Linn. Sp. PL p. 603. Engl. Bot. t. 1081. Pursh, FI. -Am. v. 2. p. 316. De Cand. Prodr.
v. 1. p . 367. Rich, in Frankl. ls£ Joufn. ed. 2. App. p . 14.
H ab. Throughout the whole of Arctic and subarctic America, north of lat. 54°, and from Labrador to
Behring’s Straits, found by every traveller : as well as on the more elevated parts of the Rocky Mountains,
between lat 52° and 56°. Drummond.
Sect. II. Behenantha. Otth. MSS. Caulescentes. Flores solitarii aut paniculati.
Calyx vesiculato-iiiflatus. DC.
2. S. stellata ; caulibus erectis ramosis pubescentibus, foliis quaternis verticillatis lan-
ceolatis longe acuminatis glabris, floribus paniculatis, calycibus vesiculosis pubescentibus,
petalis fimbriatis.—Ait. Sort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 3. p. 84. De Cand. Prodr. v. I. p. 368.—
Cucubalus stellatus. Linn. Sp. PI. p . 592. Mich. Am. v. 1. p. 271. Pursh, FI. Am. v. l. p.
315. Elliott, Carol, v. 1. p. 514. Bigel. FI. Bost. ed. 2. p. 184. Torrey, FI. o f Un. St. v.
1. p. 449.
H ab. Canada. Linn. Dry stony places on the Niagara. Douglas, 1823.
3. S.' inflata ; caulibus ramosis, floribus paniculatis, calycibus vesiculato-ovatis, petalis
bifidis nudis, unguiculis cuneiformibus, stÿlis longissimis. DC.—Sm. FI. Brit. p . 467. De
Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 368.—Cucubalus Behen. Mich. Am. v. 1. p. 271. Pursh, FI. Am.
v. 1. p . 315.' Engl. Bot. t. 164. Bigel. FI. Bost. ed. 2. p. 183. Torrey, FI. o f Un. St. v. 1.
p . 449.
Hab. Canada, about Quebec. Michaux; Mrs. Percival; and (at St. Foy) Mrs. Sheppard.-
4. S. Douglasii ; læviter pubescens, caulibus erectis flexuosis gracilibus,, foliis remotis
longo-linearibus angustis,- floribus paniculatis, calycibus obovatis demum inflatis læviter
striatis obscure reticulatisque pubescentibus petalorum limbo bifidis.
Perennis. (Douglas.') Caules simplices vel ad basin solummodo ramosi, pedales, erecti, graciles,
læviter sed ubique, ut et folia calycesque, pubescenti-scabri. Folia ad basin caulium congesta, caulina
remota; omnia opposita, basi connata, 2—3 uncias longa, linearia, angusta, subsesquilineam lata, uninervia,
supernc rara, parva. Flores médiocres, paniculati ; rami sæpe triflori, pedicellis longis, bibracteati, bracteis
subulatis. Calyx oblongo-obovatus, 5-dentatus, dentibus patulis, pubescens, 10-striatus, basi abruptus, demum
membranaceus, obscure reticulatus, inflatus. Petala alba, limbo bifido. Capsula ovalis, pallide fusca,
nitida, 6-dentata, calyce paululum longior, anthophoro longo insidens.
Hab. Abundant in mountain vallies, above the Grand Rapids of the Columbia, and among the Rocky
Mountains, on their western declivity. Douglas.—I possess wild specimens of this from the stations now
given, and others cultivated in the gardens of the Horticultural Society. In many respects it seems to agree
with the S. Gypsophila of Desf. and De Cand., and especially as described by Chamisso and Schlechtendal
in the Linnæa, p. 39; but it does not sufficiently accord to induce me to think it is the same.
Sect. III. Otites. Otth. MSS. Caulescentes. Flores verticillato-spicati. DC.
5. S. Scouleri; pubescens subviscida, caule simplici erecto remote folioso, geniculis
nodosis, foliis lanceolatis lineari-lanceolatisve planis, spica longa, floribus erectis, dalycibus
oblongo-clavatis 10-striatis, petalis bifidis.
