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CARVOPI IVl.LACEAE. 



Vol. II. 



10. Silene antirrhina L. SIctpy CatchHy. I'ig. 1810. 



Sileue antirrhina L. Sp. PI. 419. 1753. 

 Silene antirrhina divaricala Robinson, Proc. Am. .^cad. 

 28: 13J. i8<).i. 



Annual, slender, erect or ascending, puberulent 

 or glabrous, glutinous about the nodes, sjmple, or 

 brancbed above, 8-2*'' high, tbe branches ascend- 

 ing. Basal and lower leaves spatulate or oblanceo- 

 late, i'-2' long, narrowed into a petiole, obtuse or 

 acute, sometimes slightly ciliate; upper leaves linear 

 and gradually reduced to subulate bracts; inflores- 

 cence a loose cymose panicle ; pedicels slender, 

 erect ; corolla pink, about i"-2" broad, sometimes 

 wanting; calyx narrowly ovoid, 2"-3" long, much 

 expanded by the ripening pod, its teeth ovate, acute; 

 petals obcordate, minutely crowned. 



In waste places and woods, Maine to southern On- 

 tario and British Columbia, south to Florida and Mexico. 

 Flowers opening for a short time in sunshine. Ascends 

 to 3200 ft. in \'irginia. Summer. 



II. Silene conica L. Striate, or Corn Catchfly. 

 Fig. 181 1. 



Silene conica L. Sp. PI. 418. 1753- 



Annual, canescent or puberulent ; stems solitary, 

 or several together, erect, commonly forked above, 

 6'-24' high. Leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, sessile, 

 iV long, or less, about i4" wide; inflorescence cymose; 

 flowers l-several; pedicels \'-i' long; calyx ovoid, 

 rounded or truncate at the base, densely about 30- 

 nerved, about 8" long, its teeth triangular-subulate ; 

 petals rose or purple, obcordate; capsule oblong-ovoid, 

 distending the calyx and nearly equalling it. 



Dartmouth Massachusetts, and Clyde, Ohio, 

 or naturalized from Europe. June-July. 



Adventive 



12. Silene Armeria L. Sweet William or Lobcl's Catchfly. Fig. 1812, 



Silene Armeria L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 601. 1762. 



Annual, erect, branching, glabrous and glau- 

 cous, or minutely puberulent, about 1 high, 

 glutinous below each node. Basal leaves ob- 

 lanceolate, 2'-3' long, obtuse ; stem-leaves ovate 

 or ovate-lanceolate, 1-3' long, acute or obtuse; 

 inflorescence a terminal compact compound 

 cyme; flowers purple or pink, 6"-8" broad; calyx 

 club-shaped, s"-8" long, slightly enlarged by the 

 ripening pod; pedicels about l" long; petals 

 emarginate, crow-ned with narrow scales. 



In waste places and spontaneous in gardens. New 

 Brunswick and Ontario to Michigan south to New 

 Jersey and Pennsylvania. Introduced from Europe. 

 Pretty-Nancy, Sweet-Susan. None-so-pretty. Old- 

 maid's- or mice pink. Dwarf French-pinks. Wax- 

 plant. Mock sweet-william. Limewort- or garden- 

 catchfly. June-July. 



