SiLENE. CARYOPHYLLACE^. 101 



dually acuminate ; cymes in a loose terminal panicle ; petals lacerate-fimbriate, not crowned ; 

 stamens about the length of the petals. — Ait. Kew. (ed. 2.) 3. p. 84 ; DC. prodr. 1. p. 368 ; 

 Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 88 ; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 272 ; Torr. ^ Gr. fi. N. Am. 1. p. 190. 

 Cucubalus stellatus, Linn. ; Michx. fl. I. p. 271 ; Bat. mag. t. 1107 ; Pursh, fl. 1. p. 315 ; 

 Ell. sk. 1. p. 514 ; Torr. fl. 1. p. 449 ; Bigel. fl. Bost. p. 184. 



Perennial. Whole plant pulverulently pubescent. Stem 2-4 feet high, erect, somewhat 

 4-sided, slender. Leaves 2-3 inches long, sessile, with a long tapering point ; the upper- 

 most, and also the lowest ones, usually opposite. Flowers as large as in the common Cam- 

 pion. Calyx broadly campanulate. Petals white ; the limb dilated, spreading. Capsule 

 ovoid-globose, on a short woolly stipe. Seeds reniform, rough with concentric lines of rugose 

 papillae. 



Dry woods ; frequent. July - August. 



2. SiLENE Antirrhina, Linn. Snapdragon Catchfly. 



Annual ; nearly smooth ; stem erect, simple, or branching above ; leaves lanceolate, acute, 

 the upper ones linear ; margins ininutely ciliate-scabrous ; cyme few-flowered ; calyx ovoid, 

 smooth and shining ; petals small, obcordale, slightly crowned. — Pursh, fl. 1. p. 316 ; Ell. 

 sk. 1. p. 517 ; Torr. fl. 1. p. 451 ; Bigel. fl. Bost. p. 183 ; Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 89 ; 

 Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 273 ; Torr. ^ Gr. fl. N. Am. 1. p. 191 ; Dill. hort. Elth. p. 422, t. 213. 



Stem 1 - 2i feet high, the lower part a little rough ; a portion of the upper intern odes 

 viscid. Peduncles erect. Teeth of the calyx very short, purplish. Petals white or tinged 

 with purple, only expanding towards evening, or in moist cloudy weather ; sometimes wanting? 

 Capsule ovoid, about the length of the calyx ; the stipe very short. Seeds reniform, rough 

 with elevated points. 



Dry sandy and stony places. June - July. 



3. SiLENE NocTiFLORA, Linn. Night-fowering CatcTifiy. 



Viscidly pubescent ; stem erect ; lower leaves spatulate, upper ones linear-lanceolate ; 

 calyx cylindrical-ventricose, the alternate striae veined ; teeth very long, subulate ; petals 2- 

 parted.— JBng-. hot. «. 291 ; DC. prodr. \.p. 379 ; Torr. Sg- Gr.fl. N. Am. 1. p. 192. Sapo- 

 naria noctiflora, Fenzl. 



Annual. Stem 1-2 feet high, simple or dichotomously branched above. Leaves about 

 2 inches long. Flowers rather large, sweet-scented, expanding only in the evening or in 

 cloudy weather, white or pale rose-color. Seeds granulated. 



Old fields in the northern parts of the State : introduced. July — August 



4. SiLENE Pennsylvanica, Michx. Wild Pink. 



Viscidly pubescent ; stems numerous from the same root ; leaves lanceolate, acute, the 

 radical ones spatulate-oblanceolate ; cyme several-flowered (3-7), contracted ; petals obo- 



