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Silene seelyi is related to S. menziesii, but may be dis- 

 tinguished from that species (and its various forms described 

 by Greene as species, under the generic name Anotites) as fol- 

 lows: 



Leaves ovate or lanceolate, broadest below the middle, very 

 small (the largest 2 cm. long), glandular-puberulent and 

 glandular-ciliolate; calyx glandular-puberulent; petals 

 purple, the interior scales conspicuous S. seelyi 



Leaves obovate or oblanceolate, broadest above the middle, 

 larger (up to 8 cm. long), puberulent, the hairs not 

 glandular, usually retrorse; calyx puberulent or some- 

 times glandular-villous; petals white, the interior scales 

 usually absent S. menziesii 



Named for Mr. Clarence B. Seely, of Leavenworth, Wash- 

 ington, a promising young collector, who was assisting Mr. 

 Thompson at the time the plant was discovered. 



