Siletie. CAKVOrilVLLACK.K. 217 



of caulinc leaves niiirh shorter, l.iiicculate or narrowly ol)loiig, acute: cvmes Kiiiall, tfriniual, 

 dense, rarely more (.pen: calyx clavatc, imrpli.-li ; tin- teeth HJiort : peliil.s n>m'-i«»l«irc<l or 

 wliite, appcndagcd ; lilades ohovate, erose, 4 to G lines in lenj^th : ovary long-stijjed. — 

 ¥1. i. '21-2 ] Lindl. Hot. Hejjj. t. 247; Hook. Fl. IJor.-Ani. i. 'JO; tjruy, Gen. Jll. ii. 42, t. 115. 

 S. cheimnt/iouics, I'oir. Diet. vii. 176. ^'. incarnaln, Lodd. Hot. Cab. t. 41. .S". jilat yjtttnld , 

 Otth in DC. I'rodr. i. .383. Mitamlrijuin /'eniisi/lraiiicum, Hidirli. 1 c. 2']3, & Linntea, xxxvi. 

 231. 6'. Carol inianti, Walt. Car. 142, with scarlet or crimson j»etiil.s, and N. ruliicundn, Dietr. 

 Allg. (iartenzeit. iii. 196, with divided petals, are prohal.le syuonyniH. Dr. Hritton main- 

 tains (Hull. Torr. Club, xviii. 268) that the former species, whidi antedates that of 

 Michaux, was founded ui)on a plant in herli. Walter lalx-lled " Sihm an I'm/iuica." 

 Walter's species, however, as the description shows, was h;u<ed upon two soniewiiat differinjy 

 plants, ami there is uo jiroof from the lalielling th;it tiie plant in ipiestion represents eitlier 

 of tiiem. — Open rocky woods, K. New Kngland to S. Carolina and Kentuckv ; fl. April, 

 May. Flowers with 5 carpels are occasionally found (ace. to J. Schreuk) as in some other 

 species of the genus. 



= = Flowers crimson or scarlet, large. 

 a. Petals 2-4-toothed. 

 S. Virginica, L. (Fire Pink, Catchfly.) Viscid-pubescent: stem striate, single, simple, 

 1 to 2 feet high : leaves s])atulate or oblanceolate ; the lower ones narrowed to ciliate- 

 fringed petioles; the upper lanceolate, .sessile: flowers very large, an inch or more in 

 diameter, loosely cymose, commonly nodding or reflexed after anthesis: calvx clavatc or 

 oblong, 8 lines in length, becoming obovate in fruit : petals crimson ; blades broadly 

 lanceolate, 2 ( rarely 4)toothed at the apex. — Spec. i. 419, in part, not Willd. ; Hook. Hot. 

 Mag. t. 3342; Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 192 ; Chapm. Fl. 51 ; Meehan, 1. c. 17, t. 5. 6'. Cattslxti, 

 Walt. Car. 142. S.coccinea, Mcench, Meth. Suppl. 306. — Common in open woods, on rocky 

 hills, W. New York, S. W. Ontario (ace. to Macoun) to Minnesota (ace. to Upham), south- 

 ward to Georgia and Arkansas. 



S. rotundifolia, Nitt. (Round-leaved Catchfly.) Viscid-pubescent: stems weak, 

 decumbent, branched: leaves rather large, varying from broadly lanceolate to subrotund, 

 rather abruptly pointed ; 'the lower ones contracted at the base to winged petioles: flowers 

 large, showy, scattered or in loose cymes : calyx tubular, 10 to 13 lines in length, abrupt at 

 the base, becoming clavate but not ol)ovate in fruit : petals liright scarlet ; blades 8 lines 

 in length, deeply bifid ; lobes more or less toothed : seeds smaller, smoother, and d.lrker 

 colored than in the preceding — lien. i. 288; Otth, 1. c. 383; Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 192. 

 Melandri/inn rotundlfolium, Hohrb. Monogr. Sil. 234, & Linna-a, xxxvi. 257 ; Wats. Hot. 

 King Kxp. 431. — S. Ohio (al)undant at Ash Cave, Hocking Co., ace. to Selby), Kentucky, 

 Tennessee, and (ace. to Chapman) Alabama; rather local ; fl. June to August. 

 b. Petals entire or nearly so. 



S. regia, f^ms. (Royal CATniFLV.) Viscid-glandular above, finely pulvernlent-pul)e.scent 

 I)flo\v : stems tall, erect, rather rigid, simple or sparingly br:uiched, leafy: leaves ovate, 

 acuminate, 3- 7-nerved from the rounded sessile base; tlie lowest more or less contnicted 

 below: flowers showy, in a narrow oblong panicle: calyx cylindrical, 10 to 12 lines long, 

 becoming somewhat spindle-shapeil in fruit: petals spatulate-lanceolate, subentire, scarlet. 

 — Bot. Mag. t. 1724; Sweet, Hrit. Fl. Gard, n. ser. t. 313 ; Torr. & Gray. Fl. i. 193. .S. Vir- 

 (finica, form, Michx. F'l. i. 272. " S. Illinocnsis (Mx.)," Kellerman. (Jeol. Oliio, vii. pt. 2, 

 178, careless .synonym, as Michaux employs the word Illimfiisis merely in giving the distri- 

 bution. Melnnflri/inn ri(jiiim, A. Br. Flora. 1843, 372. M. Illiiuifnsf, Hohrl). Linnaa. xxxvi. 

 250. — Prairie-s, Ohio to Georgia (aic. to Chapman) ami westward to Missouri, Arkansaa, 

 and N. W. Indian Terr., Dliiidhm/ii/i ; fl. June to August. 



S. subciliata, Rohinson. Stem strict, erect, glabrous: lenve.s narrowly linear-oblong, 

 sliglitly tlcsliy, glabrous on the surfaces but sparingly cili;»ted on the margin. Ij to 2 inchoM 

 long, obtn.sely pointed with callous tips anil narrowed below to short winged and ciliati-d 

 petioles: inflorescence slender, elongated, racemiform; the lower flowers distant: cal\x 

 glabrous, cylindric, 10 lines in length : petals witli elliptic entin» olitiis** bl.-xdcs and lancool.-jio 

 entire appcnd.iges. — Pror. Am. Acad. xxix. 327. — " Texas and Louisiana," HV»<//i/. A 

 distinct species, but never reiliscovered and iience poorly known. 



