Montia. I'()K'Ill.ArA( K.i:. 27,', 



Idaho. Ambiguous form.' Muntin nibnt, lluwell, 1. c, irt mcnly a larger oficii cruU-iu-i-nt 

 state of the same tiling. 



M.* gypsophiloides, IIoweli,, 1. c. Rather slviuiur, 3 to 8 <»r 10 iiiihri» high, ert^t or 

 iicarlv so: raiiical leaves liuear or tiliforni, much exceeded hy the lioMeriiig itleuiit : cauiiue 

 leaves usually wliurt, ovale, aculi-sli, to «l)lonj;-liuear, partially connate on one hide (rarely on 

 both) to a small at utely liiauriculale di.sk : inllorescence ulendcr, elongated ; tioMern connpiru- 

 ous : pelaLs reluse, roseate, ahout .'} lime.s the length of the M-paU. — thu/toiiKi (/v/i*«y</i(/»ir/r(, 

 risch. & Mey. Ind. Sem. llorl. I'etn.p. ii. (1KJ5). 8, & Sen. I'etnjp. t. .'l.'i ; Dou iu Swe«l, 

 IJrit. Fl. (jard. ser. 2, t. 375. C s/xiilnilatu, (iray, I'nx-. Am. Acad. xxii. 2H2, in part, iioi 

 Dougl. — .Mountains of W. t'eutr. California, t'. iiuhii/init, (in-ene, I'ittoniu, ii. 2<J4, with 

 tlowt'is of tills s|ie('ies, ha^ cauliuu leaver connate into a roundinli dink, iu< in C. /MimfiUiti. 



M.* spathulata, Uowki.l, I.e. Lower ami more condi-nscd, 1 to 4 iucheH IukIi : nulical 

 leaves linear or spatulatelinear, not greatly exceeded l>y the (lowering Hlemi« ; caulijie lenve« 

 from lanceolate-ovate to lanceolate, almost distinct or connate ujxm one oide into au oUor- 

 (late or 2-lol)ed body or rarely uuited all around to a judtate dink : infloremeiicen uliurt, 

 half inch to barely inch iu length : flowers small : petals white, 1 to 2 linen in length : mih1» 

 at maturity black, shining, conspicuou.sly grauulateil (under lens). — Clm/loniu x/xilhulnla, 

 Dougl. iu Hook. Fl. Hor.-Am. i. 226, t. 74; 'i'orr. & (iray, Fl. i. 2(M) ; (ireene, Fl. Fraucin. 

 179. (.'. perfolititn, var. siutthnldta, Torr. ace. to Hrew. & Wats. Hot. ("alif. i. 75. «'. fXKjwi, 

 Wats. Bot. Calif, ii 433, iu great part. —Open and subsaline ground, Brit. Columbia to S. 

 Utah and 8. California; first coll. by Domjlus. 



Var.* exigua, Roiuxson, u. comb. Kven the cauliue leaves narrowly oblong, linear 

 or when fresh terete (half inch to 2 inches long), little or not at all dilated or connate at 

 base, sometimes connate on one side: petals usually ro.se-color: jia.sses variously into the 

 other form. — ^f. Uunifolia, Howell, 1. c. C/<»///"*'m pj-i//i"i, Torr. & (iniy. Fl i. 2()0 ; (imy, 

 ri. Fendl. 14 (a lax and dubious seemingly thiuner-leaved form). C. Unui/olia, Torr. & 

 Gray, 1. c. 201 ; Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech. 344. V. nfxitltnlutu, var. temiifuliu, (Jray, I'roc. 

 Am! Acad. xxii. 282. — Brit. Columbia to borders of Idaho and Low.r Calif., fintt coll. by 

 Douglus. 



* * Stems bearing few or .several pairs of opposite spatulate loaves, (il.r..us-PH.ting from 

 lower nodes, often flagelliferous : seeds round reniform, muriculate ! Stamens 5. — C/.iy 

 tonia § Alsimistnim, Torr. & Ciray, Fl. i. 201 ; (iray. Fr.x;. Am. Acad. xxii. 2K2. 



M.* Chamissonis, Cikkene. Procumbent, decumbent, or a-scending, rooting from lower 

 nodes, producing lateral and terminal tiliforni runners, which become .subterranean and liear 

 at apex a globose bulblot or cormlet, thus perennial : leaves .several pairs, obloiig-spatulale, 

 inch or two long including the tapering ].etiole-like ba.se: inflorescence racemowdy 1-9- 

 flowered, bractless except below : pedicels slender, recurveil or refracted in fruit : jK-tals pale 

 rose-color, 3 lines long, thrice the length of the calyx: capsule small. 1 -:J-seetled ; n-^hU 

 half line long, densely granulate-muriculate. — Fl. Francis. 1 80 ( 'layUmia Chamissoi, I^<lcb. 

 ace. toSpreug. Syst.'i. 790. C. Clutmissimls, Eschs. in litt. //</» Cham. Linna-a. vi. SfiS (excl. 

 note on tubers), "probably the original form of the name, but n-.l j.ublished until six y.in 

 after Spreugel's Svst. ; Torr. & Grav, Fl. i. r,76 ; Fenzl iu Ledeb. Fl. Ros.s. 1. c. 151 ; Brew 4 

 Wats. 1. c. 76. C. stolonifern, C. A. Meyer, Mem. Soc, Nat. Mosc. vii. 139, 1.3 (1J»29). 

 C. aqnatica, Nutt. in Torr. & Cray, Fl. i. 201. — Wet or mos.sy Imnk.s, Ahmkan Isl.-ind^ 

 and Brit. Columbia, to m<mntains of California a.s far south as those of Sau lk>rnaniii;o. 

 Arizona, and S. Colorado. 



* * * Stems .slender, bearing numerous small alternate leaves, often .-«armentoso,spn«adinR 

 or decumbent, and producing axillary bulblet-like pn.pagula, api«mMitly also ,*rfnnial 

 by fibrous-rooting jiersi.sting creeping iiase of .stem: leaves very Hcshy. — C/,ijrf,.fii.i 

 % Xiiincrrw, Torr. & (iray, Fl. i. 201, in part ; Gray, PriH?. Am. Acad. xxii. 2H3. 



M.* parvifolia, GttKKM-, 1. c ISl. Stems a span to a f.M)t long, diffuse, nscon.ling or m.mo 

 reclined or procumbent and more or less flagelliform, sometimes re.luced to flliform naleJ 



1 Eastward to the Bl.ick HilN, S. Dakota. Ry'lbtr;,. A numlH-r of inten-Mine. hut .pp-renlU 

 formal and continent varieties of this and the next species have In-en distributed by Mr. W.N. Suk.- 

 dorf of White Salmon, Washington. 



