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. fl. Cest. p. 272 ; Torr. ^ Gr. ft. N. Am. 1. p. 190. 

 Cucubalus stellatus, Linn. ; Michx. fl. 1. p. 271 ; Bot. mag. t. 1107 ; Pursh, fl. I. p. 315 ; 

 En. sk. 1. p. 514 ; Torr. fl. I. p. 449 ; Bigel. fl. 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 reniform, rough with concentric lines of rugose 

 papillae. 



Dry woods ; frequent. July - August. 



2. SiLENE Antirrhina, Linn. Snapdragon Gatchfiy. 

 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, fl. 1. p. 316; Ell. 

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

 Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 273 ; Torr. 4- Gr. fl. N. Am. 1. p. 191 ; Dill. hort. Elth. p. 422. <. 213. 



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

 viscid. Peduncles erect. Teeth of the calyx very short, purphsh. Petals white or tinged 

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

 Capsule ovoid, about the length of the calyx ; the stipe very short. Seeds reniform, rough 

 with elevated points. 



Dry sandy and stony places. June - July. 



3. SiLENE NOCTIFLORA, Linn. Night-floweHng Catchflxj. 

 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.— £w^. bot. «. 291 ; DC.prodr. l.p. 379 ; Torr. ^ Gr.fl. 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, Miclix. Wild Pink. 

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



radical ones spatulate-oblanccolale ; cyme scvcral-llowered (3 - 7), contracted ; petals obo- 



