VOL. II.] 



PINK FAMILY. 



3. Silene alba Muhl. Western White 

 Campion. (Fig. 1442.) 



Silene alba Muhl. Cat. 45. 1813. 

 Cucubalus niveus Nutt. Gen. i: 287. 1818. 

 Silene nivea Otth in DC. Prodr. i: 377. 1824. 



Perennial, ascending or erect, rather weak, 

 simple, or divergently branched above, minutely 

 puberulent or glabrate. Leaves lanceolate or 

 oblong-lanceolate, 3 / -5 / long, 5 // -8 // wide, acu- 

 minate, the upper gradually smaller, and sub- 

 tending the flowers; pedicels about \' long, di- 

 varicate; flowers few, often solitary, white, about 

 10" broad; calyx inflated, elongated-campanu- 

 late, pubescent, its teeth ovate, obtuse, more or 

 less scarious-margined; petals cuneate, 2-cleft, 

 or 2-lobed, minutely crowned. 



In shaded or moist places, Pennsylvania to Min- 

 nesota and Iowa. Not common. June-July. 



4. Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke. 

 Bladder Campion. (Fig. 1443.) 



Cucubalus Behen L. Sp. PI. 414. 1753. Not 



Silene Behen I,. 



Behen rulgaris Moench, Meth. 709. 1794. 

 Silene Cucubalus Wibel, Prim. Werth. 241. 1799. 

 Silene vulgaris Garcke, Fl. Deutsch. Ed. 9, 64. 



1869. 

 Silene inflata J. E. Smith, Fl. Brit. 2: 292. 1800. 



Perennial, branched from the base, glaucous 

 and glabrous, or rarely pubescent, 6'-iS / high. 

 Leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, 

 acute, variable in size, the lower often spatulate; 

 flowers white, 6 // -io // broad, in loose cymose 

 panicles, often drooping; calyx at first tubular- 

 campanulate, at length inflated and globose, 

 4 // -6 // long, strongly veined; petals 2-cleft, with 

 or without a small crown. 



In meadows and waste places, New Brunswick 

 to Ontario, south to New Jersey and Illinois. 

 Locally abundant. Naturalized from Europe and 

 native also of Asia. Summer. Called also Behen. 

 Cow-bell, and Spattling or Frothy Poppy. 



5. Silene nutans L. Nodding Catchfly. 

 (Fig. 1444.) 



Silene nutans L. Sp. PI. 417. 1753. 



Perennial, glandular-pubescent above or nearly 

 glabrous, stem slender, erect, i-2 tall. Lower 

 and basal leaves spatulate, subacute at the apex, 

 2 / -5 / long, 3 // -8 // wide, tapering into slender pe- 

 tioles; stem-leaves few and distant, narrowly ob- 

 long or lanceolate, acute or acuminate at the apex, 

 sessile, the uppermost (bracts) very small; flowers 

 6 // -8 // broad, white or pink, nodding or spreading 

 in a loose panicle; pedicels slender, 4 // -i2 // long; 

 calyx oblong-cylindric in flower, 4 // -5 // long, glan- 

 dular, its teeth triangular, acute; petals 2-cleft or 

 sometimes 4-cleft, the lobes narrowly oblong; cap- 

 sule ovoid, 5 // -6 // high, distending the calyx. 



Mt. Desert Island, Maine, and Staten Island, N. Y. 

 Fugitive from Europe. English names, Dover Catch- 

 fly, Nottingham Catchfly. June-Sept. 



