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while these two, again, Torrey and Gray have considered 
mere varieties of S. longipes, Goldie. It seems utterly 
impossible to define the limits of this group of Stellarie. 
3. S. longipes, Goldie, in Hook. Flor. Bor. Àm. 1 p. 95.— 
c. Torr. and Gr. Am. 1. p. 185. 
1. In Mr. Geyer’s MS. catalogue is a “ Stellaria phlogioides,” 
Geyer, n. 144 ; which does not appear in my collection. 
Has. Borders of woods, gravelly prairies of the Cœur 
d'Aleine, creeping in dry sand. May. (n. 324). Petals short, 
sometimes wanting. 
1. Cerastium arvense, L. (C. Pennsylvanicum, and C. tenui- 
folium, and C. elongatum, PA., according to Torrey and 
Grey). 
Ha». Stony meadows of Kanzas River, also found at the 
Kooskooskee, May. (n. 284). 
1. Silene Drummondii, Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1. p. 89. Torr. et 
Gr. 1. p. 191. 
Has. Pine woods of Upper Columbia, growing with Collo- 
mia elegans, and Clarkia pulchella, (n. 519, in flower) ; 
and in meadows about springs, near Sweet Water River, 
July. (n. 79). 
2, S. Antirrhina, L. 
Has. Banks and sterile stony pese Kooskooskee wis : 
May. (n. 385). = 
8. S. Menziesii, Hook. FL Bor. duit p. 99. t. 30. "ferr; et 
Gr. Am. 1. p. 193.—5. Leaves narrower, less downy. - 
Has. Burnt places in pine woods, Upper Columbia River. 
July, (n. 550); and B. (in fruit), sandy moist pine woods. 
at Flathead River, also on the “ Black Hills" near EY 
Laramie, eg cad Platte. jo 549). Pu 
Linea, M 
Mili. rigidun, Ph. Hook. FL Bor. Aon Pl 105. 
et Gr. 1. p. 204 uk 
z (Has. Generally seen on the high pl FER 
