242 PHANEROGAMOUS PLANTS. 



4. Silene Menziesii, Hooh. 



Hab. In woods between the Cascade Mountains and the Columbia 

 River. — The specimens confirm the opinion given in the supplement 

 of the Flora of North America, that S. Menziesii and S. stellaroides 

 are one species. Hooker states that the petals are destitute of a 

 crown, which is a mistake. 



5. Silene Californica, Durand. 



Silene Californica, Durand, PI. Pratt, in Jour. Acad. Phil. (n. ser.) 2, p. 83 ; Torr. 



in Bot. Whippl. Kep. p. 69. 

 S. Virginica, Benth. PL Hartw. p. 299, excl. syn. 



Hab. Valley of the Upper Sacramento, California. — This differs 

 in some respects from the plant of Durand and of Whipple, but not 

 very essentially. Leaves obovate-oblong, acuminate, the upper- 

 most sessile and somewhat clasping. Cyme few-flowered. Calyx 

 oblong-cylindrical, in fruit ovate and somewhat inflated ; the teeth 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute. Petals scarlet, 4-cleft; the lateral segments 

 much narrower than the others ; middle segments emarginate : near 

 the base of the limb on each side is an acute salient tooth. The 

 crown 2-parted, with the divisions 2-3-toothed. Perhaps this plant 

 is only a form of S. laciniata, Cavan., to which Lychnis pulchra, Cham. 

 & Schlecht., almost certainly belongs. We have specimens of S. pul- 

 chra from Coulter's Mexican collection (No. 723), some of which have 

 broadly ovate leaves which are more than an inch broad. Characters 

 derived from the notches and teeth of the petals are variable, and 

 cannot, therefore, be trusted for specific characters. Possibly S. Vir- 

 ginia, S. regia, and S. rohmdifolia, are only varieties of & laciniata. 



2. SAG IN A, Linn. 



1. Sagina procumbens, Linn. 



Hab. Puget Sound; apparently indigenous. (Parts of the flower 

 five in all the specimens examined.) 



