek, 
Whited 231; Wenache, Whited 156; Falcon Valley, Suksdorf 1854; North Yakima, Hender- 
son in 1892; Watt, August, 1895; Wilson Creek, Lake & Hull, August, 1892; Harrington, 
Sandberg & Leiberg 222; Spokane, Spalding; without locality, Vasey in 1889; “on the 
Okanogan,” Douglas; Asotin Creek, Hunter, June, 1900; Clarks Springs, Areager 48, 620, 
260; Pullman, Piper, June, 1893; Blue Mountains, Horner, July 17, 1896. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition and Upper Sonoran. 
Professor Greene has recently proposed the genus Anotites, based on this species which he 
regards as an aggregate of several. Of these A. viscosa Greene is based on Horner’s Blue 
Mountains collection and A. nodosa b on Whited’s Wenache collection, 
a Leaflets 1: 98. 1905. b Op. cit. 100. 
