222 CARYOPHYLLACE.E. Silene. 



oblong, moderately stiped. — Proc. Am. Acad. x. 344. — On the Clear Water, Central Idaho, 

 Spalding; on the Ininaha, Union Co., Oregon, Cusick; fl. September, 

 c. Calyx broader, oblong, canipanulate or rarely obovate, rather loosely surrounding the 

 ovarv, sometimes narrowed downward but not distinctly contracted about the carpo- 

 phore. 



1. Petals divided into 4 nearly equal segments: appendages fringe-tootlied. 



S. Bernardina, Watson. Covered with a fine grayish pubescence below, finely glandular 

 above: caudex branching: stems several, slender, erect, 8 to 12 inciies high, furrowed, 1-5- 

 fiowercd : leaves grass-like, narrowly linear, half line to line in breadth, 1 nerved, acute : 

 terminal flower devehjping first, the lower ones borne upon l)ranches 1| to 2 inches long: 

 buds acute : calyx green-nerved ; teeth lanceolate, ai'utish, witli membranous ciliated mar- 

 gins: petals white with rather short blades; claws witii broad laciniate auricles; appendages 

 4, long; the inner ones broad and toothed : capsule moderately stiped. — Proc. Am. Acad. 

 xxiv. 82. — On shady slopes, Tulare Co., Calif., at Long Meadow, A//;«er, near Whitney 

 Meadows, Coville & Fuitsfon. 



2. Petals'bifid ; each segment with or without a smaller lateral tooth. 

 C Low, .3 to 8 inches in height. 



S. Grayii, Watson, 1. c. xiv. 291. Cespitose, minutely pubescent and glandular: rootstock 

 elongated, much branched; stem simple, erect, 4 to 6 inches high, l-.'j-flowered : leaves 

 short, oblanceolate or spatulate, slightly fleshy, 4 to 8 lines in length, the radical numerous, 

 crowded ; the cauline about 3 pairs : calyx broadly cylindrical ; teeth rounded : ])etals pinii, 

 with blades deeply bifid, the segments each bearing a lateral tootli ; claws narrowly auricled : 

 capsule short-ovoid, scarcely stiped. — Robinson, Bot. Gaz. xvi. 44, t. G. — Mt. Sliasta, above 

 the timber line and near snow. Brewer, Hooker & Grai/, Engelmunn, Packard, Prtnylt ; 

 Scott Mts., Engelmaim. 



S. Suksdorfii, Robinson, 1. c. Low, densely matted, alpine : stems 2 to 3 (rarely 4 to ;->) 

 inclies high, simple, 1-3-flowered, minutely pubescent below, glandular above: cauline 

 leaves about 2 pairs, linear spatulate, 3 to 7 lines long, a line wide, obtusisli ; radical leaves 

 numerous, crowded, similar or somewhat spatulate : calyx broadly cylindric or canipanulate, 

 seldom exceeding 5 lines in length; nerves conspicuous, simple below, anastomosing above : 

 petals white, little exceeding the calyx, shallowly bifid ; lobes entire ; appendages oblong, 

 retuse: stipe of capsule 1| lines long. — California to Washington, Mt. Stanford, Hooker 

 & Gray; Mt. Paddo, Suksdorf; Mt. Hood, Howell; Mt. Stewart, Brandegee ; Mt. Rainier, 

 Piper. 



S. Watsoni, Robinson. Finely glandular above, minutely pubescent or nearly smooth be- 

 low : steins many, cespitose from a multicipital caudex, erect, very slender, simple, 4 to 10 

 inches in height, bearing 1 to 5 or more flowers : leaves narrowly linear or very narrowly 

 oblanceolate, acute, dark green ; the radical numerous, an inch in length, seldom exceeding 

 a line in breadth ; the slender petioles expanding at the base, closely imbricated and con- 

 nate by scarious membranes : calyx ovate or somewhat obovate, 5 to 6 lines in length, with 

 purple more or less anastomosing nerves ; teeth witli membranous margins : petals white or 

 rose-colored ; blades short, a line in length, bifid ; each segment usually bearing a short 

 lateral tooth; appendages obtuse: styles ordinarily 3, rarely 4. — Proc. Am. Acad, xxviii. 

 143. Lychnis Call/ornica, Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. xii. 248 ; Coville, Contrib. U. S. Nat. 

 Herb. iv. 70. L. Parryi, Wats. 1. c , of W. Wyoming, is apparently tliis species, although 

 the single specimen on which it was based is 4-5-carpelled. In the absence of other differ- 

 ences its separation on this (probably inconstant) character is highly artificial. — California, 

 near Kbbett's Pass, Brewer; Mt. Dana, Bolander ; Sierra and I'lumas Cos., /yPmwo;(, south- 

 ward to Mineral King, ace. to Coville, 1. c. ; and northward to tlie Siskiyou and Cascade 

 Mts., Oregon, Howell, and Wasliington, Piper. The antiiers ai'e often iufe.sted by UstiUigo 

 antherarum, and in consequence enlarge and turn purple. 

 O O Taller. 



S. Douglasii, Hook. Finely pubescent, scarcely viscid : stems very slender, usually de- 

 cumbent and geniculate at the base : leaves remote, long, linear to narrowly lance-linear, 



