June, 1913.] Caryophyllaceae of Ohio. 183 



acuminate or acute, tapering into a petiob; upper leaves sessile, 

 lanceolate or linear; flowers white; calyx cylindric, hirsute, much 

 enlarged by the ripening pod, with ovate-lanceolate, acute teeth; 

 petals white, bifid, with a short obtuse crown. Ottawa County.. 

 Mosely Herbarium. 



9. Silene conica L. Striate Catchfly. Annual, puberulent 

 to tomentulose, or canescent, usually with several stems; leafy, 

 3 to 12 inches high. Leaves linear, lanceolate, acute, sessile; 

 calyx o\^oid, rounded or truncate at the base, strongly ribbed,, 

 about half an inch long, teeth triangular-subulate; flowers in 

 cymes, petals rose-colored, obcordate. Sandusky County. 



10. Silene regia vSims. Royal Catchfly. Perennial, erect 

 and very rough, minutely pubescent. Leaves thick, ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute, 1 to 2^ inches long, all but the lower ones 

 sessile; flowers numerous, on short stalks and arranged in a panicle* 

 deep scarlet; petals emarginate or laciniate, crowned; calyx 

 oblong, tubular, slightly enlarged by the ripening pod. Clarke, 

 Madison. 



11. Silene caroliniana Walt. Carolina Catchfly. Perennial, 

 viscid-pubescent, 8 to 10 inches high, basal leaves spatulate, 

 nearly glabrous, tapering into broad, pubescent petioles; stem 

 leaves sessile, oblong or lanceolate; flowers in terminal cymes, 

 pink; petals cuneate, emarginate, crowned; calyx tubular, much 

 enlarged by the ripening pod, its teeth ovate, acute. Jefferson, 

 Monoe, Washington. 



12. Silene antirrhina L. Sleepy Catchfly. Annual, puber- 

 ulent or glabrous, glutinous about the nodes, 10 to 20 inches 

 high. Lower leaves spatulate or oblanceolate, narrowed into a 

 petiole ; upper leaves linear to subulate ; flowers in a loose, cymose 

 panicle, pedicels slender, erect; flowers pink, petals obcordate 

 and minutely crowned; calyx ovoid, glabrous, delicately ribbed, 

 with ovate, acute teeth. General. 



13. Silene antirrhina divaricata Robinson. More slender, 

 branches spreading, filiform; petals absent. Gallia County. 



Saponaria L. 



Annual or perennial herbs, with broad leaves and large flowers. 

 Calyx narrowly ovoid or subcylindric, obscurely nerved; petals 

 5; sepals 5; styles 2; stamens 10; capsule dehiscent by four short 

 apical teeth or valves. 



1. Saponaria officinalis L. Bouncing Bet. Perennial, 

 glabrous, erect, rather tall, 24 to 32 inches high. Leaves ovate 

 or oval, 2 to 2}4 inches long, acute and having a broad, short 

 petiole; flowers pink or white, arranged in terminal corymbs 

 with many small, lanceolate floral leaves; calyx tubular, about an 

 inch long; petals obcordate with a scale at the base of the blade. 

 General. 



