VI. 



PLANTJE WRIGHTIAN^ 



17 



Hyperi 



HYPERICACEiE. 



FORMOSUM, H. B. K. Nov. Gen 



Prodr. l.p. 547. Valleys near Santa Cmz, Sonora, in springy 



w. 196 



This accords very closely with the description and fi^rure of K 



the 



t 



same as 



H. Scouler 



Gray, PL Fendl. p. 11, from New Mexico 



f. 160; DC, 

 Sept. (860.) 

 SDccies. It 



The 



plant has blunter sepals with scarcely any glands along thcir margins ; but 



I suspect it is not specifically 



Americana. Ar 



ELATINACE^. 



r Gray, Gen. III. 1. p. 220. t. 95. Margin of moun- 



streams near the copper mines, New Mexico 



Oct 



CAHYOPHYLLACE^. 



SiLENE Greggii (sp. nov. Siphonomorpha) 



pubesc 



radice 



perenni assurgentibus ramosis foliosis ; foliis basi angusta sessilibus obovatis sub 



pedunculis semper erectis calyce longe tubuloso clavato longiorib 



petalis 



puniceis, lamina 4-fida, lob 



apice 3-4-dentatis 



psula cyHndracea b 



stipitata 



Stony 



at the 



mines, New Mexico ; Aug. (861.) (Mountains near Saltillo, Gregg, No. 

 Stems 1 to 2 feet long, usually glandular and viscid. Leaves 1 to 2 inches 



223.) 

 long, 



Peduncles about an inch and a half, the calvx nearlv an inch 



broadly obovate; the bracts 



ong 



Panicle 



of 

 the 



petals 8 



fc> 



flowered 

 Lamins 



the lobes entire, the middle ones somewhat 



6 



the 



but the sinuses of equal depth. Capsule an inch long, nearly included 

 Except in the form of the leaves, this plant differs little from what 



I take for Silene 

 gathered by Wisl 



Cav. (No. 723 of 



Mexican collcction ; also 



at Cosiquiriachi), to which Lychnis 



Cham 



Schlecht. Linncsay 5. p. 234, may apparently be referred 

 S. Wrightii (sp. nov. Siphonomorpha) : undique v: 



lignescentc 



scoso-pubescens, multiceps e 

 caulibus adscendentibus spithamoeis foliosis; foliis ob- 

 sessilibus, inferioribus basi attcnuatis ; pedunculis sub- 



to ssepius longioribus ; den- 



solitariis erectis foliis brevioribus calyce fructifero clavato 



tibus calycis subulatis tubo vix dimidio brevioribus ; pe 



lobis lateralibus minoribus, centralibus 2 - 3-Iobatis incisisve seu integ 



albis 



4-fida, 

 coronse 



gmentis ovatis integ 



psula oblonga stipite pauU 



In 



of rocks, mountain-sides near the copper mines, New Mexico ; Aug. to Oct. (862.) 

 This is a low, very glutinous-pubescent species, forming tufts from a thickened ro( 

 the weak and at length diffuse crowded stems from a span to a foot long. 



2 inches 



lowest tapering into a margined 



Leaves 



Calyx 7 to 9 



lines long. Lamina of the petals 3 lines long, sometimes nearly 4-cleft, often with 



the middle lobes incised 



• 



Stellaria prostrata, Baldw. in Ell. Sk. 1. ». 518. Along the Limp 



head: June 



(863.) 



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