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2. L. Kingii, Watson. Pubesmit throughout : ptttils exsrrtcd, the phort and 

 flat blade ratlier deeply einarginate ; appcndaL^os entire or toothed; claw 

 ciliate, rather hroai/li/ anrichd : tilaiuents filiate. — A. Ajaueustsi of Bot. Kiiig's 

 Exp. 37. Peaks of the Uintas and in X. W. Wyoming. 



* * F/oirers rardi/ solilari/ : needs tuftorctdate. 



3. L. Drummondii, Watson. liaiher stout, finely glan(Iular-i)nhoscent 

 above: kaccs uunoaly vblanceohite : flowers few, on stout often elongated 

 pedicels: peUds included or tienrli/ so, white or ])lirple, Me entire or eimtrtjimtte 

 blade narrower than the auricled claiv ; afipendafjes minute. — Siiene l)rummondii 

 of the earlier Reports. Colorado, Wyoming, and northward. 



4. L. Parryi, Watson. Slender, finely glandular-pubescent above : leares 

 linear : llowers with the lateral pedicels mostly short : pttals lumj-exserted, pur- 

 plish, the broad blade clejl to the middle and with a short narrow lobe on ejich 

 side ; appendages quadrate or ovate, crenate ; claw broadly auricled. — Proc. Am. 

 Acad. xii. 248. N. W. Wyoming, Parry. 



3. CERASTIUM, L. Mouse-ear Ciiickweed. 



Stamens 10. Capsule often incurved, thrice the length of the calyx.— 

 Mostly pubescent or hirsute low herljs : flowers white, iu terminal leafy or 

 scariously bracted dichotomous cymes. 



1. C. nutans, Raf. A\n\\xd\, viscid-pubescent, erect : leaves narroicly oblong 

 or linear-lanceolate, clasping, the lowest spatulate • cyme open, rather many- 

 flowered : pedicels often nodding or rejiexed in fruit : petals slightly longer than the 

 sepals : capsule curved. — Across the coutineut and southward into northern 

 Mexico. 



2. C. alpinura, L. Silky-hirsute, decumbent, fete /luwered : leaves elliptical- 

 ovate: peduncles nu)re or less elongated: petals bifid, twice the length of the 

 hairy sepals : capsule nearly twice as long as the calyx. 



Var. Behringianum, Regel. Petals and capsule half longer than the 

 cali/x, siiorter tlnui the ])e(licels: stems 2 to A-flowered. — (^. vulgntnni, var. 

 Behringianum, of Fl. Colorado, I^ayd. Rep. 1872, and Hot. King's Fxj?. 

 Mountains of Colorado and W. Wyoming. 



3. C. arvense, L. Perennial, downy with reflexed hairs, cespitos^ : havrs 

 linear to linear-lininolate, clasping: cyme feiv-flowen d : pedicels erector nodding: 

 petals nearly twice longer than the sepals: capsule little exceeding the cn'yT, nmrly 

 straight. — Colorado and northward through Utah, Montana, and Wyoming, 

 and across the continent. 



4. STELLARIA, L. CincKwr.i.n. 



Stamens 10 or fewer. Styles 3, or rarely 2. 4, or 15. Cap.«»ulc globose to 

 oblong. — Low herbs, mo.stly diffuse: leaves rarely subulate: flowers white, 

 solitary or cymoso : stems mostly 4-angle(l. 



* Bracts small and scarious. 

 ■*- Petals none. 

 1- S. umbellata, Tnrcz. Clalirous : stems very .«5londer. .T«rending from 

 slender creeping rootstocks, which are covered with orbicular scales: leaves 



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