78 University of California Puhlications . [botany 



Spraguea umbellata Torr. Pussy-paws. 



Common from the upper part of the Transition Zone to the 

 summit. The specimens from the summit approach var. cau- 

 clicifera Gray, while those from lower altitudes might pass for 

 8. paniculata KelL, since in many cases one or more of the 

 cyme- branches are scattered along- the stem. (Nos. 714, 2352.) 



CAR YOPHYLLACE.^ . 



Arenaria Douglasii Fenzl. Sandwort. 



Abundant in spring on the south and west sides, below 

 5300 ft. alt. (No. 1813.) 



Silene laciniata Cav. Indian Pink. 



Same range as the last, usually Ijeneath chaparral. (Nos. 

 312, 2019, 2303.) 



Silene Parishii Wats., Proc. Am. Acad. xvii. 366 (1882); 

 Robinson, Syn. Fl. i. pt. 1, 218 (1897). 



Common on all the rocky and gravelly ridges above 8000 ft. 

 alt. and also found on Santa Rosa Peak. Always limited to the 

 Canadian and Hudsonian Zones. (Nos. 312, 313, 791, 2314, 

 2549.) 



Mj' field notes on this species, the range of which is restricted 

 to the San Jacinto and San Bernardino Mts., read as follows: 

 Viscid pubescent aod strongly scented, calyx greenish yellow; 

 corolla yellow, pubescent, petals attenuate at base, deeply 2-cleft, 

 the lobes variously laciniate, toothed or fimbriate and therefore 

 appearing to be many-cleft, face of each of the two primary 

 lobes with an erose scale at base, petal with long lateral teeth 

 opposite the scales; styles 3. 



Silene verecunda Wats. 



Everywhere beneath pines in open forests at 5000-9000 ft. 

 alt. (Nos. 2383, 2550, 2591.) 



In Round Valley, near the upper limit of its range, was 

 found growing with the ordinary form another with deep purple 

 petals and anthers, the latter being so dark that they were 

 plainly noticeable to one riding by on horseback. In this form 



