194 CLASS X. ORDER III. 



Si/n. Stellaria lanceolata. Torr. 



Stem spreading, angular, dichotomous. Leaves slightly con- 

 nate, oblong-lanceolate, acute, nerveless. Peduncles solitary, 

 axillary, elongated, angular. Segments of the calyx five, ovate, 

 acute nerveless. Petals white, deeply cloven. Stamens ten, 

 alternately longer and shorter. Anthers roundish. Germ ovate ; 

 styles three. Capsule oblong-ovate, one celled, many seeded. 



This plant generally occurs without petals, in which state I 

 discovered it on the White mountains in July, 1816. I have 

 since received it several times from the same place, but always 

 in the apetalous state, until the last year, when Messrs. Greene 

 and Little found it there in August Avith complete flowers. 



202. SILENE. 

 SiLENE Pennsylvanica. Mich. Catchfy. 



Viscid-ptibescent ; root leaves wedge form, stem 

 leaves lanceolate; partial stems {qw flowered ; petals 

 slightly emerginate, subcrenate. Mich. 



Sometimes c?iX[e^ivUd fink^ from its similarity in habit to some 

 of that genus. Leaves of the root spatulate, acute at top, and 

 tapering into a long base ; those of the stem lanceolate, opposite. 

 Flowers in upright, terminal bunches. Calyxes nearly cylindri- 

 cal, hairy, and exceedingly glutinous. Corollas purplish white ; 

 petals wedge shaped, entire or slightly crenate. — Found in dry, 

 sandy soils. — June. 

 SiLENE antirrhina. L. Snapdragon Catchjly. 



Leaves lanceolate, subciliate; pediuicles trifid ; 

 petals emarginate, calyx ovate. 



A slender, tall species, which in the day appears destitute of 

 flowers. Stem smooth, erect, a foot high. Leaves opposite, 

 lanceolate, subciliate at base, dotted under a magnifier. Panicle 

 forked, with intermediate flowers. Calyx ovate. Corolla proba- 

 bly nocturnal. I have never found it expanded by day. — Dry 

 road sides. — July. — Annual. 

 SiLENE NocTURNA. L. Night fiowtring Catchjly . 



Flowers spiked, alternate, sessile, unilateral ; pe- 

 tals bifid. 



