viridibus anastomosantibus, dentibus lanceolatis acutis albo- 
marginatis ciliatis; petala purpurea, ungnibas longe ciliatis 
exsertis, lamina angusta bifida lobis acutis, appendieibus par- 
vis; capsala ovata earpophorum quater quinquies superans; 
semina Magna ....: 
Silene Virginica L. sp. pl. I, 419; non W..nec Rafın. 
nee Benth. 2%. 
Silene Catesbaei Walt. fl. Car. 142. 
Silene Caroliniana Walt. 1. e. ? 
Silene coccinea Much. meth. suppl. 306. 
Melandryum Firginicum (L.) A. Br. in Flora 1843, 392. 
Te. Bot. mag. 3342! 
Hab. in America boreali (Rafinesque!), a Canada superi- 
ore et Ohio (herb. Vindoh.!) ad Georgiam usque et ad Al. Mis- 
sisippi: Kentucky (Hook.!), Arkansas (Engelm.!) 
48. MM. Pennsilvanicum (Mchx.) Rohrb. 
Caules (10— 27 cm. alti) erecti simplices viseidulo - pu- 
beruli; folia inferiora conferta angaste spathulato - lanceolata 
acuta, in petiolum longum attennata, margine scabridulo - eili- 
ata, canlina lanceolata, superiora et bravteae e basi ovata 
longe acuminata glanduloso-ciliata; calyx elongate- clavatus, 
fractifer paullum ampliatus medio ahrupte constrictus, glandu- 
lose-pubescens, strüis viridibus superne coniunctis; dehtibus 
oblongis ohtusis allo-marginatis ciliatis; petala purpurea (ro- 
sea vel alba}, ungnibus glabris calycem aequantibus, lamina 
obovata integra vel crenulato-emarginata, appendieihus binis 
obtusis; capsula ovata carpophorum aequans; semina parva 
dorso faciebusque plana granulata. 
Silene Caroliniana Walt. B. Car, 14%, ? (nomen incerti 
sedis, neseio an ad speciem antecedentem pertineat.) — 2%. 
