Silene. CAKYOI'JIYLLACEJ:. 221 



S. OCCidentalis, Watson. ViscidKlaiuluhir, 2 feet hifjii : Bteiris one or two from a ftiiijjle 

 strong root, hraiitlied above: k-avt-s hiiKL'tilaie or oMaiRLMilute, '> to :i iijilie« loii;^ : Huwers 

 ill a very loose open panicle: calyx elongatefi, cyliiidric, hecoiniiif,' davate in fruit: jietali* 

 I)urple, 4-cleft into lanceolate segments; hlades narrowed gradually into cunc-at^' ilawn, 

 tlie latter devoid of auricles; aj)]icndages linear: cajisule idilung, upmi a, «ii|K' 2 lines in 

 len<itli. — I'roc. Am. Acad. x. .'U.t ; Hrew. & Wats. I.e. C4. — < ':ilif..rnia, without special 

 locality, Boluiuhr : I'lunKis Co., L, mmun, Mrs. Austin; IJutte Co., Mis. liiilinll; Alpine 

 Co., Hansen ; Modoc Co., Baker. 



2. Petals with a (.sometimes small hut) well marked hilid hhuic, each IoIk; sometimes beuring 

 a very small lateral tooth. 



O Hlades nearly or qnitc a.s long as the glahrous claws. 



S. repens, P.vtuiv. Finely and densely puherulent : stems .several from a branched and 

 cniiiini^ rootstock, leafy: leaves thinnish, lanceolate, attenuate both ways: intiore.Mcnco 

 ratlier dense, often thyrsoid, hut sometimes more loosely jianiculate : caly.\ ]iurplish, Tj or 6 

 lines in length: spreading limb of the rose-purple petals 2 or :i lines in length, with retu.so 

 or entire segments; appendages oblong, entire : carpophore very lujig, often equalling or 

 exceeding the fruit. — I'atrin in I'ers. Syn. i. .'iOO; Ledel). Ic. t. 42.'> ; K. Hnmdegee, Zee, 

 iv. 84. 5. purjturala, (Jreene, I'ittonia, ii. 22a. — Porcupine Kiver in the interior of N. 

 Alaska, Turner, S. Centr. Montana, Ri/dbcrff, Flodman. (N. Asia and Caucasus Mts.) 

 O O Blades much shorter than the claws; these pubescent below. 



S. verecunda, Watson, 1. c. 344. Low, 6 to 18 inches in height, finely pubescent below, 

 glandular-viscid above : stems several, leafy especially near the base : leaves narrowly lan- 

 ceolate, oblanceolate, or spatulate, to linear, acute : Howers terminal on the short branches 

 of the inflorescence or borne in 3-flowered lateral cymes: calyx .«oon becoming davate or 

 obovate by the develo])nient of the broad ovoid cajisnle : calyx-teeth with membranons 

 ciliated margins: petals ro.se-colored ; claws glabrous, narrowly or more broadly aurided ; 

 blades 2-cleft into short entire or slightly toothed oblong segments ; appendages oblong or 

 lanceolate, blunt and often somewhat toothed at the apex. — Brew. & Wats. 1. c. 65. S. En- 

 gelmarini, var. Belirii, Hohrb. I^inna;a, xxxvi. 264. S. plati/ota, Wats. 1. c. xvii. 366, merely 

 a .slender form of southern range. S. Luisaiia, Wats. 1. c. xxiii. 261, narrow-leaved form 

 not satisfactorily se])aral)le from the tyy)e. — Central California from Mt. Diablo (ace. to 

 Greene) and near San Francisco (first coll. at Mission Dolores by Bolander) to San Luis 

 Obispo, J. G. & 5. A. Leinvion, and southward chiefly in the mountainous regions to the 

 Cuiamaca Mts., Palmer ; H. midsummer. (Lower Calif., Orcult.) This species has long 

 been regarded as local, yet patient .search has faileil to show satisfactory or constant charac- 

 ters to distinguish the type from the more southern forms here included, whicli greatly 

 extend its range. 



S. Sargentii, Watson. Cespitose, minutely pubescent : stems numerous, slender, erect, 

 6 inches high : leaves linear or nearly so, inch or two long, a line or so in breadth ; the 

 radical crowded, covering the rootstock witli their slightly enlarged and imbricated ba.ses; 

 the cauline 2 to 3 pairs: calyx cylindrical, 7 lines long; teeth short : petals white or pink; 

 claws exserted, with broad laciinately cleft auricles; blades short, obovate, bifid ; segments 

 each bearing a small lateral tooth : cajjsule well stipcd, cylindrical, very slender, at maturity 

 scarcely more than a line in diameter: seeds tuberculate-crested. smooth on the faces. — 

 Proc. Am. Acad. xiv. 290. — Table Mountain, Monitor Range, N. Nevada, Sar<j<nt. Kuowu 

 from a single specimen only. 



3. Petals with large spatulate claws; the almo.st obsolete blades consisting merely of two 

 very .short entire blunt or triangular teeth; appendages 4, very small and entire: viscid- 

 glandular species of Itiaho and Washington. 



S. Spaldingrii, Watson. Vi.sciil-tomento.se: stems several, knotty, a foot high, very leafy; 

 branches appressed or a.scending: leaves lanceolate, sessile. 1^ to 2 inches long: flowers 

 subs|)ic.ite or ai)pre.s.sed cymose-panicnlate : calyx in fruit obconical, nion- herbaieons than 

 usual in the genus, net veined nearly to the base; teeth rather large, triangular lancfHilato, 

 acuti.sh: petals greenish white, not exceeding the calyx; daws bro.-jdly aurided; blade« 

 bifid, very short indeed, scarcely surpassing the four small ap|)enilages : capsule orate- 



