CARYOPHYLLACE^E 



It has been proven that "a small quantity of bread that 

 contains these seeds if eaten regularly will produce a 

 peculiar and chronic disease." The plant also contains a 

 poisonous ingredient, which is easily soluble in water and 

 when inhaled produces violent sneezing. 



CARYOPHYLLACE^: PINK FAMILY 



Silene latifolia, (Mill.) Britton & Rendle. 



Whitish Bladder Campion, Bubble Poppy, 



Catchfly, Sprattling Poppy, 



July-August Devil's Rattle-box, Spider's Flower, 



Rattle-box, White-hen, 



Bull-rattle, Sea-pink, 



Snappers, Bird's-eggs, 



Cow-bell, Behen, 



Knap-bottle, Maiden 1 s-tears. 

 White-bottle, 

 Frothy Poppy, 



Silene: derived from the Greek for saliva, from the viscid 

 discharge on the stem and calyx of many species. The 

 popular English name, Catchfly, refers to the same 

 peculiarity. 



Latifolia: Latin meaning side-leaves. 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: roadsides and waste places, 

 near dwellings. 



THE PLANT: erect, six inches to eighteen inches high, 

 branched from the base, with few leaves; the stem smooth, 

 with a bloom. 



THE LEAVES: opposite; usually curving; lanceolate to 

 oblong; those at the top smaller; the lower larger and often 

 spatulate; hairless on both surfaces; acute at the apex; 

 entire; mid-rib somewhat prominent. 



THE FLOWERS: in a loose compound corymb, on hairless 

 peduncles; the calyx inflated, cylindrical, with purple 



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