MEMOIRS OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN. I43 



Silene Menziesii Hook. FI. Bor. Am. i: 90 [111. Fl. 2 : 13 : Syn. 



Fl. i' : 219: Man. R. M. 32; Bot. Cal. i: 63]. 



Among bushes, at an altitude of 1000-1800 m. 



Montana: Manhattan, 1895, Bydbcrg, 263 j ; Melrose, 2634; 

 Northern Montana, F. W. Anderson ; Silver Bow Co., Mrs. Moore; 

 Bitter Root Valley, 1880, Watson. 



Lychnis Drummondi (Hook.) Wats. Bot. King's Exp. 5: 37 [111. 



Fl. 2: 15; Syn. Fl. i^ : 225; Man. R. M. 33] ; Silene Drum- 



mondi Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. i : 89. 



On hills in the plain region, and ascending the valleys to an alti- 

 tude of 2000 m. 



Montana: Lima, 1895, Rydberg\ 2636; Deep Creek, 1891, R. 

 S. Williams., 141; Bozeman Pass, 1883, Canby, j^. 



Yellowstone Park : Pebble Creek, 1885, Tweedy, y62. 



* Lychnis apetala L. Sp. PI. 437 [111. Fl. 2:15; Syn. Fl. i' : 226] . 



Distinguished from X. Kino-ij and L. niontana by the nodding 

 flower and the calyx inflated in fruit. In alpine regions, at an alti- 

 tude of nearly 3000 m. 



Montana: Upper Marias Pass, 1883, Canbv, 36. 



Vaccaria Vaccaria (L.) Britton ; Britt. & Br. 111. Fl. 2:18; Safona- 



ria Vaccaria L. Sp. PL 409 [Syn. Fl. i' : 213 ; Man. R. M. 



31] ; Vaccaria vulgaris Host, Fl. Aust. i : 518. 



In waste places, cultivated soil and sandy hillsides. 



Montana: Pony, Julv 8, 1897, Rydbcrg & Bessey, 400 j ; Boze- 

 man, 1887, Tzceedy, jg; Cottonwood Creek, 1892, W. T. SJiazv ; 

 Madison Co., Mrs. McNulty ; Sheridan, Mrs. L. A. Fitch; Custer 

 Co., 1892, Mrs. Light; Sixteen Mile Creek, 1883, Scribner, 10. 



ALSINACEAE. 



Alsine Baicalensis Coville, Cont. U. S. Nat. Herb. 4 : 70 ; Stcllaria 

 nnibellata Turcz, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1838: 89 [Syn. Fl. i' : 

 233 ; Man. R. M. 33 ; Bot. Cal. i : 67] ; x\o\ Alsine nnibellata Lam. 

 In wet rich soil, at an altitude of 2000-3000. 

 Montana: Yogo, 1888, R. S. Williams, /jp ; Park Co., 1887, 



Tzveedy, 42: Stillwater Canon, 44. (a depauperate form). 

 Yellowstone Park : East De Lacy's Creek, Aug. 10, 1897, 



Rvdberg ci- Bessey, 4.010; Electric Peak, Aug. 18, 401 1 and 4012; 



Mt. Washborne, 1884, Tweedy, 2pj ; Indian Creek, 2pi ; 1885, y6o. 



