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longer than the calyx ; seeds smooth.~Stem 6-1° high. The character is 
drawn from Colorado and Utah specimens. S. gracilis, Eich., and S. borealu, 
var. r., Hook., which are referred by Planchon to this species, have 2-parted 
petals, longer than the sepals. From Hudson's Bay to the Rocky Moiiiitaiiis, 
lat. 52^62'', and in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Found 
Humboldt Mountains, Nevada, and in the Wahsatch and Uintas; 9-10,000 
feet altitude ; July, August. (163.) 
Stellaria Kingil Glabrous below, glandular-pubescent a1)()V(' ; stems 
strict, erect, numerous, from a somewhat woody base ; leaves lincar-sclaceous, 
rigid, shorter than the internodes, mucronatc, ciliate ; jjelals deeply l>ilid, 
scarcely longer than the acute pubescent scarious-margiiicd l-iicrvcd sepals ; 
bracts ovate-acute, scarious; capsules becoming lialf longer iliaii llie (!.] " long) 
calyx, and dehiscing with 6 nearly equal ieelli. — Sienis 3-4'hii:li, sojiicwJiat 
ca3spitose. East Humboldt Mountains, Nevada; 9,000 j'eel altitude; July. 
Plate VI. Fig. 1. Stems; natural size. Fig. 2. A node, and leaves. 
Fig. 3. A flower, laid oj)en ; both enlarged four diameters. (1C4.) 
Aeenaeia congesta, Nutt. Caespitose, glabrous; leaves long, Hnear-subu- 
late, pungent; flowers in roundish compact heads, with crowded meinlira- 
nous bracts; sepals ovate, acute, membranous, obscurely 3-iierved, about 
half the length of the oblong petals; capsule equaling the ealyx ; seeds 
smooth. — Stem 6-1° high, simple. Bear River Valley, (Nullall;j Wind River 
Mountains, Wyoming, (Fr(3mont ;) Oregon, (Spalding.) Found in the Uinta 
Mountains, Utah; 8-10,000 feet altitude ; July. (165.) 
Aeenaria FORMOSA, Fisch. {A. nardifolia, Ledeb.) Leaves linear-seta- 
ceous, scabrous-ciliate ; stems erect, simple, and with tin; pedniieles viseidly 
pilose; panicle trichotomous, few-flowered; sepals thick, obtuse, tlie innc r ones 
very broad and pilose-glandular, half shorter than the ohovate |)< i:il>."' — 'I h*; 
present specimens are nearly glabrous, with iIk- stems rather stout and >trie1, 
(5-10' high,) from a woody caudex showiiii,^ 20 annual rini:>; h av^ - ! 
long, somewhat scabrous on the inaririn, lower ones rarely laseieled, nuiero- 
nate, and the mucro frequently curved ; eorymhs rather crowded : the >hort 
peduncles and ovate abruptly acute sepals glanduhir-piihrseen! ; p. i.ils twice 
longer and the capsule becoming half (or frequently twice) lon::<r than the 
calyx ; uppermost bracts scabrous. Si)eciniens in Her!». Gray of Tcdnnc Ironi 
Mount Ranier, Palmers ;;55 from Fort Whipple, Arizon i. i.^.J's Ironi the 
Cascade Mountains, Irom the Kootanie and the ii'ocky M. iint.iii.-. ^md 'l<>t~ 
