Genus 3. 



PINK FAMILY. 



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7. Silene rotundifolia Nutt. Round-leaved Catchfly. Fig. 1807. 



Silene rotundifolia Nutt. Gen. i : 



: 28S. ibiS 



Perennial, stem slender, ascending or reclin- 

 ing, viscid-pubescent, branched, ii°-2° long. 

 Leaves thin, membranous, the lower and basal 

 ones obovate or broadly spatulate, 2-4' long, nar- 

 rowed into a winged petiole, obtuse but pointed, 

 the cauline obovate, broadly oblong or orbicular- 

 ovate, acute, the uppermost sessile ; flowers few 

 and loosely cymose, or solitary, scarlet, i'-2' 

 broad; pedicels slender, 1-2' long; calyx tubular- 

 campanulate, io"-is" long, somewhat enlarged by 

 the ripening pod, its teeth ovate, acute; petals 

 2-cIeft, lobed, or laciniate, crowned. 



In shaded places, southern Ohio and Kentucky to 

 Georgia. Summer. 



8. Silene regia Sims. Royal Catchfly. 

 Wild Pink. Fig. 1808. 



Silene regia Sims, Bot. Mag. pi. 1724. 1814. 



Perennial, erect, stout, 3°-4° high, simple or spar- 

 ingly branched, minutely rough-pubescent, slightly 

 viscid. Leaves all but the lowest sessile, thick, 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 2'-3' long; in- 

 florescence a narrow strict panicle of few-flowered 

 cymose clusters ; pedicels generally less than \' 

 long; flowers numerous, deep scarlet, about i' broad; 

 calyx oblong-tubular, 10" long, slightly enlarged by 

 the ripening pod, its teeth ovate, acute; petals emar- 

 ginate or laciniate, crowned. 



Prairies, Ohio to eastern Tennessee, Alabama, west to 

 Missouri. July. 



9. Silene caroliniana Walt. Wild Pink. 

 Fig. 1809. 



Silene caroliniana Walt. Fl. Car. 142. 1788. 



5'. pennsylvanica Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. I : 272. 1803. 



Perennial, tufted, 4'-io' high, viscid-pubes- 

 cent, especially above, generally nearly gla- 

 brous below. Basal leaves spatulate, or oblan- 

 ceolate, acute or obtuse, 2'-4' long, narrowed 

 into a broad petiole, the margins often ciliate ; 

 stem-leaves shorter, sessile, oblong or lanceo- 

 late ; flowers pink, about l' broad, in terminal 

 cymes; pedicels 2"-i5" long; calyx narrow, 

 tubular, much enlarged by the ripening pod, its 

 teeth ovate, acute ; petals cuneate, emarginate, 

 eroded, crowned at the base of the claw. 



In dry, sandy or rocky soil, Maine to Georgia, 

 west to central New York, Pennsylvania and Ken- 

 tucky. Ascends to 3300 ft. in West Virginia. 

 April-June. 



