190 CARYOPHYLLACE^. Siliwe. 



2. <S. stellata (Ait.) : stem erect, branching, minutely pubescent ; leaves 

 whorled in fours, ovate-lanceolate, gradually acuminate ; cymes panicled ; 

 petals lacerate-fimbiiate, not crowned ; stamens about the length ol' the pe- 

 tals.— ^i^. Kew. 3. p. 84; DC. I. c. ; Hook. f. Bor.-Am. \. p. 88. Cucuba- 

 lus stejlatus, Limi.; Mich.v. ! fl. 1. p. 271. 



Dry woods, Canada ! to S. Carolina and west to Arkansas ! June-Aug. 

 — If Stem 2-3 feet high. Upper leaves opposite. Petals white. 



3. S. ovata (Pursh) : stem simple, erect, puberulent; leaves opposite, lan- 

 ceolate-ovate, acuminate ; cyme panicled; calyx ovate, not inflated; petals 

 multifid, not crowned ; stamens exserted. — Pursh, jl. 1. p. 316. Cucubalus 

 polypetalus, Walt. Car. p. 141 1 



Western parts of Virginia and Carolina, Pursh (ex spec, in herb. Banks), 

 Milledgeville, Georgia, Dr. Boykin! Rutherford County, N. Carolina, Cur- 

 tis! — Stems many from the same root, 2-4 feet high, stout. Leaves broad 

 at the base and almost connate, tripli-veined ; the lower ones oblong-lanceo- 

 late, 4-5 inches long; the upper shorter and more nearly ovate. Calyx small, 

 10-striate, with very short teeth. Petals white; claws exserted, with the 

 rudiments of a crown; limb about 4-cleft nearly to the base; lobes linear, 

 dichotomous ; segments linear, 2-cleft or toothed at the apex. The stamens 

 opposite the petals cohere with the base of the claws, and are protruded la- 

 ter than thp others: filaments very long and slender. Ovary oblong, the sum- 

 mit very obtuse. Habit of S. stellata, except that the calyx is not inflated. 

 (Description from specimens and notes communicated by Dr. Boykin.) 



-/- 4. »S'. nixiea (DC.) : minutely puberulent ; stem simple or dichotomous 

 above; leaves oblong-lanceolate, gradually acuminate, the floral ones lanceo- 

 late-ovate and much smaller ; flowers subsolitary ; calyx tubular-campanu- 

 late, the teeth very short and obtuse; limb of the petals cimeiform, 2-cleft, 

 with a minute 2-parted croAvn ; stipe longer than the ovary. — DC. prodr. 1. 

 p. 377. Silenealba (not, as Nuttall writes, S. nivca), Muhl. cat. p. 45, <f 

 herh. ! cy- Jl. Lancast. ined. 1. p. 320. Cucubalus niveus, Nuti. ! gen. 1. p. 

 287 ; Torr. fl. 1. p. 449. 



0. land folia : glabrous ; leaves lanceolate, elongated. 

 On an island in the Susquehannah river near Columbia, Pennsylvania, 

 Muhlenberg ! (who adds in^. Lancast. I. c. : " Habeo etiam e Harmonia.") 

 In shady moist places. Canton, Illinois, Mr. Buckley! June-July. — If 

 Stem 1-3 feet high. Leaves 2 (in P. often 4) inches long, generally longer 

 than the iuternodes. Flowers solitary or nearly so at the summit of the stems 

 and branches : pedicels rather short, filiform. Calyx at length membranace- 

 ous, somewhat inflated and reticulat?d, subclavate, a little shorter than the 

 claws of the petals. Petals white ; limb not half the length of the claw. 

 .Capsule subglobose, raised on the slender stipe. 



-^ b. S. inflata (Smith): glabrous and glaucous; stem branching; leaves 

 oblong, acute; calyx vesicular, ovate; petals bifid, naked, Avith cuneiform 

 claws ; styles very long. — DC. prodr. 1. p. 368 ; Hook. ! Jl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 

 88. Cucubalus Behen, Micha^. ! fl. 1. p. 271 ; Torr. ! fl. 1. p. 449. 



Near Q,uebec, Mrs. Percival! Near Boston, Bigelow. Introduced. — 71 

 Stem a foot or more high. Petals white. Stamens exserted. Styles longer 

 than the stamens. 



6. <S. Douglasii (Hook.) : minutely pubescent ; stem erect, very slender; 

 leaves remote, linear, elongated and narrow, attenuated at each end ; flowers 

 few, on slender peduncles ; calyx obovate, at length inflated and membrana- 

 ceous, abrupt at the base, pubescent ; limb of the petals bifid. — Hook. fl. 

 Bor.-Am. 1. p. 88. 



Along the Oregon to the Rocky Mountains, Douglas^ Nuttall ! — If Plant 

 2--3 feet Mgh, simple. Leaves 2-4 inches long, 1-2 lines wide. Calyx ob- 



