264 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 



SILENE. Catchfly; Campion. 



S. antirrhina L. Sleepy Catchfly. — Sandy plains, dry hill- 

 sides and along railroad tracks ; locally common in the southern part 

 of the valley. 



var. divaricata Robinson. — Limestone outcrops, Stockbridge and 

 Sheffield. 



S. Armeria L. Sweet William Catchfly. — Occasionally escap- 

 ing from gardens, Sheffield. 



S. dichotoma Ehrh. — Occasionally escaping from gardens, Lanes- 

 boro. 



S. LATiFOLiA (Mill.) Britten & Rendle. Rattle-box; Bladder 

 Campion. — Fields and roadsides ; common in the valley. 



S. NOCTiFLORA L. NiGHT-FLowERiNG Catchfly. — Waste ground 

 and fence rows; occasional. 



S. pennsylvanica Michx. Wild Pink; Fire Pink. — Dry banks 

 and ledges near Bash Bish Falls, Mt. Washington. 



SPERGULA. Spurrey. 



S. ARVENSis L. Corn Spurrey. — Roadsides and cultivated 

 ground; frequent on the plateau. Occasional in the valley, Lanesboro 

 (Churchill). 



SPERGULARIA. Sand Spurrey. 

 {Tissa lU. Fl. ed. 2.) 



S. rubra (L). J. & C. Presl. Sand Spurrey. — Occasional and 

 apparently introduced. Drive around Whitcomb's Tower, Florida; 

 driveway, Pittsfield; path. Great Barrington. 



STELLARIA. CmcKWEEo; Starwort. 

 {AlsinelW. Fl. ed. 2.) 



S. AQUATiCA (L.) Scop. — Well established along the Hoosac River, 

 Williamstown. 



S. borealis Bigel., var. floribunda Fernald. — (S. borealis Man. 

 ed. 7 in part; rid. Rhodora, 16: 151, 1914.) 



Among boulders of sericite schist, Jencks Brook, Florida (Fernald 

 and Long); swampy woods, Hancock (altitude 2000 feet). 



Upper leaves much reduced to short scarious margined bracts; 

 flowers numerous in terminal cymes. 



