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4. SILENE, L. CATCHFLY. CAMPION. 



Calyx 5-toothed, 10 -many-nerved, naked at the base. Stamens 10. Styles 

 3, rarely 4. Pod 1 -celled, sometimes 3-celled at least at the base, opening by 3 

 or 6 teeth at the apex. Flowers solitary or in cymes. Petals mostly crowned 

 with a scale at the base of the blade. (Name from at'oXou, saliva, from the 

 viscid exudation on the stems and calyx of many species. The English name 

 Catchfly alludes to the same peculiarity.) 



* Calyx bladderly-inflated : perennial : flowers panicled, white, in summer. 



1. S. stellata, Ait. (STARRY CAMPION.) Leaves in whorls of 4, ovate- 

 lanceolate, taper-pointed ; calyx bell-shaped ; petals cut into a fringe, crownless. 

 (Cuciibalus stellatus, L.) Wooded banks, Rhode Island to Wisconsin, and 

 southward. Stem 3 high, with a large and open pyramidal panicle. Co- 

 rolla I' broad. 



2. S. nivea, DC. Leaves opposite, lanceolate or oblong, taper-pointed; calyx 

 oblong ; petals wedge-form, 2-cleft, minutely crowned. Columbia, Pennsylvania, 

 to Ohio and Illinois : rare. Stem 1 - 2 high, almost smooth. Flowers few, 

 larger than in the last. 



3. S. INFLATA, Smith. (BLADDER CAMPION.) Glaucous; leaves opposite, 

 ovate-lanceolate; calyx globular, much inflated, elegantly veined; petals 2-cleft, 

 nearly crownless. Fields and roadsides, E. New England to Penn. A foot 

 high. Flowers loosely cymose. (Nat. from Eu.) 



# # Calyx elongated or club-shaped, not inflated except by the enlarging pod : flowers 

 cymose or clustered : perennial, pubescent with viscid hairs, especially the calyx : 

 petals crowned, red or rose-color. 



4. S. Pennsylvanica, Michx. (WILD PINK.) Stems low (4' -8' high) ; 

 root-leaves narrowly spatulate, nearly glabrous, tapering into hairy petioles; 

 stem-leaves (2 or 3 pairs) lanceolate; flowers clustered, short-stalked; calyx club- 

 shaped ; petals wedge-form, slightly notched and eroded, pink. Gravelly places, 

 E. New England to Penn., Kentucky, and southward. April - June. 



5. S. Virginica, L. (FIRE PINK. CATCHFLY.) Stems slender (1- 

 2 high); leaves thin, spatulate, or the upper oblong-lanceolate; flowers few and 

 loosely cymose, peduncled ; calyx oblong-cylindrical, soon obconical ; petals ob- 

 long, 2-cleft, deep crimson; the limb 1' long. Open woods, W. New York 

 (Dr. Sartwell) to Illinois and southward. June -Aug. 



6. S. rfcgia, Sims. (ROYAL CATCHFLY.) Stem roughish, erect (3 -4 

 high); leaves thickish, ovate-lanceolate, acute; flowers numerous, short-stalked, in 

 clusters, forming a strict panicle ; calyx ovoid-club-shaped in fruit ; petals spatu- 

 late-lanceolate, mostly undivided, deep scarlet. Prairies, Ohio to Illinois, and 

 southward. July. 



7. S. rotundif61ia, Nutt. (ROUND-LEAVED CATCHFLY.) Viscid-hairy; 

 stems weak, branched, decumbent (2 long) ; leaves thin, round, abruptly pointed, 

 the lower obovate ; flowers few, loosely cymose, stalked ; calyx elongated ; pet- 

 als 2-clefl and cut-toothed, deep scarlet. Shaded banks of the Ohio, and in Ken- 

 tucky. June - Aug. Leaves and flowers large. The last three probably run 

 together. 



