88 CARYOPHYLLEiE. [Silene. 



Linn. Sp. PL p. 603. En^L Bot t 1081. Pursh, FL Am. v. 2, p. 316. De Cand. Prodr. 

 V. 1. p. 367. Rich, in Frankl. \st Journ. ed. 9. App. p. 14. 



Hab. Throughout the whole of Arctic and subarctic America, north of lat. 54^, and from Labrador to 

 Behring's Straits, found by every traveller : as well as on the more elevated parts of the Rocky Mountains, 

 betweea lat 52° and 5Q°, Drumrnond, 



Sect. II. Behenantha. Otth. MSS. Caulescentes. Floras solitarii aut paniculati. 



Calyx vesiculato-injlatus. DC, 



2. S. stellata ; caulibus erectis ramosis pubescentibus, foliis quaternis verticillatis lan- 

 ceolatis longe acuminatis glabris, floribus paniculatis, calycibus vesiculosis pubescentibus, 

 petalis fimbriatis. — Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 3. p. 84. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. j9. 368. 

 Cucubalus stellatus. Linri. Sp. PL p. 592. Mich. Am. v, 1. p. 271. Pursh, Fl. Am. v. I. p. 

 315. Elliott^ Carol, v. 1. p. 514. BigeL Fl. Bast. ed. 2. p. 184. Torrey^ FL of Un. St v. 



1. p. 449. 



Hab. Canada. Zinn. Dry stony places on the Niagara. Douglas, 1S23, 



3. 5. inflata ; caulibus ramosisj floribus paniculatis, calycibus vesiculato-ovatis, petalis 

 bifidis nudis, unguiculis cuneiformibus, stylis longissimis. DC. — Sm. Fl. Brit. p. 467. De 

 Cand. Prodr. v. I. p. 368. — Cucubalus Behen. Mich. Am. v. 1. p. 271. Pursh^ FL Am. 

 V. L p. 315. EiigL Bot t 164. BigeL FL Bast ed. 2. p. 183. Torrey, Fl. of Un. St v. 1.' 

 p. 449. 



Hab. Canada, about Quebec. Michauz ; Mrs. Percival; and (at St. Foy) Mrs, Sheppard. 



4, S, Douglasii ; laeviter pubescens, caulibus erectis flexuosis gracilibus, foliis remotis 

 longo-linearibus angustis, floribus paniculatis, calycibus obovatis denium inflatis lijeviter 

 striatis obscure reticulatisque pubescentibus petalorum limbo bifidis. 



Perennis. (^Douglas.') Caules siraplices vel ad basin solummodo ramosi, pedales, erecti, graciles, 

 laeviter sed ubique, ut et folia calycesque, pubescenti-scabri. Folia ad basin caulium congesta, caulina 

 remota ; omnia opposita, basi connata, 2-3 uncias longa, linoaria, angusta, subsesquilineam lata, uninervia, 

 superne rara, parva. P/ores mediocres, paniculati ; rami saepe triflori, pedicellis longis, bibracteati, bracteis 

 subulatis. Cali/x oblongo-obovatus, 5-deutatus, deiitibus patulis, pubescens, lO-striatus, basi abruptus, demum 

 membranaceus, obscure reticulatus, jnflatus. Petala alba, limbo bifido. Capsula ovalis, pallide fusca, 

 nitida, 6-dentata, calyce paululum longior, anthophoro longo insidens. 



Hab. Abundant in mountain vallles, above the Grand Rapids of the Columbia, and among the Rocky 

 Mountains, on their western declivity. Douglas. — I possess wild specimens of this from the stations now 

 given, and others cultivated in the gardens of the Horticultural Society. lu many respects it seems to agree 

 with the S, Gypsophila of Desf. and De Cand., and especially as described by Chamisso and Schlechtendal 

 in the Linniea, p. 39 ; but it does not sufficiently accord to induce me to think it is the same. 



Sect. Ill, Otites. Otth. MSS. Caulescentes. Flores verticillato-spicati, DC. 



5, S. Scouleri; pubescens subviscida, caule simplici erecto remote folioso, geniculis 

 nodosis, foliis lanceolatis lineari-lanceolatisve planis, spica longa, floribus erectis, calycibus 

 oblongo-clavatis 10-striatis, petalis bifidis. 



Radix parva, annua, vel biennis, (perennis. Douglas.) Caulis solitarius, erectus, pedalis ad bipedalem, 

 teres, dense sed breviter pubescens, superue subglaudulosus, viscidus, ad geniculas insigniter nodosus, 



