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4. SILENE, L. Catchflt. Campion. 



Calyx 5-toothed, 10 -many-nerved, naked at the base. Stamens 10. Styles 

 3, rarely 4. Pod 1-celled, sometimes 3-celled at least at the base, opening by 3 

 or 6 teeth at the apex. — Flowers solitary or in cymes. Petals mostly crowned 

 with a scale at the base of the blade. (Name from o-i'aAoz/, saliva, from the 

 viscid exudation on the stems and calyx of many species. The English name 

 Catchfly alludes to the same peculiarity.) 



* Calyx bladderly-inflated : perennial : flowers panicled, white, in summer. 



1. S. Stellata, Ait. (Starry Campion.) Leaves in whorls of 4, ovate- 

 lanceolate, taper-pointed ; calyx bell-shaped ; petals cut into a fringe, crownless. 

 (Cucubalus stellatus, L.) — Wooded banks, Rhode Island to Wisconsin, and 

 southward. — Stem 3° high, with a large and open pyramidal panicle. Co- 

 rolla \' broad. 



2. S. nivea, DC. Leaves opposite, lanceolate or oblong, taper-pointed ; calyx 

 oblong ; petals wedge-form, 2-cleft, minutely crowned. — Columbia, Pennsylvania, 

 to Ohio and Illinois : rare. — Stem 1° -2° high, almost smooth. Flowers few, 

 larger than in the last. 



3. S. inflata, Smith. (Bladder Campion.) Glaucous; leaves opposite, 

 ovate-lanceolate; calyx globular, much inflated, elegantly veined; petals 2-cleft, 

 nearly crownless. — Fields and roadsides, E. New England to Penn. — A foot 

 high. Flowers loosely cymose. (Nat. from Eu.) 



* * Calyx elongated or club-shaped, not inflated except by the enlarging pod : flowers 

 cymose or clustered : perennial, pubescent with viscid hairs, especially the calyx : 

 petals crowned, red or rdse-color. 



4. S. Pennsylvania, Michx. (Wild Pink.) Stems low (4' -8' high) ; 

 root-leaves narrowly spatulate, nearly glabrous, tapering into hairy petioles ; 

 stem-leaves (2 or 3 pairs) lanceolate; flowers clustered, short-stalked; calyx club- 

 shaped ; petals wedge-form, slightly notched and eroded, pink. — Gravelly places, 

 E. New England to Penn., Kentucky, and southward. April -June. 



5. S. Virginica, L. (Fire Pink. Catchfly.) Stems slender (1°- 

 2° high) ; leaves thin, spatulate, or the upper oblong-lanceolate ; flowers flw and 

 loosely cymose, peduncled ; calyx oblong cylindrical, soon obconical ; petals ob- 

 long, 2-cleft, deep crimson; the limb 1' long. — Open woods, W. New York 

 (Dr. Sartwell) to Illinois and southward. June- Aug. 



6. S. regia, Sims. (Royal Catchfly.) Stem roughish, erect (3° -4° 

 high); leaves thickish, ovate-lanceolate, acute; flowers numerous, short-stalked, in 

 clusters, forming a strict panicle ; calyx ovoid-club-shaped in fruit ; petals spatu- 

 late-lanceolate, mostly undivided, deep scarlet. — Prairies, Ohio to Illinois, and 

 southward. July. 



7. S. rotundif61ia, Nutt. (Round-leaved Catchflv.) Viscid-hairy; 

 stems weak, branched, decumbent (2° long) ; leaves thin, round, abruptly pointed, 

 the lower obovate ; flowers few, loosely cymose, stalked ; calyx elongated ; pet- 

 als 2-cleft and cut-toothed, deep scarlet. — Shaded banks of the Ohio, and in Ken- 

 tucky. June - Aug. — Leaves and flowers large. — The last three probably run 

 together. j, & M— 24 



