Wore IT.) PINK FAMILY. Il 
g. Silene Caroliniana Walt. Wild 
Pink. (Fig. 1448.) 
Silene Caroliniana Walt. Fl. Car. 142. 1788. 
Silene Pennsylvanica Michx. F1. Bor. Am. 1: 272. 
1803. 
Perennial, tufted, 4/-10’ high, viscid-pubes- 
cent, especially above, generally nearly gla- 
brous below. Basal leaves spatulate, or oblan- 
ceolate, acute or obtuse, 2’-4’ long, narrowed 
into a broad petiole, the margins often ciliate; 
stem-leaves shorter, sessile, oblong or lanceo- 
late; flowers pink, about 1/ broad, in terminal 
cymes; pedicels 2’’-15’’ long; calyx narrow, 
tubular, much enlarged by the ripening pod, its 
teeth ovate, acute; petals cuneate, emarginate, 
eroded, crowned at the base of the claw. 
In dry, sandy or rocky soil, Maine to Georgia, 
west to central New York, Pennsylvania and Ken- 
tucky. Ascends to 3300 ft. in West Virginia. 
April-June. 
1o. Silene antirrhina L. Sleepy Catchfly. (Fig. 1449.) 
Silene antirrhina I,. Sp. Pl. 419. 1753. 
Annual, slender, erect or ascending, puberulent 
or glabrous, glutinous about the nodes, simple, or 
branched above, 8/-2'%° high, the branches as- 
cending. Basal and lower leaves spatulate or ob- 
lanceolate, 1/-2’ long, narrowed into a petiole, ob- 
tuse or acute, sometimes slightly ciliate; upper 
leaves linear and gradually reduced to subulate 
bracts; inflorescence a loose cymose panicle; pedi- 
cels slender, erect; flowers pink, about 1//—2// 
broad; calyx narrowly ovoid, 2/’-3// long, much 
expanded by the ripening pod, its teeth ovate, 
acute; petals obcordate, minutely crowned. 
In waste places and woods, New England to south- 
ern Ontario and British Columbia, south to Floridaand 
Mexico. Flowers opening fora short time in sunshine. 
Ascends to 3200 ft. in Virginia. Summer. 
Silene antirrhina divaricata Robinson, Proc. Am. Acad. 
28: 132. 1893. 
More slender than the species and with narrower 
leaves; branches spreading, filiform; calyx 2'/-2%4'' 
long; petals none. Illinois and central New York. 
11. Silene Arméria L. Sweet William 
or Lobel’s Catchfly. (Fig. 1450.) 
Silene Armeria l¥,. Sp. Pl. Ed. 2, 601. 1762. 
Annual, erect, branching, glabrous and glau- 
cous, or minutely puberulent, about 1° high, 
glutinous below each node. Basal leaves ob- 
lanceolate, 2’—3’ long, obtuse; stem-leaves ovate 
or ovate-lanceolate, 1’—3’ long, acute or obtuse; 
inflorescence a terminal compact compound 
cyme; flowers purple or pink, 6’’-8’’ broad; 
calyx club-shaped, 5’’-8’’ long, slightly en- 
larged by the ripening pod; pedicels about 1// 
long; petals emarginate, crowned with narrow 
scales. 
In waste places and spontaneous in gardens, 
New Brunswick and Ontario to Michigan, south to 
New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Introduced from 
Europe. June-July. 
