312 CARYOPHYLLACEAE 



4. S. caroliniana Walt. In dry, rocky or sandy soil: Me. to Ga.. 



west to central N. Y., Pa. and Ky. 



Conn. Not very common, decreasing inland. 



N. Y. Locally common on L. I.; S. I. and in Westchester Co., 



decreasing up the Hudson Valley to Pine Plains, Dutchess Co.; 



not reported from the Catskills nor from Columbia Co. 

 N. J. Wanting in the pine barrens and apparently at Cape May, 



increasing in the Cretaceous area, but rare and local over the 



rest of the state, decreasing northward to Hamburg, Sussex Co. 

 Pa. Lehigh and Northampton counties. 



Tertiary, unknown on Beacon Hill, elsewhere rather common: 

 Cretaceous, more common: Older Formations rare and local in rocky 

 places, apparently more common along the moraine than elsewhere. 

 138-182 days. Sea level-580 ft. 



5. S. antirrhina L. In waste places and woods: N. Eng. to S. 



Ont., Br. Col., Fla. and Mex. 



Rare in our area as a woodland plant ; common as a weed through- 

 out the range, except in the pine-barrens, there rare and a probable 

 adventive. 



6. S. Armeria L. In waste places and spontaneous in gardens: 



N. B. and Ont. to Michigan, E. Mass., N. J. and Pa. 

 Introduced from Europe. 



A rather uncommon escape and occurring as a weed in most 

 parts of the range. 



7. S. noctiflora L. In waste places: N. S. and N. B. to Mani- 



toba, Fla. and Mo. Adventive from Europe. 



Rare and local as a weed, frequently rather common near old 

 gardens and along roadsides. 



8. S. Anglica L. In waste places: Me. to Ont., N. Y. and Pa. 



Also on the Pacific Coast. Native of Europe. 



A rare and local weed near Jersey City and New York, not 

 recently collected. 



9. S. dichotoma Ehrh. In fields and waste places: Me. to N. J. 



and Penn. Also in Cal. Adventive from S. Europe. 



Rare and local as a weed in most parts of our range, except in the 

 pine-barrens. 



The reported occurrence of S. virginica L., the fire pink, in S. N. J. has not been 

 satisfactorily established. 



Among the occasional waifs are 5. ttalica Pers., 5. pendula L. and S. quinquevulnera L. 



