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26. Silene verecunda S. Wats. Dolores Campion. Fig. 1745. 



Silene Engelmannii var. Behrii Rohrb. Linnaea 36: 264. 1869. 

 Silene verecunda S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 10: 344. 1875. 

 Silene luisana S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 23: 261. 1888. 

 Silene Behrii F. N. Williams, Journ. Linn. Soc. 32: 180. 1896. 



Perennial, densely glandular-pubescent, the stems decumbent at base, 1-2 dm. high, several 

 from the crown of a taproot. Basal leaves narrowly to broadly oblanceolate, acute to short- 

 acuminate, 2-5 cm. long, narrowed to a winged petiole of shorter length; stem leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, sessile ; flowers few to several, in a loose irregular panicle or raceme, erect, the 

 pedicels rather stout; calyx oblong-cylindric, 10-12 mm. long, densely glandular-pubescent, the 

 teeth oblong, obtuse, scarious-margined ; petals pale rose, well exserted, 2-cleft, the segments 

 oblong, entire or emarginate, with or without nearly obsolete lateral lobes, the claws glabrous, 

 appendages broadly oblong, blunt, auricles narrow, rounded ; stamens and style included ; capsule 

 short-stipitate ; seeds papillate, the papillae developed into a crest on the margin. 



Grassy slopes, Upper Sonoran Zone; near the coast of central California from San Francisco to San Luis 

 Obispo County. Type locality: rocky hills, near Mission Dolores, San Francisco. March— June. 



27. Silene platyota S. Wats. Cuyamaca Campion. Fig. 1746. 



Silene platyota S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 17: 366. 1882. 

 Silene verecunda var. platyota Jepson, Fl. Calif. 509. 1914. 



Perennial, minutely puberulent and glandular above, the stems erect, several from the branch- 

 ing crown, 3-7 dm. high. Lower leaves narrowly oblanceolate, 4-7 cm. long, narrowed to a 

 winged petiole ; stem leaves narrowly linear, tapering above to the acute apex ; inflorescence a 

 loose panicle ; pedicels slender ; calyx cylindric ; 10-12 mm. long, scarious between the green nerves, 

 the teeth acute, ciliate on the margins ; petals greenish white, well exserted, the blades 2-cleft to 

 less than half their length, the segments oblong, entire or irregularly notched, with or without 

 2 nearly obsolete lateral teeth, appendages narrowly oblong, auricles rounded, entire or sublacerate ; 

 capsule ovoid, short-stipitate; seeds tessellate on the sides and crested with a single row of 

 tubercles. 



Open coniferous forests. Arid Transition Zone; southern Sierra Nevada and the Inner Coast Ranges from 

 San Benito County to San Diego County, California. Type locality: Cuyamaca Mountains, California. June—Aug. 



Silene Spaldingii S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 10: 344. 1875. Perennial, glandular-tomentose, the stems 

 several, 3 dm. high, very leafy. Leaves lanceolate, 3-5 cm. long, sessile; flowers in a strict cymose panicle or sub- 

 spicate; calyx cylindric, becoming obconic and constricted about the stipe in fruit, 14—16 mm. long; the teeth 

 triangular-lanceolate, acute; petals greenish white, not exceeding the calyx, the claw broad and spatulate, broadly 

 auricled, the blades very minute with 2 short entire blunt or triangular teeth, appendages small; capsule 

 ovoid-oblong, short-stipitate. Rocky ground, Arid Transition Zone; Union County, Oregon, and southeastern 

 Washington, to central Idaho; rarely collected. Type locality: on the Clearwater River, Idaho. 



28. Silene Douglasii Hook. Douglas' Campion. Fig. 1747. 



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



Silene multicaulis Nutt. in Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1 : 192. 1838. 



Silene elata S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 12: 249. 1877. 



Silene columbiana Howell, Fl. N.W. Amer. 78. 1897. 



Silene dilatata Suksdorf, Deutsch. Bot. Monatss. 16: 312. 1898. 



Silene oraria M. E. Peck, Torreya 32: 148. 1932. 



Perennial, finely puberulent and only slightly or not at all glandular above, the stems many 

 from a branching rootstock, erect, slender, 2-6 dm. high. Leaves narrowly oblanceolate to nar- 

 rowly linear, more or less puberulent, 5-8 cm. long ; inflorescence a few-flowered open cyme ; 

 calyx oblong or obovoid, 10—14 mm. long, more or less puberulent, the teeth obtuse, scarious on 

 the margins ; petals white or pink, 2-cleft, the segments entire, appendages oblong, entire, auricles 

 present ; capsule ovoid, short-stipitate. 



Open coniferous forest in rocky places, Transition and Boreal Zones; British Columbia to central California, 

 east to Montana. Type locality: above the Grand Rapids of the Columbia. June-Aug. A variable species, and 

 several of the above synonyms have been proposed as varieties. 



29. Silene Macounii S. Wats. Macoun's Campion. Fig. 1748. 



Silene Lyallii S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 10: 342, in part. 1875. 



Silene Macounii S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 26: 124. 1891. 



Silene Douglasii var. viscida Robinson, Proc. Amer. Acad. 28: 145. 1893. 



Perennial, finely puberulent and rather densely glandular above, the stems several from a 

 branching rootstock, erect, 1-3 dm. high. Leaves linear-lanceolate or narrowly oblanceolate, 5-7 

 cm. long, puberulent ; calyx oblong-campanulate, 8-10 mm. long, usually purple-tinged, the teeth 

 short, obtuse; petals white or brownish purple, exserted, the blades 2-cleft and with a linear 

 lateral tooth on each side, the claws auricled, glabrous, appendages oblong or quadrate ; capsule 

 stipitate. 



High mountain slopes, Boreal Zones; British Columbia, south through the Olympic and Cascade Mountains 

 to Oregon, and east to Alberta and Utah. Type locality: summit of the Rocky Mountains, British Columbia. 

 June-Aug. 



30. Silene Grayi S. Wats. Gray's Campion. Fig. 1749. 



Silene Grayi S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 14: 291. 1879. 



Perennial, puberulent, glandular above, the stems cespitose, erect, 1-2 dm. high. Leaves 

 1.5-2 cm. long, linear to oblanceolate, the basal numerous and crowded, the cauline few and 



