52 BOTANY OF LA SALLE 



SILENA. P. Campion. 



S. stellata. Tall, 2 to 3 ft., leaves grayish G., in 



4's corolla fring-ed; calyx inflated. M. Ju. Banks 



of streams. 

 S. Antirrhina. Erect, rigid slender, with nearly 



erect branches; leaves narrow-oblong 1 ; flowers 



R. without, Pi. within; peduncles with sticky. 



brown gum around them which catches insects. 



Sandy lands. 

 S. Cucabalus. Leaves opposite; petals 2 cleft; 



calyx much inflated; W., 1 ft. S. inflata of 



5th. Ed. 

 S. nivea. Leaves opposite, oblong 1 , acute; petals 



cuneate, 2 cleft; flowers few, larg-er than stel- 

 lata; 1 to 2 ft.; rare. 



S. noctiflora. Nig'ht flowering 1 campion. Viscid- 

 hairy, 1 to 3 ft.; lower leaves larg-e, spatulate; 



flowers few, Pi., cult, grounds. 

 LYCHINS. A. Cockle, Mullien pink. 



Lt. Githag-o. Erect, branching- clothed with long-, 



soft, white hairs; flowers purple, 1 in. or more 



dia., cult, lands. 

 ARENARIA. Sandwort. Petals 5 entire or slig-htly 



notched. 

 A. Michauxit. Usually diffusely spreading; leaves 



almost like bristles clustered in axils of stem; 



flowers small, W., J. Sandy lands. Alsine 



stricta of Wood. 

 Jh. A. lateriflora. Erect, less branching" than 



Michauxii; leaves oval, obtuse; flowers W., 6 



to 10 in. 

 STELLARIA. Chickvveed. Starwort. Parts of 



flowers in 4's or 5's, petals 2 cleft or more. 

 Jh. S. long-ifolia. Erect, weak, roug-h angled, 8 to 18 



in-, leaves narrow, acute at both ends; flowers 



