265] FLORA OF BOULDER, COLORADO Il7 



Family 44. CARYOPHYLLACEAE Reichenb. Pink family. 



155. SILENE L. Campion. Catchfly. 



402. S. antirrMna L. Sleepy catchfly. 



Common on the plains and mesas, and in deep canons for 

 some distance in the mountains, 5100-6500 (Boulder Canon), 

 ft. (Daniels, 477). 



Newfoundland to British Columbia ; Florida to Cali- 

 fornia and Mexico. 



402a. S. antirrMna depauperata Rydb. Depauperate sleepy 

 catchfly. 



Bear Cafion, 7000 ft. (Daniels, 974). 



Saskatchewan to British Columbia ; Colorado to Ari- 

 zona. 



403. S. noctiflora L. Night-blooming catchfly. 



Along streets and in waste places in the city of Boulder, 

 5300-5600 ft. (Daniels, 815). Campus of the University of 

 Colorado (Cockerell). 



Europe, thence to North America. 



404. S. acaulis L. Moss campion. 



Dry tundras, Arapahoe Pealc, where it is abundant and char- 

 acteristic, 11000-13500 ft. (Daniels, 902). 



Greenland to Alaska ; New Hampshire to Arizona : arc- 

 tic-alpine in the Old World. 



156. LYCHNIS L. 



405. L. Drummondii (Hook.) S. Wats. Drummond's pink. 

 Common in open places throughout, 5100-10000 ft. (Daniels, 



173). Also mountains between Sunshine and Ward (Ryd- 

 berg). 



Manitoba to British Columbia ; New Mexico to Arizona. 



157. VACCAEIA Medic. 



406. V. Vaccaria (L.) Britton [V. vulgaris Host; Saponaria 

 Vaccaria L.]. Cow herb. 



Common in waste places about Boulder, 5300-5700 ft. (Dan- 

 iels, 135). 



Europe, thence to North America. 



