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

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

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



2. SILENE. Linn. Catchfly. 



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

 cid secretion on the stem.) 



Calyx tubular, 5-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. 



* Caulescent. Flowers solitary or pamcled. Calyx inflated. 



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

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

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

 lat/us Linn. 



Dry woods. Can. to Car. W. to Miss. July, Aug. 1\. Stem 2 4 feet 

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

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



2. S 1 . inflate 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 12 feet high. Flowers white ; 

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

 Europe. Bladder 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. SUene 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. White Catchfly. 



** Caulescent. Flowers in axillary spikes, alternate. Calyx \Q-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. (J). Flowers white, greenish beneath. Introduced 

 from Europe. Night-smelling Catchfly. 



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

 or cylindrical. 



5. S 1 . Antirrhina Linn. : almost smooth ; stem erect, simple or branching 

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



