10 CARYOPHYLLACEAE. [Vor. II. 
6. Silene Virginica L. Fire Pink. 
(Fig. 1445.) 
Silene Virginica IY. Sp. Pl. 419. 1753. 
Perennial, slender, ascending or erect, viscid- 
pubescent, branching above, 1°-2° high. Leaves 
thin, those of the base and lower part of the stem 
spatulate or oblanceolate, 3’-5’ long, obtuse or 
acute, tapering into a winged petiole; upper leaves 
oblong-lanceolate, acute, sessile; inflorescence 
loosely cymose-paniculate; flowers crimson, I/—1 4’ 
broad; pedicels slender, 14/-2’ long; calyx tubular- 
campanulate, 9/’-12’’ long, enlarged by the ripen- 
ing pod, its teeth ovate, acute, scarious-margined; 
petals 2-cleft, 2-lobed, or irregularly incised, 
crowned, the limb oblong or linear-oblong. 
In dry woods, southern New Jersey, western New 
York and southwestern Ontario to Minnesota, south to 
Georgia and Missouri. Ascends to 4200 ft. in Virginia. 
May-Sept. 
7. Silene rotundifolia Nutt. Round-leaved Catchfly. (Fig. 1446.) 
Stlene rotundifolia Nutt. Gen. 1: 288. 1818. 
Perennial, stem slender, ascending or re- 
clining, viscid-pubescent, branched, 114°-2° 
long. Leaves thin, membranous, the lower 
and basal ones obovate or broadly spatulate, 
2’-4’ long, narrowed into a winged petiole, ob- 
tuse but pointed, the cauline obovate, broadly 
oblong or orbicular-ovate, acute, the uppermost 
sessile; flowers few and loosely cymose, or soli- 
tary, scarlet, 1’-2’ broad; pedicels slender, 1/- 
2’ long; calyx tubular-campanulate, 10’7-15/” 
long, somewhat enlarged by the ripening pod, 
its teeth ovate, acute; petals 2-cleft, lobed, or 
laciniate, crowned. 
In shaded places, southern Ohio and Kentucky 
to Georgia. Summer. 
8. Silene régia Sims. Royal Catchfly. 
(Fig. 1447.) 
Silene regia Sims, Bot. Mag. p/. 1724. 1814. 
Perennial, erect, stout, 3°-4° high, simple or spar- 
ingly branched, minutely rough-pubescent, slightly 
viscid. Leaves all but the lowest sessile, thick, 
ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 2’—3’ long; in- 
florescence a narrow strict panicle of few-flowered 
cymose clusters; pedigels generally less than }4’ 
long; flowers numerous, deep scarlet, about 1’ broad; 
calyx oblong-tubular, 10’’ long, slightly enlarged 
by the ripening pod, its teeth ovate-acute; petals 
emarginate or laciniate, crowned. 
Prairies, Ohio to Alabama, west to Missouri. July. 
