166 CARYOPHYLLACEAE 



Silene Gormanii Howell. Fl. N.W. Amer. 77. 1897. 



Silene montana var. viscida Henderson, Rhodora 32: 25. 1930. 



Silene filisecta M. E. Peck. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 4 : 186. 1934. 



Perennial, puberulent and glandular above, the stems erect, 1.5-3 dm. high, many, arising 

 from the crown of a taproot. Basal leaves numerous, oblanceolate, 2.5-5 cm. long, narrowed to 

 a slender elongated petiole, those of the stem rather remote, linear-lanceolate, sessile or nearly so; 

 inflorescence a spicate raceme; calyx cylindric, 12-15 mm. long, scarious between the green 

 nerves, the teeth 3 mm. long, acute ; petals greenish white or tinged with rose, 4- or 6-cleft into 

 narrow segments, the claws glabrous, appendages fimbriate or toothed; capsule oblong-ovoid, 

 its stipe 5 mm. long. 



Open coniferous forests, Arid Transition Zone; Crater Lake and Siskiyou Mountains, southern Oregon, to 

 the North Coast Ranges and the southern Sierra Nevada, California, and adjacent Nevada. Type locality: near 

 Carson City, Nevada. June-Aug. 



22. Silene grandis Eastw. Coast Campion. Fig. 1741. 



Silene grandis Eastw. Bull. Torrey Club 30: 487. 1903. 



Perennial, densely grayish pubescent, the stems erect, 3-5 dm. high, very stout and much 

 thickened at the nodes, leafy throughout. Leaves 3-7.5 cm. long, broadly ovate, acutish, the 

 lower petioled, the upper sessile ; flowers clustered in the upper axils, the pedicels stout, erect ; 

 calyx oblong-campanulate, 12-16 mm. long, scarious between the green nerves, the teeth 2 mm. 

 long, very obtuse ; petals greenish white, unequally 4-cleft, the two middle lobes broad, truncate, 

 toothed, the lateral shorter, narrowly lanceolate and divergent, the claws glabrous, appendages 

 truncate, toothed, auricles narrow and rounded ; capsule oblong, stipitate, slightly exceeding the 

 calyx. 



Sea bluffs, Humid Transition Zone; Sonoma and Marin Counties, California. Type locality: Bodega Point, 

 Sonoma County. May-Aug. 



23. Silene pacifica Eastw. Pacific Campion. Fig. 1742. 



Silene pacifica Eastw. Bot. Gaz. 41 : 285. 1906. 



Silene grandis var. pacifica Jepson, Fl. Calif. 510. 1914. 



Perennial, minutely pubescent, glandular above, the stems erect, 3-6 dm. high. Basal leaves 

 oblanceolate, their blades 3-7 cm. long, narrowed to a petiole of about equal length, the upper 

 leaves reduced, and narrowed to a sessile base ; flowers clustered in the upper axils, subtended by 

 foliaceous bracts ; pedicels short, erect ; calyx 15 mm. long, the tube tubular, truncate at base, 

 very viscid, prominently green- or purplish-veined, teeth 4 mm. long with white or purplish 

 margins; petals 15 mm. long, claret-colored with white claws, the blade deeply cleft, with the 

 lobes entire, laciniate or bilobed, appendages laciniate-dentate ; capsule 1 cm. long ; stipe stout ; 

 seeds light brown, slightly pitted. 



Seacoast, Humid Transition Zone; Humboldt County to San Mateo County, California. Type locality: 

 Rodeo Lagoon, Marin County, California. April-Sept. 



24. Silene Scouleri Hook. Scouler's Campion. Fig. 1743. 



Silene Scouleri Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1 : 88. 1830. 



Silene Drummondii A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 8: 377. 1873. 



Perennial, puberulent below, densely glandular above, the stems erect, 2-7 dm. high, arising 

 from the branching crown of a taproot. Basal leaves oblanceolate or spatulate, 2-6 cm. long, 

 narrowed to a petiole of equal length or longer; stem leaves linear-oblanceolate to linear- 

 lanceolate, sessile; flowers in an interrupted spicate raceme, usually several at the nodes; calyx 

 12-14 mm. long, oblong, scarious between the green nerves, the teeth acutish, ciliate ; petals white 

 or tinged with purple, well exserted, 2-cleft, and sometimes with a lateral tooth on each side, the 

 segments emarginate or toothed, appendages blunt, denticulate, auricles narrow, slightly laciniate ; 

 capsule with a stipe 2-4 mm. long. 



Dry prairies, Transition Zone; Vancouver Island to Curry County and Willamette Valley, Oregon, east to 

 Idaho and Colorado. Type locality: Vancouver, Washington. July-Aug. 



Silene insectivora Henderson, Rhodora 32: 24. 1930. Perennial, the stems 6-18 cm. high densely 

 glandular throughout. Lower leaves obovate-spatulate to linear-oblanceolate, 4 cm. or more long, the upper re- 

 duced o bracts, 1-2 cm. long; peduncles branched, 1-3 cm long; calyx 15-20 mm long, the lobes narrowly tri- 

 angular to ligulate, often one third the length of the tube, glandular-pubescent; petals narrowly cuneate the blade 

 bifid, appendages narrowly lanceolate, the claw somewhat lacerate above; ovary oblong. Known only from the 

 type collection: "in meadows of Sprague River, Klamath County. Oregon. 



25. Silene scaposa Robinson. Blue Mountain Campion. Fig. 1744. 



Silene scaposa Robinson, Proc. Amer. Acad. 28: 145. 1893. 



Perennial, finely puberulent, sparingly glandular above, the stems simple erect, several from 

 the crown of a stout taproot. Basal leaves numerous, oblanceolate, 3-5 cm. long, narrowed to a 

 winged petiole of about equal length, the stem leaves of only 1 or 2 pairs, narrowly linear sessile ; 

 flowers in a narrow panicle; pedicels slender; calyx oblong, 10-12 mm. long, scarious between 

 the purplish or green nerves, the teeth scarious-margined ; petals white, scarcely exceeding the 

 calyx, blades short, shallowly 2 : cleft, the segments broad, appendages minute, obtuse, auricles 

 slightly saccate ; capsule short-stipitate. 



Mountain slopes. Arid Transition Zone; northeastern Oregon from Gilliam and Wheeler Counties to the 

 Blue Mountains. Type locality: Blue Mountains, Oregon. June-Aug. 



