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feet. Dekalb County, Lookout Monntain, near Mentone, 1,600 feet. Flowers scarlet. 

 July; infrequent. Perennial. 



Type locality : " In the State of Ohio and Tennessee, on the moist ledges of rocks." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Silene caroliniana Walt. Fl. Car. 142. 1788. Wild Pink. 



Silene pennsi/Ivanica Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 272. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 515. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 84. Chap. Fl. 51. 



Carolinian area. Eastern New England to New Jersey, West Virginia, Ohio, and 

 Tennessee, and along the mountains to Georgia. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Rocky l>ank8 and hillsides. Cullman County (ifisses 

 Mohr). Flowers white to pale pink. April; rare. Perennial. 



Type locality: South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Silene virginica L. Sp. PI. 1:419. 1753. Fire Pink. Catchfly. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 516, in part. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 84. Chap. Fl. 51. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southwestern Ontario ; western New York, west 

 to Minnesota, south to thi^ Ohio Valley, west to Missouri and Arkansas, and from 

 New Jersey to western Florida and Mississippi. 



Alabama: Tennessee Valley. Mountainregion to Upperdivision of Coast Pine belt. 

 Open woods. Cullman, Tuscaloosa, and Montgomery counties. Clarke County, Choc- 

 taw Corner. Flowers crimson. April to June; frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Silene regia Sims, Bot. Mag. 41 : t. 17J-i. 1815. Royal Catchfly. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6,84. Chap. Fl. 5L 



Carolinian area. Prairies Ohio, Kentucky, southern Missouri. 



Alabama : Lower hills. Upper division Coast Pine belt. Open woods. Bibb 

 County, Pratt's Ferry. Butler County (£. A. Smith). Wilcox County, prairies (S. B. 

 Buckley). Flowers deep starlet. Perennial. 



Type locality : "Native of North-America. Found by Mr. Nuttall, * * * in 

 the environs of St. Louis, on the Mississippi; from whose seeds our plant was 

 raised." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Silene antirrhinaL. Sp. PI. 1:419. 1753. Snapdragon Catchfly. 



Ell. Sk. 1:517. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 84. Chap. Fl. 52. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 29. Wats. Bot. Calif. 1 : 63. 



Alleghenian and Louisianian areas. From Canada to Florida and Tennessee, west 

 to Colorado ; British Columbia. 



Alabama: Over the State. Cultivated ground, roadsides. Mobile County. Flowers 

 white. April ; frequent. Annual. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia, Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Silene anglica L. Sp. PI. 1 : 416. 1753. 



Silene f/aUica L. Sp. PI. 1 : 417. 1753. 



Introduced. 



Alabama: Fugitive from Europe. Ballast ground, Mobile County. Not frequent. 

 Annual. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Anglia, Gallia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



SAPONARIA L. Sp. PL 1:408. 1753. 



Saponaria officinalis L. Sp. PI. 1 : 408. 1753. Soapwort. 



Ell. Sk. 1:514. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 83. Chap. Fl. 52. 



Naturalized from Europe. Nova Scotia, Ontario, and throughout the Atlantic 

 States. 



Alabama: Adventive all over the State. Most frequent in central and upper dis- 

 tricts. Roadsides, borders of fields and gardens. Clay, Cullman, Autauga, and 

 Mobile counties. Flowers pink, frequently double. July, August. Perennial. 



Economic uses: The root, called "soap root," is used medicinally. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Luropa media." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



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