Silene. CARYOrHYLLACEJi:. §5 



OIK'S shorter ; appendages linear, entire, lialf the length of the limb ; claw slightly 

 villous, without auricles : filaments slightly cxserted : stipe 3 linens long, as long as 

 the olilong ovary. — Proc. Am. Acad. x. 343. 

 Big Meadows, Plumas Co., Levitnon. 



11. S. montana, Watson. Puberulent : the stems slender, from a decumbent 

 branching perennial l)ase, mostly simple, a foot high : leaves narrowly oblanceolate, 

 1^ to 2 inches long, acuminate: flowers in a narrow panicle, erect upon usually 

 short jiedicels : calyx cylindrical, 7 to 9 lines long, the oblong teeth acutish : petals 

 apparently rose-colored, scarcely longer ; the broad blade deeply 4-cleft into linear 

 entire equal .segments ; claws naked, the auricles and broad ovate appendages some- 

 what lacerate : capstdo oblong, the stipe 2 lines long. — Proc. Am. Acad. x. 343, 



Ncnr Carson City (Anderson), nnd in Sierra Valley, Sierra Comity, Ij-mmon. A perhaps dis- 

 tinct form from the I31ue Mountains, Oregon, has the short (|uadratc limb barely notched, the 

 coronal appendages and auricles entire or nearly so, and the stiiw shorter. 



12. S. Palmeri, Watson. Puberulent with short spreading hairs, the inflores- 

 cence glandular : stems slender, a foot high, from a branching rootstock : leaves 

 oblanceolate, an inch long: llowers purplish, on slender pedicels in an open panicle: 

 calyx four lines long ; teeth short : petals very narrow, half an inch long ; blade 

 4-parted into linear entire or bifid lobes ; .appendages linear ; claw not auricled, and 

 with the filaments very villous : styles and stamens much exserted : capsule oblong, 

 exceeding the calyx ; stipe about a line long : seeds tuberculatc, not crested. — Proc. 

 Am. .Acad. xi. 124. 



Cuiamaca Mountains, San Diego Co., Dr. Edward Palm f.r. 



S. Our.oANA, Watson, also from tlie Blue Mts., Oregon, may extend into California. It has 

 its petals 2-parted, with filiform bifid segments, very narrow claws with the auricles produced up- 

 ward, and a long-stipitate eajwule. 



-J- 4- Vatah bifid. 



13. S. pectinata, Watson. Viscidly pubescent: stems erect, stout, simple or 

 branched, 1 to 1 ^ feet high, several from a stout perpendicular root : leaves lanceolate, 

 acuminate, 1| to 2^ inches long, the radical long-petioled : flowers in a narrow strict 

 or spreading panicle, erect on pedicels \ to 1 incli long : calyx oblong, 6 to 9 lines 

 long, cleft nearly to the middle into narrow acute teeth : ])etals dark rose-color or 

 ])urple, about an inch long ; claw naked, not auricled ; blade broadly oblong, deeply 

 bilid with obtuse segments ; apiu'iidagea lanceolate, entire : ovary oblong, nearly 

 sessile: seeds finely tulierculate. — Proc. Am. Ac,ad. x. 344. 



Near Cai-son City {Andrrxon); Walker's Meadows {nrnirr) ■ I'lumas and Sierra counties, Afrs. 

 M. E. P. AmMi\\v\ Lr)ni)wn. 



14. S. incompta, (J ray. Vi.scidly puberulent or jiubcscent : stems tall and lax, 

 simple or somewhat branched : leaves broadly lanceolate, acute, li^ to 2i inches long: 

 flowers on slender rather short i)edicels loosely racemose : calyx oblong-cylindric, 

 six lines long, the oblong teeth acute: petals a half longer, light rose-col.'tr ; lobes 

 ovate-oblong, often toothed ; claws naked, very narrowly auricled ; appendages short, 

 toothed : capsule ovate, not exceeding the calyx, very shortly stipitate : seeds small, 

 not tubercniate. — Proc. Am. Acad. vii. 330." S. Eiiffehnanni, Kohrb. 1. c. 264. 



Mount Bullion and Yosemite Valley, Bolandf.r, Torrcy. 



15. S. verecunda, Watson. (Jlandularpubescent : stems low, clustered, erect, 

 simple, 8 to 18 indies high : leaves oblanceolate. acute, an inch or two long : flowers 

 few in a loo.sn panicle, erect upon stout and mostly elongated jiedicels \ to an inch 

 long: calyx oblong-cylindric, half an inch long; teeth acutish. triangular: petals 

 rose-color, a half longer; blade oblong, cleft to the middle into linear entire lobes; 

 appendages notched at the ajiex; claw naki'd, narrowly auricled : filaments included: 

 ovary oblong, shortly stipitate : capsule oblong-ovate, exceeding the calyx : seeds 



