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From Mono Luke to the IJiilisli buuiuliuy and IVeiiiu-iit in the mountains eastward, ironi Slave 

 Lake to New Mexico. 



G. S. Hookeri, Null. Somowlmt wliilo-tuiiuinlose, espociuUy abovo, tlio leafy 

 stems 3 lo U) iuclies hi-;li IVuiii a deep peipeiulicuhir root : leaves spalulate, acute, 

 an inch or two Ion-,' : lli)\ver.s 1 to 5, lar^^o, erect, on pedicels U inches long : calyx 

 oblong-clavato, B to 10 lines long : i>elals pale-pink, twice longer than the calyx, 

 the broad claw ciliate below, the cuneato blade 4 - (i-parted with lanceolate or linear 

 entire or biiid seguients ; appendages lanceolate, decurrent upon the claw : ovary 

 nearly sessile. — Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 193; Hook. f. Bot. Mag. t. G051. 6'. JJul- 

 anderi, Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. vii. 330. Melaudryuvi Hookeri & M. Bulandtri, 

 Kohrb, in linmea, xxxvi. 254. 



Wooded hillsides, from I'lumas and Mendocino counties to the Columbia River. 



7. S. Californica, lUuand. (j!landular-i)ubescent or puberulenl : stems \ to 4 

 feet high, lax, leafy, somewhat branched above : leaves oblanceolate to ovate, 1^ to 

 4 inches long, acute or acuminate : llowers large, deej) scarlet, few at the ends of 

 the branches : pedicels short, the lower detlected in fruit : calyx 7 to 10 lines long : 

 petals deeply jjarted, with bitid segments, the lobes 2 - 3-toothcd or entire, with 

 often a linear lateral one ; appendages oblong-lanceolate : capsule ovate, \ inch long, 

 rather shortly sti[)itate. — 1*1. I'rattcn. 83. S. laciiiiata, var. Ctdiforuica, CJray ; 

 Watson, Troc. Am. Acad. x. 341. Melandryuin Califoraicani, Rohrb. 1. c. 252. 



From Mondoe.ino and I'laiMM- comities to Sanlu Cruz, Fort Tcjon, and tho Maripo.-ia Orove. It 

 probably c.\tomls southwani in tho Coast Ranges to San Dieyo. Tho llowers much resemble those 

 of the next species, to which it has been referred. 



* * * Erect perennials, loith the flowers in. a panicle or racemose-paniculate, the floral 

 bracts small and narrow. 



-J- Petals i-parted or i-cleft. 



8. S. laciniata, Cav. Pubescent Avith more or less viscid hairs or puberulent : 

 stems erect or ascending from a thick woody rootstock, 1 to 1 1 feet high : leaves 

 narrowly oblanceolate to linear, 2 to 3 inches long : flowers one or few on the elon- 

 gated branches, large, bright scarlet, on jiedicels ^ to 3 inches long, woi rellexed in 

 fruit : petals deeply 4-cleft with linear acute lobes, the lateral ones spreading and 

 shorter ; appendages ovate : capsule oblong, shortly stipitate, not greatly distending 

 the calyx : seed strongly tuberculate on tlie back. — Icon. vi. 44, t. 5G4 ; Lindl. 

 Bot. Reg. xvii. t. 1444. Lychnis pulchra, Cham. & Schlecht. Melandryu,ii lacini- 

 atum, Rohrb. 1. c. 



From the Sacramento soutliward into Mexico, and eastward to New Mexico. 



9. S. Lemmoni, AVatson. Glabrous or i)uberulent, tho inflorescence glandular : 

 stems erect from a decumbent perennial branching base, slender, 8 to 12 inches 

 high, branched : leaves nwstly on the young shoots, an inch long, spatulate t(j 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute : flowers in an open jianicle, erect or at length deflexed, on 

 slender i)edicels 4 to 9 lines long : calyx ovate-cylindric, 4 lines long, the teeth 

 acutely triangular : petals rose-colored, 6 to 8 lines long ; tlie broad blade 4-cleft 

 nearly to the base, with linear entire or notched lobes ; the lanceolate appendages 

 entire and the villous claw narrowly auricled : ovary oblong, very shortly stipitate. 

 — Proc. Am. Acad. x. 342. 



Webber Lake Valley, Sierra Co., Lciamon. 



10. S. occidentalis, Watson. Glandular-puberulent, or below somewhat tomen- 

 tose : stems often stout, erect from a vertical rootstock, 1^ to 2 feet high, simple or 

 branching : leaves oblanceolate, 2 to 4 inches long, acute, the lower ciliate at base : 

 flowers in an open panicle, erect or sometimes nodding, on slender pedicels G to 15 

 lines long : calyx cylindrical, G to 8 lines long, the teeth ovate and obtuse : petals 

 deep purple, one half lonjjer, deeply 4-cleft into nearly equal lobes or the lateral 



