Silene. ( 'A UYOIMIV I.I.AC K/K. (53 



Low : leftvea nnnow : clnw iianowly amii-jeil : stipe sliort : seed 



strongly liil)orculiito on tlie limk. 15. S. verkcunda. 



Pubcnileiit : leaves nnrrow . claw broadly auriclcd : stijK) rather long : 



seed tuhcrcled. 17. S. Doufii.Afiii. 



Petals white, very narrow ; lobes linear : styles longex.serted. IG. S. Biiiik;esii. 



§ 1. Calyx campatiulate, inflated: floivers feio in a loose panicle or j^aniculate raceme: 



perennials. 



1. S. campanulata, Wntson. rilandulnr-jmbenilcnt : 8tein8 erect, G to 10 

 incites liigli, simplo or (lichotoinously bmncluvl at the smninit : leaves lanceolate, 

 1 to 1^ inches long, acute or acuminate : llowors solitary or few, on short nodding 

 pedicels : calyx 5 to 6 lines long, finely net-veined, the teeth broad and acute or 

 acutish : petals pale flesh-color, 9 lines long ; claws pubescent, narrowly auricled ; 

 blade 4-parted, the lobes bilid or the lateral ones entire or notched ; appendages ob- 

 long, entire : lilamonts pubescent, exserted : ovary subglobose, shortly stipitato. — 

 Proc. Am. Acad. x. 342. 



Red Mountain, Mendocino County, Bolander, Kellogg. 



2. S. Lyallii, Watson. Glabrous except the subglandidar pubcrulcnt inflores- 

 cence : stems slender, ascending : leaves lincar-oblanceolate, 1 to 2 inches long : 

 flowers few in a dichotomous cyme, erect on slender pedicels : calyx 4 lines long, 

 net-veined above ; teeth broad, obtuse : petals brownish jjurple, 7 lines long ; blade 

 oblong, shortly bifid ; claw naked, scarcely auricled ; appendages oblong, entire : 

 anthers included : ovary narrowly oblong. — Proc. Am. Acad. x. 342. 



In Gold Lake and Sierra Valleys, Sierra County, Lcmmon. Cascade Mountains, Washington 

 Teiiitoi-y, Lyall. 



Wliat ajipoars to bo another species of this group, with pendulous (lowers, has been collected in 

 the Sierra Nevada above Cisco, but the material is too mengio for ii specific description. The 

 flowors are clustered, on short pedicels ; calyx greenish, 4 to .I linos long ; blade shortly bifid, 

 obscurely toothed at the side, and with short entire a'pjx'ndagcs ; inllorescenco puberulcnt. 



S. MONANTHA, Watson, 1. c, the one other western species with inflated calyx, has been found 

 only at the falls of the Columbi.a. It is distinguished by weak elongated stojns, the long-pedun- 

 culate flowers terminal and solitary, not deflexed, and the limb of the i>etals bifid. 



§ 2. Calyx oblong-cylindric or clavate, becoming expanded by the enlarging ovary. 



* Annuals : floivera small, solitary, rarrmo-te or paniclcd : capsule ovoid, very shortly 

 stipitate, 3 to 4 lines long. 



3. S. Qallica, Linn. Villous-pubosccnt : leaves spatulate, 1 to IJ inches long: 

 flowers on very short pedicels, racemose, 4 to 5 lines long, the rose-colored petals 

 little exceeding the calyx. 



A European species now widely distributed. Abimdant in many localities near the coast 



4. S. antirrhina, Linn. Glabrous, with a part of each joint viscid, erect, slen- 

 der, 1 to 2^ feet high : leaves lanceolate or linear: flowers in a naked dichotomous 

 ])a!iicle, on long pedicels: petals obovate, minutely appondaged, equalling the calyx. 

 — Kohrb. in Mart. Fl. Bras, xiv.' 292, t. GG. 



Throughout California, but apparently rare, ranging north to British Columbia and eastward 

 across the continent. 



* * Prrrunirils, spreading or derumhent, usually low : inflorescence leafy. 



5. S. Menziesii, Hook. Glandular-puberulcnt : stems ntnnerons, weak and 

 ascending, dichotoniously branched, G to 12 inches high, leafy : leaves ovate-l.inceo- 

 lato or -oblong, acute or ncuminiite nt each end, an inch or Iwo long: peduncles 

 1 (lowered, liiieral ami terminiil, eijualling the leaves: petals biliil, without crown, 

 3 or 4 lines long, exceeding the ovate calyx, white : capsule ovate-oblong, slmrtly 

 .stipitato : seeds minutely tubercidate, at leii(»th nearly black and shining. — Hook. 

 Fl. i. 99, t. 30. .S'. Dorrii, Kellogg, Proc. Calif. Acad. iii. 44. fig. 12. 



