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long, white or pinkish; claw naked, narrowly auricled; blade bifid, with rounded 

 lobes. Mountains: Calif. Utah Wash. Submont. 



7. S. columbiana Howell. Stems 2-3 dm. high, puberulent, not viscid; 

 leaves narrowly oblanceolate or linear, puberulent, 4-6 cm. long; calyx campanu- 

 late, inflated, 8-^-12 mm. long, puberulent; petals white, 15-18 mm. long; claws 

 with broad auricles; blades deeply 2-cleft, with rounded lobes; capsule short- 

 stipitate. S. Douglasii brachycalyx B. L. Robins. Hillsides: Wash. Ida. 

 Utah. Submont. Mont. Je-Au. 



8. S. Lyallii S. Wats. Stem 1-3 dm. high, minutely puberulent below, 

 glandular above; leaves linear-lanceolate or oblanceolate, 5-7 cm. long, puberu- 

 lent; calyx 8-10 mm. long, usually purple-tinged; lobes short-ovate, obtuse; 

 petals 12-15 mm. long, white or brownish purple; claws broadly auricled; blades 

 bifid, with a linear tooth on each side; appendages oblong or quadrate. S. 

 Macounii S. Wats. S. tetonensis E. Nels. Mountains: Alta. Wyo. Utah 

 Ore. B.C. Submont. Alp. Jl-Au. 



9. S. multicaulis Nutt. Stems 2-4 dm. high, puberulent; lower leaves 

 oblanceolate or spatulate, 3-7 cm. long, thin; upper leaves linear; calyx about 

 15 mm. long; lobes ovate, obtuse or acute; petals 2-2.5 cm. long, white, 2-cleft; 

 claw broad and auricled. Mountains: Alta. Wyo. Ore. B.C. Plain 

 Mont. Jl-Au. 



10. S. Douglasii Hook. Stems 3-5 dm. high, puberulent; leaves narrowly- 

 oblanceolate to linear, more or less puberulent, 5-10 cm. long; cyme few-flowered; 

 calyx 15-18 mm. long, puberulent; lobes ovate, obtuse; petals 2-2.5 cm. long, 

 pink or white; capsule stipitate, ovoid. Mountains: Mont. Utah Calif. 

 B.C. Submont. Subalp. My-Au. 



11. S. Scouleri Hook. Stems simple, 3-7 dm. high, puberulent and glandu- 

 lar above; lower leaves narrowly oblanceolate, 5-10 cm. long, densely puberulent, 

 the upper ones linear or linear-lanceolate; inflorescence 1.5-2 dm. long; calyx 

 oblong-clavate, strongly veined; petals 15-20 mm. long, white or purplish; 

 blades bifid; appendages blunt; capsule stipitate. Mountains: Mont. Colo. 

 Ore. B.C. Submont. Mont. Jl-S. 



12. S. Hallii S. Wats. Stems 2-4 dm. high, puberulent and more or less 

 glandular; lower leaves narrowly oblanceolate, 5-10 cm. long, finely pubescent; 

 upper leaves linear; calyx oblong or campanulate, strongly striate, about 15 mm. 

 long; lobes triangular, acute, with scarious margins; petals purple, slightly ex- 

 ceeding the calyx; capsule short-stipitate. Mountains: Colo. N.M. Submont. 

 Subalp. Jl-Au. 



13. S. Menziezii Hook. Stems erect or ascending, 1-3 dm. high, dichoto- 

 mously branched, very leafy, retrorsely hirsutulous and more or less glandular- 

 villous, especially above; leaves ovate-lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, acuminate 

 at both ends, 3-8 cm. long; calyx turbinate-obovoid, 5-8 mm. long; petals 2- 

 cleft, white, 6-^10 mm. long, without a crown (always ?) ; capsule sessile, ellipsoid, 

 slightly exceeding the calyx. S. stellarioides Nutt., a narrow-leaved form. Among 

 bushes: Sask. Mo. N.M. Calif. Mont. Submont. Subalp. My-S. 



14. S. acaulis L. Leaves linear, more or less glandular-ciliolate, 5-10 mm. 

 long (in var. subacaulescens 14 cm. long); flowers polygamo-dioecious, the 

 pistillate ones usually somewhat smaller, in the typical form on peduncles 1-4 

 cm. long or (in var. excapa) sessile or nearly so; calyx oblong, 5-6 mm. long, rounded 

 or sunken or rarely acute at the base; petals pink or purple, exceeding the calyx, 

 emarginate or 2-lobed, rarely entire; capsule cylindric, exceeding the calyx, sessile, 

 or (in the var. excapa) ovoid or subglobose. Moss CAMPION. Alpine-arctic situa- 

 tions: Greenl. N.H. IsT.M. Ariz. Alaska; Eurasia. Mont. Alp. Je-Au. 



15. S. vulgaris (Moench) Garcke. Cespitose caulescent perennial; stems 

 glabrous or nearly so, 2-4 dm. high; leaves lanceolate, acute, 3-5 cm. long, 

 glabrous; flowers polygamo-dioecious; calyx campanulate to subglobose; petals 

 white or pink, 2-cleft, almost without crown. S. inflata Smith. BLADDER 

 CAMPION. Fields, roadsides, and waste places: N.B. N.J. Colo. Alta.; 

 Calif. Wash.; adv. or nat. from Eu. Plain -Submont. My-S. 



