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2. VACCARIA Medic. CowHeErRs. 
A glabrous annual; flowers in corymbed cymes; calyx ovoid, 5-angled; stamens 10; 
styles 2; petals pale red; leaves ovate-lanceolate, glabrous. 
1. Vaccaria vaccaria (L.) Britton in Britt. & Brown, Illustr. Fl. 2: 18. 1897. 
Saponaria vaccaria L. Sp. Pl. 409. 1753. 
Type Locauity: ‘‘Habitat inter segetes Galliae, Germaniae.”’ 
New Mexico: Ensenada; Pecos; Beulah; Cleveland. 
3. SILENE L. CarcuHr ry. 
Annual or perennial herbs; flowers solitary or in cymes; calyx 5-toothed, 10 to many- 
nerved; stamens 10; styles 3, rarely 4; capsule 1-celled, opening by 3 or 6 teeth; petals 
usually with a scale at the base of the blade. 
KEY TO THE SPECIES. 
Annuals. 
Stems not villous; calyx 4 to 6 mm. long; corolla pink.......... 1. 8. antirrhina. 
Stems densely villous; calyx 8 to 10 mm. long; corolla white... 7. S. noctiflora. 
Perennials. 
Plants nearly acaulescent, densely matted, less than 5cm.high.. 2. S. acaulis. 
Plants caulescent, not matted, 20 cm. high or more. 
Petals bright scarlet.......-2....20.--- 220222 e ee ee ee eee 3. S. laciniata. 
Petals white or purplish. 
Inflorescence axillary; plants very slender............. 6. S. menziesii. 
Inflorescence thyrsoid-paniculate or spicate; plants 
stout. 
Leaves densely viscid, not reduced above; flowers 
almost sessile..... ween eect e cece eee e cece ee 4, S. wrightit. 
Leaves not viscid or but slightly so, much reduced 
above; flowers conspicuously pediceled.... 5. S. pringlei. 
1. Silene antirrhina L. Sp. Pl. 419. 1753. SLEEPY CATCHFLY. 
Type LOCALITY: ‘‘Habitat in Virginia, Carolina.”’ 
Rance: Throughout temperate North America. 
New Mexico: Santa Fe; Las Vegas; Sandia Mountains; Hillsboro; Farmington; 
Sierra Grande; mountains west of San Antonio; Mogollon Mountains; Organ Moun- 
tains; White Mountains. Dry fields, in the Upper Sonoran and Transition zones. 
2. Silene acaulis L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2. 603. 1762. Moss CAMPION. 
TypE Locatity: ‘‘ Habitat in alpibus Lapponicis, Austriacis, Helveticis, Pyrenaeis.”’ 
Rance: Arctic America to New Hampshire and Arizona; also in the Old World. 
New Mexico: Pecos Baldy; Wheeler Peak. Meadows, in the Arctic-Alpine Zone, 
3. Silene laciniata Cav. Icon. Pl. 6: 44. pl. 564. 1801. 
Silene greggtt A. Gray, Pl. Wright. 2:17. 1853. 
Melandryum laciniatum greggit Rohrb. Monogr. Silen. 232. 1868. 
Melandryum greggit Rohrb. Linnaea 36: 256. 1869. 
Type Locairy: ‘‘Habitat in Pachuca, Real del monte et Acapulco,’’ Mexico. 
RanGE: California to western Texas, southward into Mexico. 
New Mexico: Tunitcha Mountains; mountains west of Grant; Hop Canyon; Mogo- 
llon Mountains; Hillsboro Peak; Florida Mountains;,San Luis Mountains; Organ 
Mountains; White and Sacramento mountains; Capitan Mountains. Damp woods, 
in the Transition and Canadian zones. 
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