CARYOPHYLLACE^E. 79 



LYCHNIS. 



S. mnlticaule Nutt. T. & G. Fl. i, 192. Grayish tomentulose : stems 

 numerous, erect, rigid, about a foot high : leaves linear-oblanceolate : rather 

 acute: flowers- in threes, few, on shortish peduncles: calyx ovate-cylindri- 

 cal, slightly inflated with obtuse teeth : petals bifid : seeds brown, mar- 

 gined with a scaly crest. Eastern Oregon and Washington to Montana 

 and Idaho. 



S. scaposa Robinson Proc. Am. Acad. xxviii, 145. Finely puberulent, 

 somewhat viscid above: stems erect, subsimple almost naked 12-18 inches 

 high, rather rigid: radical leaves thickish, oblanceolate, acute, 3-nerved, 

 somewhat glaucous 2-3 inches long. 3-5 lines broad, cauline leaves reduced 

 to 1-2 pairs of distant bracts: inflorescence a narrow rigid panicle : flowers 

 small erect: calyx oblong or elliptical in outline, with simple green nerves: 

 petals white scarcely exceeding the calyx; the blade short, retuse, the claw 

 with somewhat saccate auricles : appendages short, obtuse : ovary shortly 

 stiped. Blue Mountains of Oregon, Nevius; Cold Camp, Oregon, Howell. 



- -t- *-*-+- Inflorescence subspicate or forming an elongated 

 thyrse : styles included or moderately exserted. 



S. Scouleri Hook. Fl. i, 88. More of less pubescent and glandular, 

 especially above : stems stout, erect, few or solitary from deep perpendicu- 

 lar roots, 1-4 feet high, leaves oblanceolate 2-6 inches long: flowers some- 

 what crowded in the axils of the bracts: calyx oblong clavate: petals bi- 

 fid, the lobes oblong emarginate; the claws with acute auricles woolly-dil- 

 ate as well as the filaments; scales obtuse; capsule ovate-oblong 3-4 times 

 longer than the stipe. Oregon and Washington, east to the Rocky Moun- 

 tains. 



S. Spauldingii Watson 1. c. x, 344, Viscidly tomentose: stems erect, 

 stout, a foot high or more, simple or branched, very leafy: leaves lan,- 

 ceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 1-2 inches long, acutish; flowers in a short- 

 strict, racemose panicle, nodding or erect: calyx oblong-cylindric, 7-8 

 lines long ; petals scarcely exserted, the broad auricled claw naked, the 

 limb very short and triangular, notched at the apex and with four small 

 lanceolate scales at the base ; filaments and style included : ovary oblong, 

 shortly stipitate. Eastern Oregon and Idaho. 



2 LYCHNIS Tourn. Inst. i, 333 t. 175, L. Gen. n. 584. 



Erect herbs with the aspect of Silene. Calyx ovoid, obovate, 

 or clavate, 5-toothed, 10-nerved, usually inflated, its teeth short 

 and not foliaceous. Petals with or without appendages ; the 

 blade entire or variously lobed or cleft. Stamens 10. Styles 5, 

 rarely 4, alternating with the petals when of the same number. 

 Ovary 1-celled or divided at the base into 4 or 5 partial cells. 

 Capsule dehiscent by as many or twice as many teeth as styles. 

 Seeds laterally attached : embryo curved. 



L. Drummondii Watson Bot. King 37. Finely glandular pubescent 

 above : stems several from thick rootstock, strict and rather stout a foot or 

 two high : leaves narrowly oblanceolate 2-3 inches long, erect : flowers few, 

 on stout strictly erect often elongated pedicels : calyx cylindric becoming 

 oblong-ovate, 5-6 lines long, with short acutish teeth: petals rarely 

 slightly exserted, white or purple, the narrow emarginate blade narrower 

 than the auricled claw, scales minute, capsule nearly sessile. Eastern 

 Oregon to Colorado. 



L. CORONABIA Desr. in Lam. Diet, iii, 643, Densely woolly-tomentose 

 throughout: stems 1 -3 feet high : leaves oval or oblong: calyx ovoid, its 

 teeth filiform, twisted, the alternating ribs more prominent: petals large, 

 light crimson. Escaped from gardens, in several places from Seattle 



