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Sandy fields- Mass. to Md. July. Q—Stem 18 inches high, branched 

 ^hoTe^ Leaves linear, opposite and connate. Flowers rose-colored with white 

 dots, inodorous, small. Introduced from Europe. Deptford Pink. 



2. SILENE. Linn.— CeLtcMy. 

 (Supposed to be derived from the Greek cia\ov, saliva ; in aUusion to the vis- 

 cid secretion on the stem.) 



Calyx tubular, S-toothed, naked. Petals 5, unguiculate, 

 mostly crowned at the orifice ; limb bifid. Stamens 10. Styles 

 3. Capsule 3 -celled at base, dehiscent at the top into 6 teeth. 



* Cmdescent. Flowers, solitary or pamcled. Calyx inflated. 



1. S. stellaia Ait. : stem erect, branching, pubescent ; leaves verticillate 

 in fours, oval-lanceolate, long-acuminate, smooth; flowers in panicles; 

 calyx bladder-like, pubescent ; limb of the petals fringed. Cucubalus stel- 

 latus Linn. 



Dry woods. Can. to Car. W. to Miss. July, Aug. %.—Stem 2-^ feet 

 high, slender, somewhat 4-sided. Leaves with a long tapering point, sessile. 

 Flowers white, the petals fringed at the apex. Four-leaved Lampion. 



2. >S. inflata Smith: stem erect, branching; leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute ; flowers numerous, panicled ; petals deeply cleft, with narrow seg- 

 ments, scarcely crowned; calyx .inflated, reticulated. Cucubalus Behen 



Linn. 



Fields. Can. and Mass. July. %.— Stem 1—2 feet high. Flowers ^^nte ; 



petals bifid. Calyx bladder-like and beautifully veined. Introduced from 



Europe. Bladdef Campion. 



3. S. nivea Muhl. : stem divaricate and dichotomous above ; leaves ob- 

 long-lanceolate, minutely and puberulently pubescent, the uppermost ovate ; 

 calyx obtuse, bell-shaped, inflated, subpilose; petals small, reflexed, bifid 

 at the extremity ; claws exserted beyond the calyx, nearly naked; flowers 

 solitary, dichotomal, terminal. Cucubalus niveus Nutt. Silene alba Muhl. 



" Upon an island in the Susquehannah near to Columbia, Penn. Muhlen- 

 berg ' Nutt June, July. %.—Stem smooth and slender. Leaves opposite, 

 2 inches long, and * an inch wide. Flowers white, remote, solitary, dichotomal 

 and terminal ^^^«« Catchfly. 



** Caulescent. Flcmers in axillary spikes, alternate. Calyx 10-striate. 



4. S. nocturna Linn. : stem branched, pilose below ; leaves pubescent,, 

 long ciliate at base ; lower ones spatulate, upper ones linear-lanceolate ; 

 spike secund, dense ; flowers sessile, alternate ; calyx cylindrical, nearly 

 smooth ; petals 2-parted, narrow. 



Penn. and Virg. July. ^.—Flowers white, greenish beneath. Introduced 

 from Europe. Night-smelhng Catchfly. 



*** Caulescent. Stem rigidly erect. Peduncles filiform. Calyx bellform 

 or cylindrical. 



5. 5/. Antirrhina Ldnn. : almost sniooth ; stem erect, simple or branching 

 above, somewhat leafy; leaves lanceolate, acute, subciliate, upper ones 



