68 GEOLOGTCAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



(261.) S. noctiflora, Linn. Night-flowering Catehfly. 



Introduced sparingly into fields and gardens. A weed in gardens, 

 N.S. (Lawson.) A rare weed in cultivated grounds, N.B. (Fowler's 

 Cat.) Frequent in cultivated grounds Quebec and Ontario, also at 

 Winnipeg, Manitoba. 



(262.) S. Menziesii, Hook. Fl. I., 90. 



S. siellarioides, Nutt. Torr. & Gray, Fl. I., 193. 



Belly Eiver, N.W.T. (Burgess.) Vancouver Island near Victoria ; 

 Blackfoot Crossing of Bow Eiver ; Cypress Hills at Fort Walsh ; at a 

 salt spring near the mouth of Eed Deer Eiver, at the head of Lake 

 Winnipegoosis, I^. W. T. (Macoyn.) North-west coast of America. 

 (Menzies.) Woods near Port Moody, B. 0. {Hill.) Portage D'Em- 

 barras. Slave Eiver. (Bicliardson.) 



(263.) S. acaulis, Linn. Moss Campion. 



St. Paul's Island, and Cape Breton Island. (McKay.) Top of Mount 

 Albert, Shickshock Mountains, Gasp^, Q. (Macoun.) Coast of Lab- 

 rador. (Butler.) Throughout the whole of Arctic and Subarctic 

 America, and from Labrador to Behring's Straits. (Hooker.) Elevated 

 parts of the Eocky Mountains, Lat. 52°-56°. (Drummond.) Kootanie 

 Pass near the 49th parallel. (Dawson.) Bow Eiver Pass ; Mount 

 Selwyn, Peace Eiver Pass. (Macoun.) Cariboo Mountains, B. C. 

 (Coicley.) Kotzebue Sound, Cape Lisburne, and Youcon Eiver banks. 

 (Bothr. Alash.) Greenland. (Hook. Arct. PI.) 



Excluded Species. 



Silene Pennsylvanica is mentioned in Hooker's Fl. I., 90, as occurring 

 on rocky islands on the north side of Lake Erie, but he states that he 

 had not seen the specimens. As 8. Virginica has been found in the 

 same vicinity, if not in the very same locality, I consider the latter 

 species as the one meant. 



78. LYCHNIS, Tourn. (LYCHNIS, COCKLE.) 



(264.) L. apetala, Linn. 



Labrador. (Morrison.) At Fort Norman, near the Arctic Cii-cle. 

 (Richardson.) Abundant evei-ywhere beyond the Arctic Circle and as 

 far west as Behring's Straits. (Hooker.) On the more elevated parls 

 of the Eocky Mountains, Lat. 52''-56°. (Drummond.) Bow Eiver Pass ; 



