PINK FAMILY 89 



Flowers mostly nodding. 



Petals cleft into 4 narrow lobes 3. 5 1 . lemmonii. 



Petals cleft into 2 lobes 4. 5". bridgesii. 



Flowers strictly erect. 



Leaves ovate or lanceolate 5. 5". menziesii. 



Leaves linear, forming mats 6. 5". watsonii. 



1. S. antirrhina L. Sleepy Catchfly. Leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate or linear, about 1 in. long. Flowers small, pink 

 or red, erect. Petals scarcely exserted from the calyx, 

 notched. 



This erect, sparingly branched weed (1 ft. or so high) has 

 smooth stems except that the middle of each upper internode 

 is sticky. It grows in the Yosemite and doubtless in other 

 of the lower valleys. 



2. S. californica Dur. Indian Pink. Leaves lanceolate or 

 broadly elliptic, narrowed to a sessile base, 1 to 3 in. long. 

 Flowers 1 in. long, deep red, erect. Petals with 2 broad lobes 

 flanked by 2 narrow ones. Stamens and styles exserted. 

 Seeds covered with minute protuberances. 



The stems of this plant rarely rise more than 6 to 12 in. 

 above the ground but are sometimes much taller. They are 

 from thick, perennial roots and, like the leaves, are finely 

 pubescent. The strikingly handsome flowers are occasionally 

 seen on shaded hillsides along our lower borders, as at 

 Hodgdon Ranch, Hites Cove, Wawona Road near Eight- 

 mile, etc. 



3. S. lemmonii Wats. Leaves lanceolate to oblanceolate, 

 acute, usually shorter than the internodes on flowering stems. 

 Flowers J / 2 to Y in. long, mostly nodding, solitary or in clus- 

 ters of 2 or 3 along the upper part of the stem. Petals white 

 or pale rose, cleft into 4 linear segments, the claw with 2 

 narrow appendages. Styles much exceeding corolla. 



This is by far the most common Catchfly at middle altitudes 

 and is at once recognized in the field by the drooping flowers 

 and finely fringe-cut petals. The stems are branching and 

 leafy at base and 1 to 2 ft. high. 



4. S. bridgesii Wats. Habit and general characters of 

 S. lemmonii, from which it may be distinguished by the petals 

 which are cleft into only 2 segments. — Yosemite Valley is the 

 type locality of this species, reported also from Snow Creek 

 and Mt. Dana. 



5. S. menziesii Hook. Stems weak, 2 in. to 2 ft. high, very 

 leafy throughout. Leaves mostly longer than the internodes, 

 broadly lanceolate to ovate, acute at each end, the upper 

 leaves scarcely smaller. Flowers y^ to Y in. long, in a leafy- 



