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feet. Dekalb County, Lookout Mountain, near Mentone, 1,600 feet. Flowers scarlet. 

 July; infrequent. Perennial. 



Type locality : " In the State of Ohio and Tennessee, on the moist ledges of rocks." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Silene caroliniana Walt, Fl. Car. 142. 1788. WILD PINK. 



Silene pennsylvanica Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 272. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 515. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 84. Chap. Fl. 51. 



Carolinian area. Eastern New England to New Jersey, West Virginia, Ohio, and 

 Tennessee, and along the mountains to Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Rocky banks and hillsides. Cullman County (Misses 

 Mohr), Flowers white to pale pink. April; rare. Perennial. 



Type locality: South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Silene virgiiiica L. Sp. PL 1 : 419. 1753. FIRE PINK. CATCHFLY. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 516, in part. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 84. Chap. Fl. 51. 



Carolinian and Louisiauian areas. Southwestern Ontario ; western New York, west 

 to Minnesota, south to the Ohio Valley, west to Missouri and Arkansas, and from 

 New Jersey to western Florida and Mississippi. 



ALABAMA : Tennessee Valley. Mountain region to Upper division of Coast Pine belt. 

 Open woods. Cullman, Tuscaloosa, and Montgomery counties. Clarke County, Choc- 

 taw Corner. Flowers crimson. April to June ; frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Silene regia Sims, Bot. Mag. 41 : t. 1724. 1815. ROYAL CATCHFLY. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 84. Chap. Fl. 51. 



Carolinian area. Prairies Ohio, Kentucky, southern Missouri. 



ALABAMA : Lower hills. Upper division Coast Pine belt. Open woods. Bibb 

 County, Pratt's Ferry. Butler County (E. A. Smith). Wilcox County, prairies (S. B. 

 Buckley). Flowers deep scarlet. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Native of North- America. Found by Mr. Nuttall, in 



the environs of St. Louis, on the Mississippi; from whose seeds our plant was 

 raised." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Silene antirrhina L. Sp. PI. 1 : 419. 1753. SNAPDRAGON CATCHFLY. 



Ell. Sk. 1:517. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 84. Chap. Fl. 52. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 29. Wats. Bot. Calif. 1 : 63. 



Alleghenian and Louisianian areas. From Canada to Florida and Tennessee, west 

 to Colorado ; British Columbia. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Cultivated ground, roadsides. Mobile County. Flowers 

 white. April; frequent. Annual. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia, Carolina.'* 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Silene anglica L. Sp. PI. 1 : 416. 1753. 



Silene fiallica L. Sp. PI. 1 : 417. 1753. 



Introduced. 



ALABAMA : Fugitive from Europe. Ballast ground, Mobile County. Not frequent. 

 Annual. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Anglia, Gallia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



SAPON ARIA L. Sp. PI. 1 : 408. 1753. 



Saponaria officinalis L. Sp. PI. 1 : 408. 1753. SOAPWORT. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 514. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 83. Chap. Fl. 52. 



Naturalized from Europe. Nova Scotia, Ontario, and throughout the Atlantic 

 States. 



ALABAMA : Adventive all over the State. Most frequent in central and upper dis- 

 tricts. Roadsides, borders of fields and gardens. Clay, Cullman, Autauga, and 

 Mobile counties. Flowers pink, frequently double. July, August. Perennial. 



Economic uses: The root, called "soap root," is used medicinally. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Europa media." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



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