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CARYOPHYLLACEAE. 



6. Silene Virginica L,. 



(Fig. 1445.) 



[Vol.. II. 

 Fire Pink. 



Silene Virginica I,. Sp. PI. 419. 1753. 



Pereunial, slender, ascending or erect, viscid- 

 pubescent, branching above, i-2 high. Leaves 

 thin, those of the base and lower part of the stem 

 spatulate or oblanceolate, $'-$' long, obtuse or 

 acute, tapering into a winged petiole; upper leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, sessile; inflorescence 

 loosely cymose-paniculate; flowers crimson, I'-ift' 

 broad; pedicels slender, !^ / -2 / long; calyx tubular- 

 campanulate, 9"-! 2" long, enlarged by the ripen- 

 ing pod, its teeth ovate, acute, scarious-margincd; 

 petals 2-cleft, 2-lobed, or irregularly incised, 

 crowned, the limb oblong or linear-oblong. 



In dry woods, southern New Jersey, western NYw 

 York and southwestern Ontario to Minnesota, south to 

 Georgia and Missouri. Ascends to 4200 ft. in Virginia. 

 M.iy Sept. 



7. Silene rotundifdlia Xutt. Round-leaved Catchfly. (Fig. 1446.) 

 Silene rotitndifolia Nutt. Gen. i: 288. 1818. 



Perennial, stem slender, ascending or re- 

 clining, viscid-pubescent, branched, i> -2 

 long. Leaves thin, membranous, the lower 

 and basal ones obovate or broadly spatulate, 

 2'-4' long, narrowed into a winged petiole, ob- 

 tuse but pointed, the cauline obovate, broadly 

 oblong or orbicular-ovate, acute, the uppermost 

 sessile; flowers few and loosely cymose, or soli- 

 tary, scarlet, i'-2/ broad; pedicels slender, i'- 

 2' long; calyx tubular-campanulate, lo"-i5" 

 long, somewhat enlarged by the ripening pod, 

 its teeth ovate, acute; petals 2-cleft, lobed, or 

 laciniate, crowned. 



In shaded places, southern Ohio and Kentucky 

 to Georgia. Summer. 



8. Silene regia Sims. Royal Catchfly. 

 (Fig. 1447.) 



Silene regia Sims, Bot. Mag. pi. 1724. 1814. 



Perennial, erect, stout, 3-4 high, simple or spar- 

 ingly branched, minutely rough-pubescent, slightly 

 viscid. Leaves all but the lowest sessile, thick, 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 2 / ~3 / long; in- 

 florescence a narrow strict panicle of few-flowered 

 cymose clusters; pedicels generally less than % f 

 long; flowers numerous, deep scarlet, about \' broad; 

 calyx oblong-tubular, 10" long, slightly enlarged 

 by the ripening pod, its teeth ovate-acute; petals 

 emarginate or laciniate, crowned. 



Prairies, Ohio to Alabama, west to Missouri. July. 



