SiLENE. CARYOPHYLLACE^. 101 



dually acuminate ; cymes in a loose terminal panicle ; petals lacerate-fimbriate, not crowned ; 

 stamens about the length of the petals. — Ait. Kew. {ed. 2.) 3. p. 84 ; DC. prodr. 1. p. 368 ; 

 Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 88 ; Darlingt. Jl. Cest. p. 272 ; Torr. ^ Gr. f. N. Am. 1. p. 190. 

 Cucubalus stellatus, Linn. ; Michx. jl. 1. p. 271 ; Bot. mag. t. 1107 ; Pursh, Jl. \. p. 315 ; 

 Ell. sk. 1. p. 514 ; Torr. Jl.l.p. 449 ; Bigel. Jl. Bost. p. 184. 



Perennial. Whole plant pulverulently pubescent. Stem 2-4 feet high, erect, somewhat 

 4-sided, slender. Leaves 2-3 inches long, sessile, with a long tapering point ; the upper- 

 most, and also the lowest ones, usually opposite. Flowers as large as in the common Cam- 

 pion. Calyx broadly campanulate. Petals white ; the limb dilated, spreading. Capsule 

 ovoid-globose, on a short woolly stipe. Seeds reniforra, rough with concentric lines of rugose 

 papillae. 



Dry woods ; frequent. July - August. 



2. SiLENE Antirrhina, Linn. Snapdragon Catchjly. 



Annual ; nearly smooth ; stem erect, simple, or branching above ; leaves lanceolate, acute, 

 the upper ones linear ; margins minutely ciliate-scabrous ; cyme few-flowered ; calyx ovoid, 

 smooth and shining; petals small, obcordate, slightly crowned. — Pursh, Jl. 1. p. 316; Ell. 

 sk. 1. p. 517 ; Torr. Jl. 1. p. 451 ; Bigel. Jl. Bost. p. 183 ; Hook. Jl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 89 ; 

 Darlingt. fi. Cest. p. 273 ; Torr. ^- Gr. fl. N. Am. 1. p. 191 ; Dill. hort. Elth. p. 422, t. 213. 



Stem 1 - 2i feet high, the lower part a little rough ; a portion of the upper internodes 

 viscid. Peduncles erect. Teeth of tiie calyx very short, purplish. Petals white or tinged 

 with purple, only expanding towards evening, or in moist cloudy weather ; sometimes wanting^? 

 Capsule ovoid, about tlie length of the calyx ; the stipe very short. Seeds renifprm,_ rough 

 with elevated points. 



Dry sandy and stony places. June - July. 



3. SiLENE NOCTiFLORA, Linn. Night-Jlowering Cktchjly. 



Viscidly pubescent ; stem erect ; lower leaves spatulate, upper ones linear-lanceolate ; 

 calyx cylindrical-ventricose, the alternate striae veined ; teeth very long, subulate ; petals 2- 

 parted.— £ng-. hot. t. 291 ; DC. prodr. \.p. 379 ; Torr. ^ Gr.Jl. N. Am. I. p. 192. Sapo- 

 naria noctiflora, Fenzl. 



Annual. Stem 1-2 feet high, simple or dichotomously branched above. Leaves about 

 2 inches long. Flowers rather large, sweet-scented, expanding only in the evening or in 

 cloudy weather, white or pale rose-color. Seeds granulated. 



Old fields in the northern parts of the State : introduced. July - August. 



4. SiLENE Pennsylvanica, Michx. Wild Pink. 



Viscidly pubescent ; stems numerous from the same root ; leaves lanceolate, acute, the 

 radical ones spatulate-oblanceolate ; cyme several-flowered (3 - 7), contracted ; petals obo- 



