No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 179 



SILENE L. Catchfly. Campion. 



Silene antirrhina L. (like Antirrhinum, the Snapdragon). 



Sleepy or Snapdragon Catchfly. 



Frequent or common. Dry fields, roadsides, sandy places 



and on rocks and ledges. Mid-May — July. 



Silene antirrhina L., var. divaricata Robinson (widely diver- 

 gent). 



Rare. Dry, sandy banks or sterile soil of ledges : South- 

 ington (Andrews), Milford and Stratford (Eames), Sey- 

 mour and Oxford (Harger), Warren (in Herb. C. W. Swan). 

 May — June. 



Silene Armeria L. (like Armeria, the Thrift). 



None-so-pretty. Sweet William, Garden or Lobel's Catchfly. 

 Sweet Susan. Pretty Nancy. 



Rare. Escaped from gardens to roadsides and waste 

 places. June — Sept. Native of Europe. 



Silene dichotoma Ehrh. (forked). 

 Forked Catchfly. 



Rare. Waste places, fields and grasslands : New London 

 (Graves), Southington (Andrews, Bissell), Bristol (J. N. 

 Bishop), East Windsor and Norfolk (Bissell), Seymour 

 (Harger), Bridgeport (Eames), Wilton (Miss A. E. Car- 

 penter), New Milford (Eames & E. H. Austin), Salisbury 

 (Mrs. C. S. Phelps). June — Aug. Adventive from Europe. 



Silene noctiflora L. (night-flowering). 

 Catchfly. Night-flowering Catchfly. 



Rare. Roadsides and waste places about dwellings : Nor- 

 wich (W. A. Setchell), Southington (Andrews, Bissell), 

 Guilford (G. H. Bartlett and Bissell), North Branford and 

 Oxford (Harger), Bridgeport and Fairfield (Eames). Mid- 

 June — Oct. Adventive from Europe. 



Silene pennsylvanica Michx. 



Silene caroliniana of recent authors, perhaps of Walt. 

 Wild Pink. Fire Pink. 



Dry, sandy soil, especially on banks. Rare or local in most 

 districts: along the Thames River from Norwich southward 

 (Graves). Colchester (Dr. E. J. Thompson), Scotland and 



