MONTANA BOTANY NOTES 27 



Stellaria longipes var. laeta (Rich.) Wat. Common in meadows at low 

 elevations. 



Stellaria nitens Nutt. Columbia Falls (Williams). 



Cerastium nutans Raf. Alta. <» 



Cerastium alpinum L. var. Beeringhianum Regel. Bigfork, MacDougal and 

 McDonald Peaks, Yellow Bay, Dayton, Wild Horse and Bull Islands, Alta. 



Cerastium alpinum var. Fischerianum T. & G. MacDougal and McDonald 

 Peaks, Spcrry to Blackfoot Glacier. 



Cerastium arvense \ar. Fuegianum Hook. Sperry Glacier. 



Cerastium arvense var. oblongifolium Hollick & Britton. Sperry Glacier, 

 Mission Creek, Lake McDonald, Mission Mts. 



Silene conubalus Wibel. Ravalli. 



Silene Douglasii Hovk. Common in the mountains at all elevations. 



Silene Douglasii var. viscida Rob. MacDougal and McDonald Peaks, 

 common. 



Silene Douglasii var. brachycalyx Rob. Blackfoot Glacier. 



Silene Scouleri Hook. Alta. 



Lychnis Drummondii (Hook.) Wat. Browning. 



Lychnis apetala L. Blackfoot Glacier. 



Agrostemma Githago L. Bigfork. 



Dianthus Armeria L. Ravalli. Perfectly established. 



Portulaca oleracea L. Bigfork. 



Lewisia pygmaea (Gray) Rob. Gunsight Pass, Sperry Glacier (Umbach). 



MontJa perfoliata (Donn) Howell. Evaro, Bigfork. The parviflora form 

 Lambert Valley. 



Montia parvifolia (Moc.) Greene. Lambert Valley, Sperry to Blackfoot 

 Glacier. 



Montia linearis (Dougl.) Greene. Alta, Ronan. Missoula (Elrod). 



Claytonia megarrhiza (Gray) Parry. MacDougal Peak, Sperry Glacier. 



Claytonia lanceolata Pursh. Lambert Valley, McDonald Lake in the Mis- 

 sion ^Its., Missoula (Elrod). 



Nymphaea polysepala (Eng.) Greene. Common in shallow lakes and near 

 the shores of Flathead Lake from Alta northward. 



Ranunculus multifidus Pursh var, terrestris Gray. Bigfork, Alta. 



Ranunculus Purshii Rich. This is reported from our region but no valid 

 specimens seen. 



Ranunculus Flammula L. var. intermedius.. Hook. Common on all 

 the shores of Flathead Lake, also from Lake McDonald to St. Mary's Lake. 



Ranunculus Pygmaeus Wahl. Sperry Glacier, Como Peak. 



Ranunculus eximeus Greene. McDonald Lake Mission Mts. Not distinct 

 from the following. 



Ranunculus Eschscholtzii Schl. Lambert Valley, Como Peak, Blackfoot to 

 Sperry Glacier, Elrod Peak (Elrod). 



Ranunculus affinis R. Br. Bigfork (Miss Norton). 



Ranunculus affinis var. validus Gray. The form of this with smooth seeds 

 called R. alpeophilus Nelson is common on MacDougal Peak, McDonald Peak. 



Ranunculus sceleratus L. R. eremogenes Greene. Common at low eleva- 

 tions, Ravalli to I'piicr Marias Pass. 



Ranunculus Pennsylvanicus L. Poison Swamp, Bigfork, Wihitefish. 

 Ranunculus Macounii F.ritton. Common on lake shores, Ravalli, Ronan, 

 Flath(>a(l Lake, Swan Lake. 



Ranunculus tenellus Xutt. Common on lake shores and in wet meadows 

 from Alta northward. 



Ranunculus tenellus var. Lyallii (Gray) Rob. Bigfork. 



Ranunculus circinatus Sibth. Common, Flathead Lake, Ravalli, Ronan. 



Ranunculus aquatiiis L. Common at low elevations; the var. capillaceus 

 at Bigfork; var. trichophyllus. Common, var. caespitosus at Bigfork; var. 

 heterophyllus at Alta and Upper Marias Pass. 