Radix parva, annua, vel biennis, (perennis. Douglas.) Coulis solitarius, erectus, pedalis ad bipedalem,
teres, dense sed breviter pubescens, supeme subglandulosus, viscidus, ad geniculas insigmter nodosus,
geniculis remotis. Folia opposita, basi cincta et caulem vaginantia, lato- vel etiam lineari-lanceolata, plana,
magis minusve obtusa, vel ssepe acuminata, utrinque pubescentia, margine scabriuscula; inferior a majora,
nunc 3-4 uncias longa, basi in petiolum attenuata; superior a sensim minora, erecta, sessilia. Bracteas ovato-
acuminafce. Flores subracemoso-spicati, ramis plerumque trifloris, oppositis, et ita verticillati videantur:
pedicellis bracteolatis. Calyx oblongo-clavatus basi abruptus, glanduloso-pubescens, apice 5-dentatus,
decem-striatus. Petala bifida, alba nunc rosea. Stamina stylique exserta.—Capsula anthophoro longo suf-
fulta, bifida, laciniis demum 3-dentatis.
H ab. North-West coast of America. Mr. Menzies. Fort Vancouver. Dr. Scouler. Upon the low hills
of the Columbia, and in the mountain vallies of the Spokan and Macgillivray Rivers. Douglas._This again
has long lain in. the Herbaria of British Naturalists, without having, as far as I can ascertain, been taken
up by any author. It exhibits, it must be confessed, a close affinity with S. viscosa; but it is smaiw in all its
parts, less viscid, with more remote pairs of leaves, with a shorter calyx, and a stem that is strikingly swollen
at the joints. It appears to be confined to the Columbia River, and its tributary streams; and although
approaching the Rocky Mountains, it was not found among them, either by Mr. Douglas or Mr. Drummond.
Sect. IV. Stachymorpha. Otth. MSS. Caulescentes. Flores spicati (vel racemosi)
axillares, non (aut rarius) oppositi. Calyx 10-striatus. DC.
6. S. Drummondii; tota pubescenti-glandulosa viscida, caulibus erectis simplicibus
strictis, foliis remotis lineari-lanceolatis, racemo laxo paucifloro, pedicellis elon^atis
plerumque alternis, calycibus oblongo-cylindraceis erectis.—S. nicseensis. Cham. etSchlecht.
in Linncea, v. 1. p . 41.? ,
Radix perennis, crassiuscula. Caules simplices, erecti, strictissimi, teretes, pedales ad sesquipedalem,
ubique, ut et tota planta, praeter corollam, pubescenti-glandulosi,, viscidi, supeme prcecipue. Folia lineari-
lanceolata, radicalia latiora, in petiolum attenuata; caulina remota sursum sensim minora, opposita, basi
connata, uninervia. Flores pauci, 3—5 in racemum laxum, raro spicatum, strictissimum dispositi. Bractece
subulate. Pedicelli altemi, nunc, sed raro, oppositi, unciam sesquiunciam longi, simplices, nudi vel, nunc,
bibracteati. Calyx oblongo-cylindraceus, pubescenti-viscidus, 5-dentatus, dentibus parvis, striis decern viri-
dibus, demum, fructiferus, paulo latior, nunquam inflatus nec clavatus. Petala alba, parva, vix calyce longiora.
Capsula cylindracea, sessilis, calycis longitudine, apice 6-dentata.
Hab. Plains of the Saskatchawan. Dr. Richardson; Drummond. Common on the elevated, gravelly
soils, near Fort Vancouver, and skirting the Blue Mountains. Douglas.—I am doubtful whether this species
should be referred to the division “ Stachymorpha ” or “ Siphonomotpha " of the Prodromus. It accords in
many respects with S. gallica of the former division, but it has the flower-stalks vastly more elongated,
sometimes opposite, and the calyx more cylindrical; while, on the other hand, it approaches very near to
the S. nicmensis in the latter division, but is far less glutinous, and never has clavate calyces, as in my specimens
of nicasensis from the south of France. Still I suspect it may be the Californian nicasensis of Chamisso
and Schlechtendal, which those authors refer, doubtfully, to the plant of Allioniand De Candolle. From both
the species now mentioned ours differs in its remarkably strict habit and small petals.
Sect. V. R upifraga. Otth. MSS. Caulescentes. Caules stricti. Pedunculi filiformes.
Calyces campanulati vel cylindrici. DC.
7. S. Antirrhina; glabra inferne pubescenti-scabriuscula, caule erecto valde ramoso,
foliis lanceolatis marginibus minute ciliato-scabris superioribus linearibus, floribus parvis
paniculatis, calycibus ovalibus glaberrimis, petalis obcordatis coronatis.-—Linn. Sp. PL p.
600. Dill. Hort. Elth. p. 422. t. 313. Pursh, FI. Am. v. 1. p. 316. Elliott, Carol, v. 1. p.