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On moist shady rocks, Western States. Kentucky, Short I June- 

 Aug. — Pubescent with weak hairs, particnhirly Avhen yuun?. Leaves 1-3 

 inches long and 1-2 inches broad, the uppermost suborbicular. Fk)wer3 

 usually solitary on the ends of the branches, very large. Calyx campanu- 

 late-cylindrica'i, at length clavate-ventricose- Petals crowned, deep scarlet ; 

 lobes '2-toothed at the extremity, and with a remote subulate tooth. 



17. S.regia (Sims): pubcrulent-scabrous, somewhat viscid; stem erect 

 and rigid ; leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate ; cyme paniculate, rather strict, 

 many-tlowered ; petals oblanceolate, usually entire; stamens and styles ex- 

 serted.— Sims, in hot. mag. t. 1721; Niitl.! gen. 1. p. 288; DC. I. c. H. 

 Virginica, var. " panicle coarctate, with the flowers somewhat fascicled," 

 Mich.T. I. c. 



Ohio! to Louisiana! Kentucky, Short! (Montreal, Dr. Holmes! Indi- 

 genous ?) June-July.— U Stems stout, 4-5 feet high, nodes close below 

 and tumid, often branched above. Flowers very large. Calyx tubular, at 

 length ovoid -cylindrical, long, conspicuously 10-striate. Petals bright scar- 

 let, spatulate-lanccolate, eroded ; croAvn 2-cuspidate. 



18. S. Hookeri (Nutt. mss.): " subdecumbent, softly pubescent; leaves 

 lanceolate, acute, attenuate below; stems dichotomal; branches about two, 

 with 3 large flowers on long peduncles; calyx cylindric-subcampanulate, 

 with acute teeth; petals divaricately 4-cleft. 



" Woods of the Wahlamet, Oregon. The only specimen I have seen 

 was collected by Dr. Gardiner.— If Stem about a span long. Leaves rather 

 approximate, obscurely 3-nerved. The first flowers dichotomal [termuiatmg 

 the stem], the last opposite and terminal ; in all about 7. Calyx 10-striate. 

 Petals white, more conspicuous than in S. Virginica, about twice the length 

 of the calyx. Habit of S. Baldwinii, but with very different petals." Nutt. 



19. S. Baldwinii (Nutt.) : pilose ; stem weak ; lower leaves obovate or 

 spatulate, obtuse, the upper oval ; cyme 3-5-floAvered ; petals with the limb 

 broadly cuneiform, deeply and divaricately fimbriate. — Nutt.! gen. \. p. 

 288 ; DC. I. c. S. fimbriata, Baldw. in Ell. sk. 1. p. 515, not of Sims. 



In rich soil on the banks of Flint River, Georgia, Baldwin! Apalachi- 

 cola, Dr. Chapman! April.— li Stem erect, 6-12 inches high. Calyx 

 tubular-infundibuliform ; teeth oblong, obtuse. Petals rery large, pale rose- 

 color. 



§ 7. Stems leaf ij to the summit: peduncles axillary and terminal, l-fiow- 

 ered. Hook, 



-7^ 20. S. Menziesii (Hook.) : minutely glandular-pubescent ; stem erect, 

 dichotomously branched; leaves crowded, ovate-lanceolate, the lowermost 

 oblong-ovate, acuminate at both ends ; flowers numerous ; peduncles about 

 the length of the leaves ; limb of the 2-parted petals with the segments linear, 

 much longer than the obovate deeply 5-toothed calyx; styles thickened 

 above, conspicuously bearded within.— //ooA-./. Bar. -Am. 1. p. 99. t. 30. 



N. W. America, from Oregon (Aultall !) to Slave ha\ie {Rich ardso7i). 

 Stem 6-12 inches high. Flowers the size of S. quadridentata. Petals not 

 crowned. Somewhat of the habit of Saponarla ocymoides. Hook. 



21. iS. stellarioides (Nutt.! mss.): "minutely pubescent; stem erect, 

 scarcely branched; flowers few; leaves lanceolate-oblong, acuminate; pe- 

 duncles longer than the leaves; petals bifid, longer than the obovate deeply 

 5-toothed calvx ; styles slender and smooth. 



"Woods, from Oregon to the western slope of the Rock}' Mountains, 

 nearly to the Fort of Wallawallah.— Stem 3-6 inches high. Peduncles li 

 to 2 inches long, mostly ullernate. Flowers few and white, very similar to 



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