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LYCHNIS. " 
S. multicaule 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 wlth obtuse teeth: petals bifid: seeds brown, mar- 
ee Beg a scaly crest. Eastern Oregon and Washington to Montana 
an 0. . 
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. 
+ + + + + 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-cili- 
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 |. 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-s 
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 deniscent by as many or twice as many teeth as stvles. 
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. Coronarta Desr. in Lam. Dict. iii, 648, 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 
