i82 The Ohio Naturalist. [Vol. XIII, No. 8, 



1. Silene stellata (L) Ait. vStarry Cam])ion. Perennial, 

 pubescent, erect. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, verticillate in fours 

 or the lowest ones opposite, their margins finely ciliate; flowers 

 white, in panicled cymes, ^ to 1-4 inches wide; calyx campanulate, 

 inflated, }i to }4 inch long, its teeth triangular, acute; petals 

 about equalling the stamens, not crowned. General. 



2. Silene alba Muhl. White Campion. Perennial, rather 

 weak, reclining, slightly pubescent or glabrate. Leaves lanceo- 

 late or oblong-lanceolate, opposite, 3 to 4 inches long, }'2 to 1 inch 

 broad, acuminate; flowers white, ^ to 1 inch broad; calyx in- 

 flated, elongated-campanulate, pubescent, with ovate teeth; 

 petals cuneate, 2-cleft or 2-lobed, minutely crowned. Butler, 

 Clermont. 



3. Silene vulgaris (Moench.) Garcke. Bladder Camjjion. 

 Perennial herb, branched from the base, glaucous, glabrous, or 

 rarelv pubescent. Leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblong acute, 

 lower ones often spatulate; flowers white, in c3'mose panicles, 

 sometimes drooping; petals 2-cleft; calyx inflated and globose, 

 /<+ to ^ inch long; stamens much longer than the petals and 

 sepals. Erie County. 



4. Silene virginica L. Fire Pink. Perennial, clammy-pube- 

 scent, 10 to 24 inches high. Stem slender; leaves thin, 3 to 5 

 inches long, lower ones spatulate or oblanceolate, upper ones 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, sessile; flowers in loose cymose panicles, 

 crimson, petals oblong, 2-cleft, 2-lobed, or irregularly incised, 

 crowned; calyx tubular-campanulate. General. 



o. Silene rotundifolia Nutt. Round-leaf Catchfl}'. Per- 

 ennial, ascending or reclining, viscid-pubescent; lower leaves 

 spatulate or obovate, ui^per ones broadly oval, thin; flowers few 

 or solitary; petals 2-cleft, lobed or laciniate, crowned, scarlet; 

 pedicels very slender; calyx tubular-campanulate, about an inch 

 long, somewhat enlarged by the ripening pod, it's teeth ovate, 

 acute. Hocking, Jackson. 



G. Silene armeria L. Sweet William Catchfly. Glabrous, 

 glaucous or minutely pubcrulcnt, about 23 inches high. Leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate; flo^^'crs in flat cymes with petals rose-colored, 

 white or purj^lc, notched and crowned with awl-shaped scales;, 

 calyx club-shaped. Cuyahoga, Lake, Licking, Monroe. 



7. Silene noctifllora L. Night-blooming Catchfly. Annual, 

 erect, viscid-jmljcscent, S to 32 inches high. Leaf-blades thickish, 

 lower ones large and spatulate, upper ones lanceolate; flowers 

 few and large, white or nearly so, fragrant and opening at night; 

 calyx glandular-])ubesccnt, ^2 inch or a little more in length, 

 with awl-shaped teeth. Lucas, Sandusky, Erie, Cu>-ahoga, 

 Lake, Auglaize, Green, Belmont, Jefferson. 



5. Silene dichotoma Ehrh. Forked Catchfly. Annual, ])ub- 

 escent. Lower and basal leaves lanceolate or oblanceolate,. 



