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(261.) S. noctiflora, Linn. Night-flowering Catchfly. 



Introduced sparingly into fields und gardens. A weed in gardens, 

 N.S. (Lawson.) A rare weed in cultivated grounds, N.B. (Fowler's 

 Cat.) Frequent in cultivated grounds Quebec and Ontario, also at 

 Winnipeg, Manitoba. 



(262.) S. Menziesii, Hook. Fl. I., 90. 



S. slettarioides, Nutt. Torr. & Gray, Fl. I., 193. 



Belly Elver, N.W.T. (Burgess.) Vancouver Island near Victoria ; 

 Blackfoot Crossing of Bow Kiver; Cypress Hills at Fort Walsh; at a 

 salt spring near the mouth of Red Deer Kiver, at the head of Lake 

 Winnipegoosis, N. W. T. (Macoun.) North-west coast of America. 

 (Menzies.) Woods near Port Moody, B. C. (Hill.) Portage D'Em- 

 barras, Slave River. (Richardson.) 



(263.) S. acaulis, Linn. Moss Campion. 



St. Paul's Island, and Cape Breton Island. (McKay.) Top of Mount 

 Albert, Shickshock Mountains, Gaspe, Q. (Macoun.) Coast of Lab- 

 rador. (Butler.) Throughout the whole of Arctic and Subarctic 

 America, and from Labrador to Behring's Straits. (Hooker.) Elevated 

 parts of the Rocky Mountains, Lat. 52-56. (Drummond.) Kootanie 

 Pass near the 49th parallel. (Dawson.) Bow River Pass; Mount 

 Selwyn, Peace River Pass. (Macoun.) Cariboo Mountains, B. C. 

 (Cowley.) Kotzebue Sound, Cape Lisburne, and Youcon River banks. 

 (Eothr. Alask.) Greenland. (Hook. Arct. PL) 



Excluded Species. 



Silene Pennsylvania is mentioned in Hooker's Fl. I., 90, as occurring 

 on rocky islands on the north side of Lake Erie, but ho states that he 

 had not seen the specimens. As S. Virginica has been found in the 

 same vicinity, if not in the very same locality, I consider the latter 

 species as the one meant. 



78. LYCHNIS, Tourn. (LYCHNIS, COCKLE.) 



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 (264.) L. apetala, Linn. 



Labrador. (Morrison.} At Fort Norman, near the Arctic Circle. 

 (Richardson.) Abundant everywhere beyond the Arctic Circle and as 

 far west as Behring's Straits. (Hooker.) On the more elevated parts 

 of the Rocky Mountains, Lat. 52 D -56. (Drummond.) Bow River Pass ; 



