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tapering into slender petioles; stem-leaves lew, distant, oblong or lanceolate, acute or 

 acuminate, sessile; flowers 12-16 mm. broad, white or pink, nodding or spreading 

 in a loose panicle; pedicels slender; calyx oblong-cylindric in flower, 8-10 mm. 

 long, glandular, its teeth triangular, acute; petals 2-cleft or sometimes 4-cleft; cap- 

 sule ovoid, 10-12 mm. high, distending the calyx. Mt. Desert Island, Me., and 

 Staten Island, N. Y. Fugitive from Europe. June-Sept. 



6. Silene Virginica L. FIRE PINK. (I. F. f. 1445.) Perennial, viscid- 

 pubescent, 3-6 dm. high. Leaves thin, those of the lower part of the stem spatulate 

 or oblanceolate, 8-13 cm. long; upper leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, sessile; in- 

 florescence loosely cymose-paniculate ; flowers crimson, 2-3 cm. broad ; pedicels 

 slender, 1-5 cm. long ; calyx tubular-campanulate, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, enlarged by 

 the ripening pod, its teeth ovate, acute; petals 2-cleft, 2-lobed, or irregularly in- 

 cised, crowned. In dry woods, S. N. J., W. N. Y. and Ont. to Minn., Ga. and 

 Mo. May-Sept. 



7. Silene rotundifolia Nutt. ROUND-LEAVED CATCHFLY. (I. F. f. 1446.) 

 Perennial; stem ascending or reclining, viscid-pubescent, 4-6 dm. long. Leaves 

 thin, the lower and basal ones obovate ; 5-10 cm. long, narrowed into a winged 

 petiole, the cauline obovate, broadly oblong or orbicular-ovate, acute, the upper- 

 most sessile ; flowers few or solitary, scarlet, 2-5 cm. broad; pedicels slender ; 

 calyx tubular-campanulate, 2-3 cm. long, somewhat enlarged by the ripening pod, 

 its teeth ovate, acute ; petals 2-cleft, lobed, or laciniate, crowned. In shaded 

 places, S. Ohio and Ky. to Ga. Summer. 



8. Silene regia Sims. ROYAL CATCHFLY. (I. F. f. 1447.) Perennial; stem 

 erect, stout, 1-1.2 m. high, minutely rough -pubescent, slightly viscid. Leaves all 

 but the lowest sessile, thick, ovate- lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 5-8 cm. long ; 

 inflorescence a narrow panicle of few-flowered cymose clusters ; flowers numerous, 

 deep scarlet, about 2.5 cm. broad ; calyx oblong-tubular, 2 cm. long, slightly en- 

 larged by the ripening pod, its teeth ovate, acute ; petals emarginate or laciniate, 

 crowned. Prairies, Ohio to Ala., Tenn. and Mo. July. 



9. Silene Caroliniana Walt. WILD PINK. (I. F. f. 1448.) Perennial, 

 tufted, 1-2.5 dm. high, viscid-pubescent, especially above. Basal leaves spatu- 

 late, or oblanceolate, 5-10 cm. long, narrowed into a broad petiole; stem-leaves 

 shorter, sessile, oblong or lanceolate; flowers pink, about 2.5 cm. broad, in termi- 

 nal cymes; calyx narrow, much enlarged by the ripening pod, its teeth ovate, 

 acute; petals cuneate, emarginate, eroded, crowned. In dry, sandy or rocky soil, 

 Me. to Ga., west to central N. Y., Penn. and Ky. April- June. 



10. Silene antirrhina L. SLEEPY CATCHFLY. (I. F. f. 1449.) Annual, 

 puberulent or glabrous, glutinous about the nodes, 2-7 dm. high. Basal and lower 

 leaves spatulate or oblanceolate, 2-5 cm. long, narrowed into a petiole; upper 

 leaves linear to subulate; inflorescence a loose cymose panicle; pedicels slender, 

 erect; flowers pink, 2-4 mm. broad; calyx narrowly ovoid, 4-6 mm. long, much 

 expanded by the ripening pod, its teeth ovate, acute; petals obcordate, minutely 

 crowned. In waste places and woods, N. Eng. to S. Ont., Br. Col., Fla. and Mex. 

 Summer. 



Silene antirrhina divarickta Robinson. More slender than the species and with 

 narrower leaves ; branches spreading, filiform ; calyx 4-5 mm. long ; petals none. 

 111. and N. Y. 



11. Silene conica L. STRIATE, OR CORN CATCHFLY. (I. F. f. i45oa.) 

 Canescent or puberulent; stems erect, commonly forked above, 1.5-6 dm. high. 

 Leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, sessile, about 3 mm. wide ; inflorescence cymose ; 

 flowers i -several; calyx ovoid, rounded or truncate at the base, densely about 

 3O-nerved, its teeth triangular-subulate; petals rose, obcordate; capsule oblong- 

 ovoid, distending the calyx. Clyde, Ohio. Adventive or naturalized from Eu- 

 rope. June-July. 



12. Silene Armeria L. SWEET WILLIAM OR LOBEL'S CATCHFLY. (I. F. f. 

 1450.) Annual, glabrous and glaucous, or minutely puberulent, about 3 dm. 

 high, glutinous below each node. Basal leaves oblanceolate, 5-8 cm. long, obtuse; 

 stem-leaves ovate or ovate -lanceolate; inflorescence a terminal compact compound 

 Cyme; flowers purple or pink, 12-16 mm. broad; calyx club-shaped, 10-16 mm. 



