l8o CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



A\'indham (G. Waldo), North Haven (Harger), \Voodbur>- 

 (Eames & C. C. Godfrey), Newtown (J. P. Blackman), 

 Brookfield (Eames). Becoming occasional in the south- 

 western part of the state. May — mid- June. 

 A handsome plant in cultivation. 



Silene stellata (L.) Ait.f. (starry). 



Starry Campion. Four-leaved Campion. 



Rocky woods and thickets. Rare in its most northerly and 

 easterly reported localities: New IMilford (Eames), Beacon 

 Falls (Harger), Plainville (Bissell), Simsbury (A. W. 

 Driggs), Newington (H. S. Clark), Middletown (Harger), 

 Old Lyme (Graves), East Lyme (Miss A. M. Ryon). Fre- 

 quent near the coast westward. Mid- July — Sept. 



A handsome plant and worthy of cultivation. 



Silene latifolia (Mill.) Britten & Rendle (broad-leaved). 

 Silene Cnciibalus Wibel. 

 Silene vulgaris Garcke. 

 Bladder Campion. Behen. Rattle Bags. Cow Bells. 



Occasional or frequent. Grassland, roadsides and waste 

 places. June — • Sept. Naturalized from Europe. 



SAPONARIA L. 



Saponaria officinalis L. (of the shops). 



Bouncing Bet. Soapwort. Old-maid's or Hedge Pink. 



Common. Fields, roadsides and waste places. July — 

 Oct. Naturalized from Europe. 



The plant has active medicinal properties, but is now 

 seldom used. Often occurs with double flowers. 



Saponaria Vaccaria L. (cow-herb). 

 Vaccaria Vaccaria Britton. 

 Cow-herb. Field Soapwort. Cow-rattle. Cockle. 



Rare. Cultivated ground and waste places : Norwich 

 (^Irs. F. E. Rogers). Fast Lyme ^liss A. M. Ryon), New 

 Haven (D. C. Eaton), Mansfield and Salisbury (Mrs. C. S. 

 Phelps), Hartford (Bissell), Southington (Andrews, Bis- 

 sell), Waterbury (Mrs. C. H. Lyman, Jr.), Bridgeport and 

 Fairfield (Eames), New Milford (E. H. Austin). June — 

 July. Introduced from Europe. 



