cucuBALi'3. DECANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. 44^ 



Gen. pi. Ill, Nutt. Gen. I. p. 287. Jtiss. p, 

 202. L a m. III. t. 3 77, Nat. Ord. C a u y o p h y l l e iE 

 Jii s s. Campion, 



1. C. Behen L, : smooth and glaucous, decumbent; 

 leaves oblong-oval, acute, nerveless ; calyx membranaceous, 

 with reticulated veins. Will d. Spec. W. t^. Q,^A. Mich. 

 F/. I. p. 271. Pursh Fl.L p. 315. B i g. Bost. p. IIO, 

 SiLENE injlala Smith Fl. J5n7. 11. p. 467. Eng. Bot, t^ 

 3G4. 



Hoot perennial. Siem about a foot and a half high, erect, pani- 

 culately branched, terete. Leaves opposite, ovate-Ianreolate, 

 entire, sometimes pubescent. Panicle dichotomous. Flowers 

 large, nodding. Calyx oblong-campanulate, much inflated, 

 green, tinged with purple ; border with 5 acute teeth. Petals 

 white, spreading ; lamina semibifid. StaJtiens exserted ; an- 

 thers oblong, greenish. Styles fihform, longer than the sta- 

 mens ; stigmas simple, obtuse. 



Hab. On rocky hills in the western parts of the State of New- 

 York ; apparently native. PriTice. Near Boston. Bige- 

 low. July. Bladder Cam/don. 



2. C. nivcus JV u 1 1, : stem divaricate and dichotomous 

 above ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, minutely and pulverulently 

 pubescent 5 the uppermost ovate ; calyx obtuse, campanu- 

 late, inflated, subpilosc ; petals small, rcflexed, bifid at the 

 extremity ; claws exserted beyond the calvx, nearly naked ; 

 flowers solitary, dichotomal, terminal. jV u 1 1. Gen. I. p. 

 287, SiLENE iiivea (alba ?) M u h I. Cat. p. 45. (JV* u 1 1.) 



Stem slender, nearly smooth. Leaves opposite, about 2 inches 

 long, and half an incli broad, sessile. Flowers remote, soli- 

 tary, dichotomal, each arising from the centre of a pair of 

 leaves ; fieduncles about half an inch long. Calyx somewhat 

 pilose, reticulately veined ; border 5-cleft, with the segments 

 obtuse, and membranaceously margined. Petals white, nearly 

 naked at the orifice, exserted, but narrow; limb reflexed, 

 scarcely half the length of the calyx. Seeds bright brown, 

 subreniform, striate, and transversely rugose. A*« 1 1. 



Hab. On an island of the Susquehannah, near Columbia. 

 Muhlenberg, (JVutt.) 



Can this be a variety of C. Behen ? 



3. C. stdlatus L. ; erect, pubescent; leaves verticillate, 

 in fours, oval-lanceolate, long-acuminate. Willd. Spec. 11- 

 p. 686. Bot. Mas. 1 1 07. M i c h. Z'/. I. p. 27 1 . Purs h 

 /"/.l.p.Slo. E/ZioU SA-. 1. p. 514. SiLENE foliis qua- 

 ternis. Gron. Virg, 50. Drvims foliis quaternis. Cold, 

 yoveb. 106. * 



Root perennial. Whole plant pulverulently pubescent. Stem 

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