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tapering into slender petioles; stem-leaves few, distant, oblong or lanceolate, acute or 

 acuminate, sessile; flowers 1216 mm. broad, white or pink, nodding or spreading 

 in a loose panicle; pedicels slender; calyx oblong-cylindric in flower, 8-io mm. 

 long, glandular, its teeth triangular, acute; petals 2-cleft or sometimes 4-cleft; cap- 

 sule ovoid, 10-12 mm. high, distending the calyx. Mt. Desert Island, Me., and 

 Staten Island, N. Y. Fugitive from Europe. June-Sept. 



6. Silene Virginica L. FIRE PINK. (I. F. f. 1445.) Perennial, viscid- 

 pubescent, 3-6 dm. high. Leaves thin, those of the lower part of the stem spatulate 

 or oblanceolate, 8-13 cm. long; upper leaves oblong -lanceolate, acute, sessile; in- 

 florescence loosely cymose-paniculate ; flowers crimson, 2-3 cm. broad ; pedicels 

 slender, 1-5 cm. long ; calyx tubular-campanulate, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, enlarged by 

 the ripening pod, its teeth ovate, acute; petals 2-cleft, 2-lobed, or irregularly in- 

 cised, crowned. In dry woods, S. N. J., W. N. Y. and Ont. to Minn., Ga. and 

 Mo. May-Sept. 



7. Silene rotundifolia Nutt. ROUND-LEAVED CATCHFLY. (I. F. f. 1446.) 

 Perennial; stem ascending or reclining, viscid-pubescent, 4-6 dm. long. Leaves 

 thin, the lower and basal ones obovate ; 5-10 cm. long, narrowed into a winged 

 petiole, the cauline obovate, broadly oblong or orbicular-ovate, acute, the upper- 

 most sessile ; flowers few or solitary, scarlet, 2-5 cm. broad; pedicels slender ; 

 calyx tubular-campanulate, 2-3 cm. long, somewhat enlarged by the ripening pod, 

 its teeth ovate, acute ; petals 2-cleft, lobed, or laciniate, crowned. In shaded 

 places, S. Ohio and Ky. to Ga. Summer. 



8. Silene regia Sims. ROYAL CATCHFLY. (I.F. f. 1447.) Perennial; stem 

 erect, stout, 1-1.2 m. high, minutely rough-pubescent, slightly viscid. Leaves all 

 but the lowest sessile, thick, ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 5-8 cm. long ; 

 inflorescence a narrow panicle of few-flowered cymose clusters ; flowers numerous, 

 deep scarlet, about 2.5 cm. broad ; calyx oblong-tubular, 2 cm. long, slightly en- 

 larged by the ripening pod, its teeth ovate, acute ; petals emarginate or laciniate, 

 crowned. Prairies, Ohio to Ala., Term, and Mo. July. 



9. Silene Caroliniana Walt. WILD PINK. (I. F. f. 1448.) Perennial, 

 tufted, 1-2.5 dm. high, viscid-pubescent, especially above. Basal leaves spatu- 

 late, or oblanceolate, 5-10 cm. long, narrowed into a broad petiole; stem-leaves 

 shorter, sessile, oblong or lanceolate; flowers pink, about 2.5 cm. broad, in termi- 

 nal cymes; calyx narrow, much enlarged by the ripening pod, its teeth ovate, 

 acute; petals cuneate, emarginate, eroded, crowned. In dry, sandy or rocky soil, 

 Me. to Ga., west to central N. Y., Penn. and Ky. April-June. 



10. Silene antirrhina L. SLEEPY CATCHFLY. (I. F. f. 1449.) Annual, 

 puberulent or glabrous, glutinous about the nodes, 2-7 dm. high. Basal and lower 

 leaves spatulate or oblanceolate, 2-5 cm. long, narrowed into a petiole; upper 

 leaves linear to subulate; inflorescence a loose cymose panicle; pedicels slender, 

 erect; flowers pink, 2-4 mm. broad; calyx narrowly ovoid, 4-6 mm. long, much 

 expanded by the ripening pod, its teeth ovate, acute; petals obcordate, minutely 



N crowned. In waste places and woods, N. Eng. to S. Ont., Br. Col., Fla. and Mex. 

 Summer. 



Silene antirrhina divaric^ta Robinson. More slender than the species and with 

 narrower leaves ; branches spreading, filiform ; calyx 4-5 mm. long ; petals none. 

 111. and N. Y. 



11. Silene conica L. STRIATE, OR CORN CATCHFLY. (I. F. f. i45oa.) 

 Canescent or puberulent; stems erect, commonly forked above, 1.5-6 dm. high. 

 Leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, sessile, about 3 m'm. wide ; inflorescence cymose ; 

 flowers i-several; calyx ovoid, rounded or truncate at the base, densely about 

 3O-nerved, its teeth triangular-subulate; petals rose, obcordate; capsule oblong- 

 ovoid, distending the calyx. Clyde, Ohio. Adventive or naturalized from Eu- 

 rope. June-July. 



12. Silene Armeria L. SWEET WILLIAM OR LOBEL'S CATCHFLY. (I. F. f. 

 1450.) Annual, glabrous and glaucous, or minutely puberulent, about 3 dm. 

 high, glutinous below each node. Basal leaves oblanceolate, 5-8 cm. long, obtuse; 

 stem-leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate; inflorescence a terminal compact compound 

 Cyme; flowers purple or pink, 12-16 mm. broad; calyx club-shaped, 10-16 mm. 



