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i.e. puhoscont, erect : Icavo verticillate in four's, * ! ■ » ■■ 

 oTal-lanoeolalO| long, acuminate, — iiilld. and 

 Funk. 



Silene stellata* Ait. 

 I on. Hot. Mag. 1 107. 



Ftmr-lcaved Campion, 



\ tall, weak, deader and handsome plant, with rertieUlated 

 leaves and fringed white Bowers, in shady thicketi ami in 



under- shrubbery ; common. Perennial. July 



:i J. SILENl Gen, pi T72. (CaryopkyOe*.) 



Calix cylindric or conic. Petals 5, unguicu- 

 late. generally crowned at the orifice. Cup- 

 suU three-celled, — *\'utt. 



l. B, ' Homy-pubescent j loaves cuncatc, those ofrvsoMftva- 

 tin* stem lanceolate ; partial stems Few-flower- " 



ed: petals slightly eniarginate, subcrenate. — 



Mich. 

 s. Virginica, AYilld.? 

 S. Caroliniana, Walt. 



Pennsylvania Catchfly. Wild Pink, 



A small semi-procumbent plant, with pale rose-coloured 

 Howc-rs. Upper part of the stems, peduncle, and tube of tbe 

 !la very viscid, so as to catch and retain little insects, dirt, 

 hence the name catchfly. In the sandy woods and bor- 

 der- \y tie-Ids of Jersey, every where common. Peren- 

 nial M ij , June. 



. 8, decumbent (?) whole plant viscid-pnbescent ; virpnica. 



Ieav< a oblong) margin roughisb ; panicle dtcbo- 



tomoas, petals bifid, the organs exserted. — Mich. 



S. Catesbaei, Walt and N\ illd.. perhaps of Muhl I 



Icon. Cateaby. Car. 2, t. 4. Pluk. aim. t. 203. f. l. 



Crimson or tall Catchfly. 



\ fine plant, about eighteen inches or two feet high, with 

 beautiful crimson Mowers. I hare specimens gi\en me bj tbe 



professor Barton, who shewed Mr. Collins the only IOCS- 



