76 Order CARYOPHYLLACEA 
Calyx bladdery inflated. 
Flowers few, subtended by leaf-like bracts. 2. S. alba. 
Flowers numerous, bracts small or wanting. 3. S. latifolia. 
Calyx not bladdery, merely expanded by the capsule. 
Annuals. 
Glabrous, the upper nodes glutinous. 4. S. antirrhina. 
Hirsute or pubescent. 
Flowers in a loose panicle, night blooming. 5. S. noctiflora. 
Flowers in one-sided spikes. 6. S. dichotoma. 
Perennials, flowers axillary and terminal. 7. S. menziesii. 
1. Silene stellata (L.) Ajit. Starry Campion. 
Common in the eastern part of the state, mostly in woods and 
thickets. Ashland; Cass county; Crete; Lincoln; Neligh; Nemaha; 
Niobrara; Pierce; Richardson county; Wahoo. 
2. Silene alba Muhl. 
In the eastern part of the state. Lincoln. 
3. Silene latifolia (Mill.) Britton & Rendel. Biadder Campion. 
Frequent in alfalfa fields. Kennedy; Royal; Valentine; Wood River. 
4. Silene antirrhina L. Sleepy Catchfly. 
Common in waste places over most of the state. Grand Island; 
Lincoln; Minden; Valentine. 
6. Silene dichotoma Ehrh. 
Mostly in alfalfa fields. Royal; Weeping Water. 
7. Silene menziesii Hook. 
In dry soil in the western part of the state. War Bonnet canyon. 
3. Lychnis. 391. 
Freely branching, night blooming, mostly dicecious. i 13 alba. 
Simple or but little branched, petals small. 2. L. drummondii. 
1. Lychnis alba Mill. White Campion. 
Common in Peck’s grove in the eastern part of Lincoln. Plainview. 
2. Lychnis drummondii (Hook.) S. Wats. 
Common in dry soil in the foot-hills of the western part of the state. 
Harrison; Pine Ridge; Plummer Ford; Sheridan county; Sioux 
county. 
4. Saponaria. 393. 
1. Saponaria officinalis L. Bouncing-bet. 
Frequently escapes from flower gardens. Hat Creek basin; Long 
Pine; Lincoln; O’Neill; Plainview; Red Cloud; Richardson county. 
5. Vaccaria (Saponaria). 393. 
1. Vacecaria vaccaria (L.) Britton. Cow-herb. 
A common weed in grain-fields. Crete; Emerson; Lincoln; Plain- 
view; Valentine. 
6. Alsine. 394. 
Leaves ovate, the lower petioled. 1. A. media. 
Leaves linear, or nearly so, sessile. 2. A. longifolia. 
1. Alsine media L. Chickweed. 
Introduced, becoming a common weed. Lincoln; Red Cloud. 
