gg CAUrOl'llYLLACE.K. SttUarui. 



flowers in rt siiuplc or ooinpouml open uuibtil-likii fow-rayed cyiuo ; pedicels olou- 

 gatoil : sepals ovate-liuii'i^ulule, l-nerveil, 1 to H Hues k)n<^ : petals none.: capsule 

 at lirst ovate, at leiij^lli nearly twice longer than the calyx. — Ledeh. I'l. Jtoss. i. 

 304 ; Watson, JJut. King V.\\). 38. 



Uocky MoiMitains of Coionulo ; in tlio Wiilisutcli (Wnlsoa) ; iit roicj,'oy'B ulmvi^ tin-. Vu.sciiiitu, 

 Oruy. Idoiilicul wiLli tlm Aaialic I'orm. 



4. S. longipes, Goldie. Smooth and shining or glaucous, erect or ascending, 



2 to 18 inches high: leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, h to 1^ inches lung, 1 to 1^ 

 lines wide, acute, rather rigid and usually ascending : llowers lew, on lung slender 

 erect pedicels, the scarious bracts oi'ten wanting in the less developed bpecimens : 

 sepals scarcely nerved, li to 2.^ lines long : petals abuut e(puilling or exceeding the 

 calyx : capsule ovate-oblong, at length exserted, usually Jark-colored at uiaturiLy : 

 seeil smooth. — Torrey, i»ot. Wilkes Exp. 2-15. 



In the Sierra Nevada hom the Yosuuiite iioithward, raugnig to the Arctic Sea and eastward to 

 Maine and Labrador : also Asiatic. 



5. KiNGii, Watson, liot. King Exj). 3!», t. G, of tiie mountains of Nevada, may be found iu 

 California : stems low, from a woody J)ase, strict, glandular-pubescent ; leaves linear, rigid, 

 short ; capsule half longer than the calyx. 



+- +- Brads foliaceous : pdah excetding the calyx, or wanting in thu Jint. 



5. S. borealis, Uigdow. (llahrous: stems usually weak, ca'ect or hpreading, 

 bninched, A to U feet high: hnivcs linoar-luniuiolate to ovato-ohloug, \ to 2 inc.hea 

 long, 1 to 5 lines wide, acute, usually spreading: llowers in dichotomous cymes, ou 

 pedicels h inch lung, at length spreading or deflexed : sepals ovate to lanceolate, a 

 line or two long, usually short : petals 2-parted, included, 2 to 5, or more usually 

 wanting: capsule ovate, 1^ to 2 lines long: seeds smooth. 



Wet pLaces in Mendocino County, Bolamkr ; the form with larger calyx. A connnon species 

 northward, ami in the mountains, across the continent ; also hi the Old Worhl. The variety 

 alpestris, Cray (var. corollina, Feiizl), with the bracts small and partly scarious, and with 

 roughish seeds, occurs in Oregon and may be found in California. 



G. S. Jamesii, Torrey. Somewhat viscidly pvibescent, rather stout, ascending, 

 branched, a h)ot or two high : leaves linear- to ovate-lanceolate, 1 to 3 inches long, 



3 to 9 lines wide, acuminate, dark green : ])edicel3 divaricate, rather short, at hingth 

 dellexed : sepals oblong, acute, 2 or 3 lines long, the bilid i)etals mostly twice 

 longer: capsule ovate, shorter than the calyx : seed smooth. — Torr. \: tJray, Fl. i. 

 183 ; Watson, Eot. King Exp. 38. 



In the Siena Nevada {Uulaudcr, Mrs. Ames), and in tlie mountains eastward to Colorado and 

 New Mexico. 



7. S. littoralis, Tornsy. Pubescent throughout, ascending, a foot high, rather 

 stout : leaves ovate, an inch long, iicute, rounded at base, rather thick : llowers in a 

 terminal compound cyme : sepals lanceolate, acute, obscurely 3-uerved, 2 lines long, 

 a little shorter than the 2-parted petals : styles sometimes 4 : cajisule shorter than 

 the calyx. — Pacif. Pt. Pep. iv. 09. 



Sea-shore, Pinita de los liiiyes, liiijrlow. 



4. ARENARIA, Linn. Sanowokt. 



Sepals 5, rarely 4. Petals as many, entire or rarely emarginate, or wanting. 

 Stamens 10. Styles 3, rarely more or fewer, opposite to as many sepals. Capsule 

 globose or short-oblong, dehiscent into as many entire, 2-cleft, or 2-parted valves us 

 there are styles, few - many-seeded. Seed reniform-globose or laterally compressed. — 

 Mostly low annuals or perennials, usually tufted ; with sessile leaves, often subulate 

 and more or less rigid, without stipules ; llowers white, cymosely [)anicled or capitate. 



A large genua of about 130 species, very widely dispersed, many of them arctic or alpine. 



