APPENDIX. 
431 
MELANDRYUM. 
^ Gasteolych>'is, styles 5, 
* Seeds with an inflated membranous margin. 
1. M. myoLUCRATtiM, Ch. & Sch., Var. affine, Valil. Greenland ; Labrador. 
2. M. APETALUsr, Fenzl. {Ludinis, L.) See page 36. 
* * Seeds not margined. 
3. M. TRIFLORUM, Liebm. (Lychnis, R. Br.) Greenland. 
4. M. Ajanekse, Eohr. (Lychnis, Regel.) See page 37. 
§ Elisanthe. Styles 3. 
* Fruiting calyx contracted at the apex. 
5. M. Illixoexse, Rohr. (Silene regia, Sims.) Ohio to Illinois and sontlnvur.l to Ahibnina and Mis- 
sissippi. 
* * Fruiting calyx open at the top. 
(a.) Flowers in panicled cymes, the central ones refloxcd in fruit. 
6. M. ViEGixicuM, A. Brann. (SiJem, L.) From W. Now York and Canada to Illinoi.s and south- 
ward to Georgia and Alabama. 
7. M. Pennsylvanicum, Rohr. (Sihne, Mx.) From New Eriglaiul IV-niis^vlvaiiia and K. i.tnrky 
and southward to Georgia and Alabama. 
8. M. Californicum, Rohr. (Silenc, Dur. S. lacimata, Var., Gray.) Calyx-teeth ovatc-obloug, ob- 
tuse; petals purple, many-cleft, the claws ciliolate; capsule ovate, 4-5-time8 longer than its stipc.—Culi- 
fornia. 
(h.) Flowers all erect in fruit; calyx-teeth much shorter than the tube, and the capsule 3 or nu)re 
times longer than its stipe, (except in M. IVrighUL) 
9. M. Wriohtii, Rohr. (SUene, Gray.) Calyx-teeth subulate, half as long as the tube ; capsule ob- 
long, about equaling its stipe; petals white, 4-cleft, the middle lobes 2-3-lobed or entire.— New Mexico; 
only collected by Wright. 
10. M. Bolanderi, Rohr. (Silene, Gray.) Stems dwarf, erect, 1-5-flowered ; calyx-teeth acute ; petals 
pink, 4-6-parted, the broad claws villous-ciliate, long-essertod ; capsiile very shortly stipitute.— Califor- 
nia ; only collected by Bolander, 
11. M. Hookeri, Rohr. (Silene, Nutt.) Stem low, subdecumb'ent, 3-7-tlowered ; calyx-tw tli acute ; 
petals white, divaricately 4-parted, the claws villous-ciliate (?), long-exscrted.— Oregon ; a single speci- 
men, collected by Gardiner, (Gairdner ?) 
12. M. Baldwixii, Rohr. (SHeT^e, JTutt.) Stems low, suberect from a creeping base; calyx-ti . tlj 
acute ; petals white or pinkish, ovate-cuueate, flmbriately many-cMt, claws villous-ciliatc.— Georgia ; 
Florida. 
13. M. LACINTATCM, Eohr. (Silene, Cav.) Eoughi.sli-pubescent; leaves lanceolate to linear; calyx- 
teeth lanceolate, acute, the strife anastomosing above; i)etaLs scarlet, 4-^-cleft, claws glabrous and a 
little exserted; capsule oblong, 3 times longer than its stipe.— Northern Mexico and Southt rn California. 
14. M, Greggii, Rohr. (Silene, Gray.) Leaves obovate or ovatc-laiiceolatc, roughi^h-pubescfnt ; 
branches and calyx densely viscid-pubescent ; calyx- teeth oblong, white-margined, densely ciliate, the 
stria) above only uniting ; petals scarlet, 4-parted, the claws glabrous, a little exserted.— New Sbixico. 
15. M. ROTODiFOLiuM, Rohr. (Silene, Nutt.) Calyx pubescent with long hair-, the stria' unustonius- 
ing above, teeth oblong, obtuse. — Kentucky ; Tennessee. 
SILENE. 
Subgen. BEHEN. Corolla imbricate in oistivation ; Cf^lyx almost ahs ays inflated, 10-20-ncrv('d ; f lie 
nerves reticulately veined or rarely only bifurcately united toward tlic top ; pennnial. 
* Calyx 10-nerved, somewhat reticulate-veined above; petals 2-ck'ft, tb<; chiw-i naked. 
1. S, DoTTGLAsn, Hook. See page 36. 
2. S. KiVEA, DC. Pennsylvania to Blinois. 
Subgen. SILENE. Estivation of the petals alternately contorted; calyx iM-ie i v. .1 and veinl. .ss or 
the nerves anastomosing, or 20-30-60-nerved and the nerves not anastomosing, rarely inflated in flower, 
sometimes so in fruit. 
