Silene. CAUYol'II VI.I.ACK.i:. 215 



pedicels and white or pink flowerH. S. Lusitanica , L. 1. c, a form with the lower iH'diccIa 

 eloiig:itt'd (e(|ii!illiii<? or exceeding the calvx) and heconiing iiorizontal in fruit, han In-en 

 foiiiKl at Jolun, Calif., Ihandfijie. (Nat. fr«»in Ku.) 



Var. gi ixyi EviLXKKA, Kodi. IVtal.s nmre showy, suhentire, deep crimen with a 

 white or j)ink border. — Synop. Fl. (Jerni. & llelv. loo. :>. iiuini/uevulnera, L. 1. c. — With 

 the typical form. (Adv. from Eu.) 



■♦— -I— Inflorescence dichotoinously nu-enio.so. 

 S. I'iciioTOMA, Elirh. Tall, more or less hirsute and vi.scid : root annual or hiennial ; leaven 

 lanceolate or ohlaiieeolate : flowers sln(rt-jiedicclle(l or suh.xessile, lar;i;er tlian in the preo-d- 

 ing, half inch in diameter, often nodding in authesis, but becoming ereit in fruit : |m-u1h 

 wliite or roseate; blades obovate, more or less deeply hitid : calyx cylindric in anthesis, 

 becoming ovate in fruit, the prominent green nerves strictly siniple, hirsute, — lieitr. vii. 

 143; Heichenb. I.e. vi. t. 280. — Recently and extensively introduced in New Englan<I, 

 where it is becoming a noxious weed in clover ami grain fields; al.so ha-ally establisiied in 

 other parts of the country; Texas, Xealley ; Herktley, Calif., (Inme; H. .June, Julv. 

 (Introd. from S. Eu. and W. Asia.) Var. rack.mosa, Hohrb. 1. c. D.'i (S. ninmosa, Otth, I.e. 

 384; Boiss. El. Orient, i. 589) is a form or variety, which hius been vaguely separated n|Miu 

 various combinations of inconstant ciiaractcrs (chieliy the more spreading branches and 

 deeply cleft petals), but it scarcely occurs in America cxcei)t on l)alla.st (Philadelphia, 

 Martindale). 



-»— +- H— Inriore-scence cymose or paniculate, not distinctly racemose. 

 ++ Viscid-pubescent or hirsute. 

 S. NOCTIFLORA, L. A coarse species a foot or two in height : leaves Iance<date or ovate- 

 lauceolate, 2 to 3 inches long: flowers usually few in loose cymes, fragrant: calyx large, in 

 fruit ovoid, wiiite with green nerves tending to anastomose ; the teeth attenuate : petals liifid. 

 — Spec. i. 419; Eng. Bot. t. 291 ; Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 192; Wats. & Coulter in (Jray. Man 

 ed. 6, 83. — Roadsides and cultivated grounds; fl. June to September. (Nat. from Eu.) 



++ ++ Smooth or nearly .so, a part of each of the upper internodes glutinous. 

 S. antirrhina, L. 1. c. (Si.eei'Y or Snapdragon Catchflv.) Stem 6 inches to 3 feet in 

 heigiit : leaves oblong-lanceolate or linear, commonly acute : flowers rather niimeroiut, small, 

 ephemeral, borne in a compound cyme; pedicels long, filiform: calyx smooth, green, ovoid 

 in fruit, about 4 lines long, contracted above ; the teeth short : ovary scarcely stijRMl : jM-tals 

 .small, pink or white, more or less emarginate or bifid. — ( )tth, 1. c. 376 ; Torr. & (Jray, Fl. i. 

 191 ; Rohrb. 1. c. 173 ; Mart. Fl. Bras. xiv. pt. 2, t. 66. Siii><,u<iii<i dioini, Cham. & Schlecht. 

 Linnffia, i. 38. Ehraris rin/atii, Raf. Autikon Bot. 29. — Waste places, common, widely 

 distributed throughout the United States and Canada (aho S. Am.) ; very variable in si/.e 

 and foliage. 



Var. linaria. Wood. "Very slender; leaves all linear exce])t the lowest, which are 

 linear-.'jpatulatc; calyx glol)ular. Ga. and Fla." — Class-Book, ed. of 1861, 256, &. Bot. & 

 Fl. 5;?; Wats. Bibl. In.lex, 107. 



Var. divaricata, RoniNSON. Very .«lender: leaves linear or lance-linear: braiiche.s 

 filiform, divaricate: calyx ovoid, 2 to 2* lines long: petals wanting. — Troo. Am. Acad, 

 xxviii. 132. — Waltliam, Mass., Buott ; Rockf<ird, III., BelAi, Swezey. A very similar apt^talous 

 form has been collected at Ilartville, Wyoming, Nelson. 



S. Armkria, L. 1. c. 420. Leaves elliptic or ov.ateelliptic : flowers borne at the ends of the 

 branches in small close cymes : pedicels short : calyx slender, davate, 6 to s lines long: ovary 

 long-stiped: petals pink, subentire or minutely toothed; apiieufiages lanceolate, .icute. — 

 Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 194; Reichenb. 1. c. t. 284. — Occasion.ally found on roadsides and iu 

 fields, having escaped from gardens. (Introtl. from Eu.) 



♦ * Perennial, subacaule.scent, very low and densely mattod. 

 S. acaulis, E. (Moss Campion.) Clo.sely cespitose. an inch or two in height : leavct lin- 

 ear, crowded on the branching rootstocks : flowers small, 2 to 3 lines in diameter. !-ub>c!v«ilo 

 or raised on nak<'d curved peduncles (2 to 6 lines lonij) : calyx narrowly cninpannlaie. 2 i<> 

 3 lines long, glabrous; the teeth short, rounded : petals purplish, rarely white, entire, n-lui*© 



