1921 ] Smiley: Flora of the Sierra Nevada of California 173 



Specimens examined. Mariposa County, Snow Flat, Congdon in 

 1895 ; same locality, 8,700 feet, H. M. Evans, July, 1901 ; Mt. Bullion, 

 Mariposa County, Congdon in 1893. 



2. Silene aperta Greene, Leaflets, vol. 1, p. 75. 1904. 



Type locality. "Hockett's Meadows (Tulare County), at 8600 

 feet." 



Range. Southern Sierra Nevada. 



Zone. Canadian. 



Specimens examined. Hockett's meadows, Culbertson (B 4498) 

 co-type ; same locality, 8,500 feet, Hall and Babcock 5638 ; four miles 

 south from Hockett's meadows, 9,000 feet, H. M. and G. R. Hall 8478. 



This is the "S. aptera" of Jepson, Fl. Calif., vol. 1, pt. V, p. 506. 

 1914. 



3. Silene Watsoni Robinson, Proc. Am. Acad., vol. 28, p. 143. 



1893. 



Lychnis californica Wats., Proc. Am. Acad., vol. 12, p. 248. 1877, not 

 Silene californica Dur. 



Type locality. "In the high Sierra; near Ebbett's Pass." Brewer. 



Range. Sierra Nevada to the mountains of southern Oregon. 



Zo ne. Arctic-alpine. 



Specimens examined. Sierra County, Lemmon in 1875; Long 

 Lake, Plumas County, 6,700 feet, Hall 9349; Mt. Stanford (Castle 

 Peak) Hooker and Gray in 1877 ; Mt. Rose, 9,650 feet, Heller 9917 ; 

 near Ebbett's Pass, 9,000 feet, Brewer 2081; Cloud's Rest, summit, 

 Chesnut and Drew, July 13, 1889; Pyramid Peak, Tahoe, west side, 

 9,800 feet, Hall and Chandler 4720 ; Mt. Dana, Bolander ; same local- 

 ity, Congdon, August 10, 1898; Mt. Gibbs, Yosemite, 10,500 feet, 

 Smiley 788; Mt. Warren, Lundy trail, Congdon, August 21, 1894; 

 Mt. Goddard, 12,000 feet, Hall and Chandler 675; Denel's Peak, 

 Tulare County, above timber-line, 10,500-11,000 feet, Hall and Bab- 

 cock 5515 ; mountains on Little Kern River, Tulare County, 11-12,000 

 feet, Purpus 5182 ; Marble Canon, Tulare County, Dudley 1277. 



Silene Suksdorfii Robinson (Bot. Gaz., vol. 16, p. 44. 1891), a 

 species of the Cascades of Washington and belonging to that group 

 of high montane Silenes of which S. Grayi Wats. (Proc. Am. Acad., 

 vol. 14, p. 291. 1879) of Mt. Shasta, and 8. Watsoni are the best 

 defined members, is credited to the Sierra (Mt. Stanford, now called 

 Castle Peak) in the Syn. FL, vol. 1, pt. 1, p. 222, on the basis of 



