Vor. II.] PINK FAMILY. 9 
3. Silene alba Muhl. Western White 
Campion. (Fig. 1442.) 
Silene alba Muhl. Cat. 45. 1813. 
Cucubalus niveus Nutt. Gen. 1: 287. 1818. 
Silene nivea Otth in DC. Prodr. 1: 377. 1824. 
Perennial, ascending or erect, rather weak, 
simple, or divergently branched above, minutely 
puberulent or glabrate. Leaves lanceolate or 
oblong-lanceolate, 3/-5’ long, 5’’-8’’ wide, acu- 
minate, the upper gradually smaller, and sub- 
tending the flowers; pedicels about 1’ long, di- 
varicate; flowers few, often solitary, white, about 
10’ broad; calyx inflated, elongated-campanu- 
late, pubescent, its teeth ovate, obtuse, more or 
less scarious-margined; petals cuneate, 2-cleft, 
or 2-lobed, minutely crowned. 
In shaded or moist places, Pennsylvania to Min- 
nesota and Iowa. Notcommon. June-July. 
4. Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke. 
Bladder Campion. (Fig. 1443.) 
Cucubalus Behen J,. Sp. Pl. 414. 1753. Not 
Stlene Behen L. 
Behen vulgaris Moench, Meth. 7o9. _ 1794. 
Silene Cucubalus Wibel, Prim. Werth. 241. 1799. 
Silene vulgaris Garcke, Fl. Deutsch. Ed. 9, 64. 
869. 
Sens inflata J. E. Smith, Fl. Brit. 2: 292. 1800, 
Perennial, branched from the base, glaucous 
and glabrous, or rarely pubescent, 6/18’ high. 
Ieaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, 
acute, variable in size, the lower often spatulate; 
flowers white, 6’’-10’’ broad, in loose cymose 
panicles, often drooping; calyx at first tubular- 
campanulate, at length inflated and globose, 
4/’-6”’ long, strongly veined; petals 2-cleft, with 
or without a small crown. 
In meadows and waste places, New Brunswick 
to Ontario, south to New Jersey and Illinois. 
Locally abundant. Naturalized from Europe and 
native alsoof Asia. Summer. Called also Behen, 
Cow-bell, and Spattling or Frothy Poppy. 
5. Silene nutans IL. Nodding Catchfly. 
(Fig. 1444. ) 
Silene nutans I, Sp. Pl. 417. 1753. 
Ew 
Perennial, glandular-pubescent above or nearly \ 
glabrous, stem slender, erect, 1°-2° tall. Lower Ly ; 
and basal leaves spatulate, subacute at the apex, 
2/-5’ long, 3/’-8’’ wide, tapering into slender pe- 
tioles; stem-leaves few and distant, narrowly ob- 
long or lanceolate, acute or acuminate at the apex, 
sessile, the uppermost (bracts) very small; flowers 
6//-8’’ broad, white or pink, nodding or spreading 
in a loose panicle; pedicels slender, 4’/-12’’ long; 
calyx oblong-cylindric in flower, 4’’-5’’ long, glan- 
dular, its teeth triangular, acute; petals 2-cleft or 
sometimes 4-cleft, the lobes narrowly oblong; cap- 
sule ovoid, 5/’-6’’ high, distending the calyx. 
Mt. Desert Island, Maine, and Staten Island, N. Y. 
Fugitive from Europe. English names, Dover Catch- 
fly, Nottingham Catchfly. June-Sept. 
