434 ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO VOL. I. 



daws and filaments, as well as the stipe of the capsule, are more or less woolly- 

 villous. 



17'. S. Grayi, Watson. Dwarf ami alpine, 3 to G inches hi;,'h, densely pubern- 

 lent : leaves oljliiaceolate, G to 8 lines lon^', the cauline 2 or 3 pairs : llowers usually 

 2 or 3, erect or sommvh.it noddini,', resembling those of »S'. Doufjlasii ; petals rose-color, 

 the broad blade bilid to the middle with a prominent tootli each side, and the broad 

 claw with narrow entire auricles : capsule short, nearly sessile. — Proc. Amer. Acad. 

 xiv. 291. 



On Jlount Shasta, near snow. Brewer, Hooker & Graij, A. S. Packard, Jr. 



S. S.\Kai;XTlI, Watson, 1. c, coUi'cteil on the Monitor iMountains, Nevada {Prof. C. S. Sargent), 

 is an allied alpine spt-cies, to be distinguished by its longer Unear leaves and kuger Mowers, the 

 l)etals with laciiiiately tootheil auricK-s and toothed apiieudages, the styles long-e.vserled, and the 

 narrowly cylindrical capsule long-stipitate. 



Page C6. P. LYCHNIS, Touin. 



Styles 5, rarely 4, and capsule o[iening by as many or twice as many teeth ; other- 



Avise as S'Uene. — Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. xii. 248. 



A genus of about 40 species, of the temperate and arctic portions of the northern lieniisphere ; 

 reiiresented in America by 11 species, mostly arctic or alfiine. 



1. L. Californica, Watson, I. c. Alpine, 2 to 4 inches high, cespitose and peren- 

 nial, glanLlular-|)ubcruli;nt above : leaves linear to linear-oblanceolatu : llowers 1 to 3, 

 on slemler pedicels, with ovate-campanulate calyx 4 or 5 lines long ; petals with ex- 

 serted obovate bilid blade loljcd at each side : styles occasionally only 3 or 4 : capsule 

 shortly stipitate. 



On Mount Dana (Bolander) ; above Silver Mountain Pass (Brewer), and at some station farther 

 north, Leiiiinon. 



V>. SAPONARIA, binn. Cow-Hkkb. 



Calyx tubular-ovate or -oblong, obscurely nerved. Petals 5, with or without 

 crown, the blade entire or emarginate. Stamens 10. Styles 2. (Jap.sule dehiscing 

 by 2 or 4 valves, 1-cellcd, or imperfectly 2- 4-celled at base, many-seeded. 



A genus of Europe and e.\tratro|iical Asia, known in America only by a few intii^luced sjiccies. 



1. S. Vaccaria, Linn. Annual, glabrous and glaucous, 1 or 2 feet high, with 

 spreading brandies : leaves lanceolate, sessile and clasping, the lower idilanceolate : 

 calyx angletl, becoming 5-winged, purple-tipped : petals pale red, exserted, entire, 

 without crown. — Vaccaria viilijaris, Host. 



Butto County {Mrs. J. Bidwell) ; ( 'amp Bidwell {Dr. W. Matthews). 



S. OFFICINALIS, Linn., a stout spieading jjcrennial, with large clustered rose-colored often 

 double flowers, is common eastward and to be expected in California. Calyx tubular, terete : 

 petals emarginate, bearing a slender crown. Known as Soapwort or Bouncing Bet. 



Page 67. 2. CERASTIUM. 



2*. C. viscosum, Linn. Annual, viscidpulioscont, suberect, 3 to 12 inches 

 high : leaves ovate or obovate to oblong-ovate, .V to 1 inch long : llowers in close 

 clusters : petals equalling the lanceolate acuminate narrowly margined sepals, H to 2 

 lines long, usually much exceeding the jiedicels : capsule at leiigth much exserted, 

 narrow, nearly straight. — C. vnlyatum, of the Manuals. 



Auburn, Placer County, Mrs. R. M. Austin. A Luroiiean species, widely naturalized. 



2^ C. vulgatum, Linn. Resembling the last, but perennial, with oblong leaves, 

 and witli somewhat larger flowers on longer pedicels : sepals 2 or 3 liiuis long, less 

 acute, and with a broader margin : capsule broader. — C. viscositvi, of the Manuals. 

 Plumas County, Mrs. Austin. The common Mouse-car (.'hickwecd of the east and Europe. 



