to the Rocky Mountains. 169 



long as the leaves, flat, linear, spreading, axillary, eacli supporting a sin- 

 gle flower, which is furnished, a little below the base, with 2 large lanceo- 

 late bracts, much resembling the leaves in shape and appearance. Floxver 

 about half an inch in diameter. Sepals 5, petaloid, silky externally, 

 orange-yellow internally, lanceolate, unequal. Petals 3; 2 inferior semi- 

 orbicular or lunate, the other unguiculate, with an expanded 3-lobed bor- 

 der. Stamens 4, somewhat monadelphous at the base ; anthers oblong, 

 opening by 2 pores. Pistil; germen bristly, subglobose ; style somewhat 

 curved, slender, smooth, about as long as the stamens ; stigma simple. 



Hab. On the Canadian ? 



Obs. This is the first species of the genus which has been 

 found north of Mexico. It is remarkable for its numerous 

 persistent peduncles and foliaceous bracts. 



CARYOPHYLLE^. 



34. Stellaria jamesiana ; viscoso-pubescens, foliis lan- 

 ceolatis, subfalcatis, arete sessilibus, acutis ; caule subramoso, 

 flaccido; floribus laxe paniculatis, divaricatis; petalis bilobis, 

 sepalis oblongis acutis subduplo-longioribus. 



Desc. Stem somewhat branched, weak, quadrangular, viscidly pubes- 

 cent, particularly above. Leaves lanceolate, more or less falcate, about 4 

 inches long and nearly half an inch broad, closely sessile, margin glandu- 

 larly pubescent. Panicle few- flowered, divaricate; peduncles slender, at 

 length reflexed. Calyx pubescent ; sepals oblong, acute. Petals oblong 

 nearly twice as long as the calyx, cleft about one-third their length, 

 the lobes oblong and obtuse. Stamens 10. Germen ovate, styles 3. 

 Capsule oblong, deeply valved. Seeds few, suborbicular, compressed, 

 rugous. 



Hab. Moist situations within the Rocky Mountains. 



35. S. ueta, Richardson app. Frank, nar. ed. 2. p. 16. 

 Rocky Mountains. 



Obs. First found by Dr. Richardson on the shores of the 

 Arctic Ocean. I have received specimens from my esteemed 

 friend Professor Hooker, collected by Lieut. Ross in Captain 

 Parry's second voyage, which exactly agree with those from 

 the Rocky Mountains. 



