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This species is one of the handsomest plants of our mountains, showy "because of its 

 bright scarlet flowers. Most of our specimens might be placed under greggii, but there 

 seems to be no reason for maintaining this as a subspecies. It differs from the typical 

 form only in its wider leaves and there seems to be no constancy in this character. 



4. Silene wrightii A. Gray, PI. Wright. 2: 17. 1853. 

 Melandryum wrightii Rohrb. Linnaea 36: 253. 1869. 



Type locality: Crevices of rocks, mountain sides near the Copper Mines, New 

 Mexico. Type collected by Wright (no. 862). 



Range: Southwestern New Mexico. 



New Mexico: Mogollon Creek; Santa Rita. 



One of the rarest species of the genus, for apparently it has been collected but 

 twice. 



5. Silene pringlei S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 23: 269. 1888. 

 Silene concolor Greene, Leaflets 1: 153. 1905. 



Type locality: Cool slopes at the base of the cliffs in the Sierra Madre, Chihua- 

 hua. 



Range : New Mexico and Arizona, southward into Mexico. 



New Mexico: Higher mountains throughout the State. Damp woods, in the 

 Transition and Canadian zones. 



There seems to he no essential difference between this and Silene scoulcri, a species 

 of the northwest. Probably S. pringlei should be treated as a synonym of that species. 



The type of Silene concolor is from Iron Creek (Metcalfe 1482). 



6. Silene menziesii Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1: 90. pi. 30. 1830. 

 Type locality: "North-West coast of America." 



Range: British America to California and northern New Mexico. 



New Mexico: Near Chama (Standley 6765). Moist woods, in the Canadian Zone. 



7. Silene noctiflora L. Sp. PI. 419. 1753. Night-flowering catchfly. 

 Type locality: "Habitat in Suecia, Germania." 



Range: Native of Europe, widely naturalized in North America. 

 New Mexico: Balsam Park, Sandia Mountains (Ellis 364). 



4. WAHLBERGELLA Fries. 



Herbaceous perennials; styles 5, rarely 4, the capsule opening by as many or twice 

 as many teeth ; petals in ours wanting or inconspicuous. 



1. Wahlbergella drummondii (Hook.) Rydb. Bull. Torrey Club 39: 318. 1912. 



Silene drummondii Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1: 89. 1830. 



Lychnis drummondii S. Wats, in King, Geol. Expl. 40th Par. 5: 37. 1872. 



Type locality: "Plains of the Saskatchewan." 



Range: British America to Arizona and New Mexico. 



New Mexico: Rio Pueblo; Ponchuelo Creek; Tunitcha Mountains; Chama. Damp 

 meadows, in the Transition Zone. 



5. AGROSTEMMA L. 



Pubescent biennial with linear-lanceolate leaves; flowers large, showy, reddish 

 purple; calyx lobes linear, foliaceous; stamens 10; styles 5, alternate with the calyx 

 lobes. 



1. Agrostemma githago L. Sp. PI. 435. 1753. Corn cockle. 



Lychnis githago Scop. Fl. Cam. ed. 2. 1: 310. 1772. 



Type locality: "Habitat inter Europae segetes." 



Range: Native of Europe and Asia, widely introduced into grain fields and waste 

 ground in North America. 



New Mexico: Balsam Park, Sandia Mountains (Ellis 382). 



