676 SUPPLEMENT.— PORTULACACEiE. 



rather long peduncles ; calyx cylindrical, elongated ; the teeth oblong, with 

 broad membranaceous margins ; petals (deep red) nearly equally 4-cleft. — 

 Lychnis pulchra, var. Hook. SfArn.J lot. Beechey, suppl. p. 3^6 (an Cham. 

 Sf Schlecht. ?) 



California, Douglas! — Lower part of the stem wanting in our speci- 

 mens ; the summit naked, sparingly paniculate, 5-9-flowered, or more. 

 Upper leaves 2-3 inches long, 1-2 lines wide. Calyx about an inch long, 

 slightly clavate in fruit. Petals exserted scarcely one-third their length; 

 the limb deeply 4-cleft to the same point ; the segments linear, the lateral 

 ones a little smaller : crown small, erose-toothed. — The specimens agree 

 pretty well with the description of Lychnis pulchra, except in the narrower 

 leaves ; but there are only 3 styles I 



20. S. Menziesii (Hook. !) — The specimen of Menzies (in herb. Banks..') 

 is just the S. stellarioides of Nuttall. Hooker's species includes the two; 

 but if they be distinct, the name of 5^. Menziesii ought to be retained for the 

 plant of Menzies. It is evident, however, from the specimens now in our 

 possession, that they are only varieties of the same species. 



23. S. axillaris (Leavenworth) is most probably Cuphea viscosissima. 

 11. DIANTHUS, p. 195. 



J). Caroliniana (Walt.)— The specimen in his herbarium consists of an 

 umbel of Dodecatheon Meadia ! in fruit. 



Order PORTULACACE.^. 

 3. CALANDRINA, p. 197. 



2. C. speciosa (Lindl. not of Hook. lot. mag. t. 3379) is a synonym of C. 

 Menziesii. 



5. CLAYTONIA, p. 198-202. 



4. C. alsinoides. — The syn. C. Unalaschkensis is correctly added to this 

 species. — The C. Sibirica of Linnaeus (as appears from the specimen inhis 

 herbarium, which however wants the root) is the same with the S. Sibirica, 

 Pallas ! in herh. IVilld. ; and to it belong C. arctica, Adams, S^-c, C. Joan- 

 niana, Roim. Sf Schult., C. Chamissoi, DC. ! (excl. syn.) and C. acutifoUa, 

 Ledeb. fl. Alt. not of herl. Willd. ! (pi. Pall.) which is very different. It 

 has been collected on the islands between Asia and the North West Coast, 

 and probably exists upon the American Continent. 



6. C. perfoliata. — In cultivated specimens, the raceme is often elongated, 

 and the cauline pair of leaves occasionally almost distinct. 



9. C. exigua. — Add syn. C. spathulata, /?. major and y. exigua, iibo^. 

 S(Arn.! lot. Beechey, suppl. p. 344. (Both forms appear quite different 

 from the original figure of C. spathulata.) 



10. C. gypsophiloides (Fisch. & Meyer!) should be placed between C. 

 perfoliata and C. parviflora, from which last perhaps it is not sufficiently 

 distinct. 



12. C. aquatica (Nutt.) is the same with C. Chamissonis, Eschs. .' Sf 

 Ledeb. in Spreng. syst. 1. p. 790; Cham. S^' Schlecht.! in Linncea, 6. p. 

 562 (not of DC), which name must accordingly be adopted. The stolons 

 bear little bulbs, which are noticed by Chamisso, but are not observable in 



