47 
Expedition (Hooker 1. c.); and credited by Regel to “Ross 
Colonie,” N. W. America (I. c.); Cent. Utah (Parry, Nos. 5 and 
6, 1875); Mts. of Colo., 1872 (Torrey); Clear Creek Station, 
Col. (Newberry). 
Var. ANGUSTIFOLIUM, Fenzl. Leaves elongated, linear or 
narrowly linear-lanceolate ; stems pubescent, hoary or glandular. ' 
(Plate- LXV, f: 7) 
In Ledeb. Fl. Ross., i., 413; Regel, Flor. Ost. Sib., i, 445. 
C. arvense, Hook., Lond. Journ. Bot., vi., 75. 
C. elongatum, Pursh, Fl. Amer., Sept., i., 321; DC. Prodr., i., 417; Spreng., 
Syst. Veg., ii., 417; Hook., Flor. Bor. Amer., i., 103. 
Habitat. Northern Asia and northwest America. Oregon 
(Geyer, 284). 
Var. MAXIMUM, n. var. Plants strong and stout, 12 to 20 
inches high; leaves broadly linear to lanceolate, 2 to 4 lines 
wide, 1 to 2 inches long, acutish; capsule 14 times the 
length of the calyx; lower bracts generally foliaceous. (Plate 
PRAV 3; £23) 
Habitat. Noyo, Mendocino Co., California (Bolander, Nos. 
4723 and 6520); western California (G. R. Vasey), near San 
Francisco (Mrs. M. K. Curran). 
Var. OBLONGIFOLIUM, n. var. Leaves narrowly or broadly 
oblong, or lanceolate-oblong, mostly obtuse; capsules 14$ to 
24 times the length of the calyx; stems generally taller and 
stronger than in the type; pubescent. (Plates LXIII., and LXV., 
£0. 
Cerastium, n. sp., Torrey, Amer. Journ. Sci., iv., 63. 
C. oblongifolium, Torrey, Fl. U. S., i., 460; Fl, N. Y., i., 99; Darlingt., Florala 
Cestr., 54, and Fl. Cestr., 3d Ed.. 33, in part; Torrey and Gray, Fl. N. A., i., 188, 
in part; Gray, Man., 94; Wood, Class-book, 188, in part; Bot. & Flor., 55; Beck, 
Bot., 54?; Tatnall, Cat. Phen. & Fil. Plants, Newcastle Co., Del., 17; Newberry, 
Cat. Plants, Ohio, p. 14; Porter, in Mombert’s Auth. Hist. Lanc. Co., Pa., 583; Wal- 
ling and Gray’s New Topog. Atlas, Penn., 25; Macoun, Cat. Plants Canada, i., 77; 
Anderson, in Rep. State Mineralogist, Nevada, 118; Meehan, Flowers and Ferns, 
ii., pp. 189 192; Coulter, Cat. Plants, Indiana, 4; Hollick and Britton, Fl. Rich- 
mond Co., N. Y., 8; Patterson, Cat. Plants, Ill., 7; Arthur, Contr. Fl. Iowa, 9; 
Upham, Cat. Fl. Minn., 32; Ward, Bull. U. S. Nat. Museum No. 22, 68; Tracy, Cat. 
Plants, Missouri, 15. 
C. dichotomum, Mubl., Cat., 46. ? 
? C. bracteatum, Raf., Proc. Decouv., 36; Poir., Suppl. v., 601; DC., Prodr., i., 
420; Don. Gard. Dict., i., 447; Torrey and Gray, Fl. N. A.,i., 189. 
Habitat. Eastern United States from Virginia to New York; 
