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PECANDRIA TRIGYNIA. Silene, 
pensylvanica. 2, S. viscido-pubescens ; foliis cuneatis, caulinis lanceolatis, 
- ovata, 
antirrhina. 
nocturna. 
acaulis, 
cauliculis in summitate paucifloris, petalis obtusissi- 
mis leviter emarginatis subcrenatis. Mich. fl. amer. 1. 
p. 272. 
S. virginica. Willd. sp. pl. 2. p. 702. 
S. caroliniana, Walt. fl. car. 142. 
In dry sandy woods, and on rocks; New York to Vir- 
ginia. 2%. May, June, v.v.. Flowers purple, very 
bandsome. : 
3. S. decumbens, tota viscoso-pubescens; foliis oblongis 
margine asperiusculis, panicula dichotoma, petalis 
bifidis, genitalifus exertis, Mich, fl. amer. 1. p.272. 
S. Catesbæi. Walt. fl. car. 141. Willd. sp. pl. 2. 
As Catesb. car.2. t.4. Pluk. alm. t. 208. f. 1. ; 
In the western parts of Virginia and Carolina, and in 
the Illinois country. Y. June, July. v.v. A beau- 
tiful species; flowers dark crimson. 
4. S. foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis glabriusculis, race- 
mo terminali composito, calycibus ovatis, genitalibus 
exertis, caule simplici. 
Cucubalus polypetalus. Walt. ff. car. 141? 
In the western part of Georgia and Carolina. Y. July. 
v. s. in Herb. Banks. Flowers white or pale red. 
5. S. foliis lanceolatis subciliatis, pedunculis trifidis, petalis 
emarginatis, calycibus ovatis, Willd. sp. pl. 2. p. 702. 
Icon. Dill. elth. t. 313. f. 403. | 
Tn old fields and on the banks of rivers : Pensylvania to 
Carolina. ©. June, July. v. v. Flowers small, 
white or greenish, . 
6. S. floribus spicatis alternis sessilibus secundis, -petalis bi- 
fidis. Willd. sp. pl. 2. p. 692. dn 
Icon. Dill. elth. t. 310. Jf. 400. EC i 
the banks of the Potowmac, near Harper's Ferry, 
Virginia. ©. d. June, v.v, Flowers white. 
7. S. acaulis depressa; foliis linearibus carinatis, peduncu- 
lis terminalibus solitariis erectis unifloris, petalis emar- 
ginatis— Willd. sp. pl. 2. p. 709. ` | 
Aeon, Fl. dan.:t. 21. Dill.elth. t.167.f.200. — ` 
in Labrador. Y. June, July, v.s. in Herb. Lambert. 
«Flowersrose-coloured, —' — topo ig 
