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1. Silene stellata (L) Ait. Starry Campion. Perennial, 
pubescent, erect. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, verticillate in fours 
or the lowest ones opposite, their margins finely ciliate; flowers 
white, in panicled cymes, l / 2 to Li inches wide; calyx campanulate, 
inflated, JJ to l / 2 inch long, its teeth triangular, acute; petals 
about equalling the stamens, not crowned. General. 
2 . Silene alba Muhl. White Campion. Perennial, rather 
weak, reclining, slightly pubescent or glabrate. Leaves lanceo¬ 
late or oblong-lanceolate, opposite, 3 to 4 inches long, y 2 to 1 inch 
broad, acuminate; flowers white, y 2 to 1 inch broad; calyx in¬ 
flated, elongated-campanulate, pubescent, with ovate teeth; 
petals cuneate, 2-cleft or 2-lobed, minutely crowned. Butler. 
Clermont. 
3. Silene vulgaris (Moench.) Garcke. Bladder Campion. 
Perennial herb, branched from the base, glaucous, glabrous, or 
rarely pubescent. Leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblong acute, 
lower ones often spatulate; flowers white, in cymose panicles, 
sometimes drooping; petals 2-cleft; calyx inflated and globose, 
L+ to y inch long; stamens much longer than the petals and 
sepals. Erie County. 
4. Silene virginica L. Fire Pink. Perennial, clammy-pube¬ 
scent, 10 to 24 inches high. Stem slender; leaves thin, 3 to 5 
inches long, lower ones spatulate or oblanceolate, upper ones 
oblong-lanceolate, acute, sessile; flowers in loose cymose panicles, 
crimson, petals oblong, 2-cleft, 2-lobed, or irregularly incised, 
crowned; calyx tubular-campanulate. General. 
5. Silene rotundifolia Nutt. Round-leaf Catchfly. Per¬ 
ennial, ascending or reclining, viscid-pubescent; lower leaves 
spatulate or obovate, upper ones broadly oval, thin; flowers few 
or solitary; petals 2-cleft, lobed or laciniate, crowned, scarlet; 
pedicels very slender; calyx tubular-campanulate, about an inch 
long, somewhat enlarged by the ripening pod, it’s teeth ovate, 
acute. Hocking, Jackson. 
(j. Silene armeria L. Sweet William Catchfly. Glabrous, 
glaucous or minutely puberulent, about 23 inches high. Leaves 
ovate-lanceolate; flowers in flat cymes with petals rose-colored, 
white or purple, notched and crowned with awl-shaped scales;, 
calyx club-shaped. Cuyahoga, Lake, Licking, Monroe. 
7. Silene noctiflora L. Night-blooming Catchfly. Annual, 
erect, viscid-pubescent, 8 to 32 inches high. Leaf-blades thickish, 
lower ones large and spatulate, upper ones lanceolate; flowers 
few and large, white or nearly so, fragrant and opening at night; 
calyx glandular-pubescent, ]/ 2 inch or a little more in length, 
with awl-shaped teeth. Lucas, Sandusky, Erie, Cuyahoga, 
Lake, Auglaize, Green, Belmont, Jefferson. 
8 . Silene dichotoma Ehrh. Forked Catchfly. Annual, pub¬ 
escent. Lower and basal leaves lanceolate or oblanceolate. 
