VOL. II.] 



PINK FAMILY. 



II 



Silene Caroliniana Walt. 

 Pink. (Fig. 1448.) 



Wild 



Silene Caroliniana Walt. Fl. Car. 142. 1788. 

 Silene Pennsylvanica Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i: 272. 

 1803. 



Perennial, tufted, 4 / -io / high, viscid-pubes- 

 cent, especially above, generally nearly gla- 

 brous below. Basal leaves spatulate, or oblan- 

 ceolate, acute or obtuse, 2 / -4 / long, narrowed 

 into a broad petiole, the margins often ciliate; 

 stem-leaves shorter, sessile, oblong or lanceo- 

 late; flowers pink, about \ f broad, in terminal 

 cymes; pedicels 2 // -i5 // long; calyx narrow, 

 tubular, much enlarged by the ripening pod, its 

 teeth ovate, acute; petals cuneate, emarginate, 

 eroded, crowned at the base of the claw. 



In dry, sandy or rocky soil, Maine to Georgia, 

 west to central New York, Pennsylvania and Ken- 

 tucky. Ascends to 3300 ft. in West Virginia. 

 April-June. 



10. Silene antirrhina L,. Sleepy Catchfly. (Fig. 1449.) 



Silene antirrhina L,. Sp. PI. 419. 1753. 



Annual, slender, erect or ascending, puberuleut 

 or glabrous, glutinous about the nodes, simple, or 

 branched above, 8'-2% high, the branches as- 

 cending. Basal and lower leaves spatulate or ob- 

 lanceolate, i / -2 / long, narrowed into a petiole, ob- 

 tuse or acute, sometimes slightly ciliate; upper 

 leaves linear and gradually reduced to subulate 

 bracts; inflorescence a loose cymose panicle; pedi- 

 cels slender, erect; flowers pink, about i // -2 // 

 broad; calyx narrowly ovoid, 2 // -3 // long, much 

 expanded by the ripening pod, its teeth ovate, 

 acute; petals obcordate, minutely crowned. 



In waste places and woods, New England to south- 

 ern Ontario and Britisli Columbia, south to Florida and 

 Mexico. Flowers opening for a short time in sunshine. 

 Ascends to 3200 ft. in Virginia. Summer. 



Silene antirrhina divaricate Robinson, Proc. Am. Acad. 



28: 132. 1893. 



More slender than th_e species and with narrower 

 leaves; branches spreading, filiform; calyx 2"-2 l A" 

 long; petals none. Illinois and central New York. 



ii. Silene Armeria L,. Sweet William 

 or lyobel's Catchfly. (Fig. 1450.) 



Silene Armeria L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 601. 1762. 



Annual, erect, branching, glabrous and glau- 

 cous, or minutely puberulent, about i high, 

 glutinous below each node. Basal leaves ob- 

 lanceolate, 2 / ~3 / long, obtuse; stem-leaves ovate 

 or ovate-lanceolate, i / -3 / long, acute or obtuse; 

 inflorescence a terminal compact compound 

 cyme; flowers purple or pink, 6 // -8 // broad; 

 calyx club-shaped, "-W long, slightly en- 

 larged by the ripening pod; pedicels about \" 

 long; petals emarginate, crowned with narrow 

 scales. 



In waste places and spontaneous in gardens, 

 New Brunswick and Ontario to Michigan, south to 

 New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Introduced from 

 Europe. June-July. 



