128 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AND GARDEN. 



which is usually of a brown-madder color. The 

 flower rays are a rich golden yellow, and have a 



graceful reflex curve ; 

 tlie flower stems are 

 brownish, stiff, and 

 rough to the touch. 

 The plant grows 

 about eighteen inch- 

 es high. It blooms 

 in July. 

 Catchfly. The catchfly is 



Silene noctiflora. COmmon in 



waste grounds, and is easily 

 identified by its two-parted, 

 white petals. The variety I 

 have sketched is called night- 

 flowering, as the little bud 

 opens only toward evening, 

 or on cloudy days. It blooms 

 side by side with the evening 

 primrose, and might easily be 

 taken for a white variety of 

 the latter flower by one who 

 consults his imagination rath- 

 er than his botany. But there 

 is really no point of resem- 

 blance between the flowers. This catchfly is the most 



Eudbeckia hirta. 



