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Caryophyllaceae of Ohio. 
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acuminate or acute, tapering into a petiole; upper leaves sessile, 
lanceolate or linear; flowers white; calyx cylindric, hirsute, much 
enlarged by the ripening pod, with ovate-lanceolate, acute teeth; 
petals white, bifid, with a short obtuse crown. Ottawa County. 
Mosely Herbarium. 
9. Silene conica L. Striate Catehfly. Annual, puberulent 
to tomentulose, or canescent, usually with several stems; leafy, 
3 to 12 inches high. Leaves linear, lanceolate, acute, sessile; 
calvx ovoid, rounded or truncate at the base, strongly ribbed, 
about half an inch long, teeth triangular-subulate; flowers in 
cvmes, petals rose-colored, obcordate. Sandusky County. 
10 . Silene regia Sims. Royal Catehfly. Perennial, erect 
and very rough, minutely pubescent. Leaves thick, ovate- 
lanceolate, acute, 1 to 2^2 inches long, all but the lower ones 
sessile; flowers numerous, on short stalks and arranged in a panicle; 
deep scarlet; petals emarginate or laciniate, crowned; calyx 
oblong, tubular, slightly enlarged by the ripening pod. Clarke, 
Madison. 
11. Silene caroliniana Walt. Carolina Catehfly. Perennial, 
viscid-pubescent, 8 to 10 inches high, basal leaves spatulate, 
nearly glabrous, tapering into broad, pubescent petioles; stem 
leaves sessile, oblong or lanceolate; flowers in terminal cymes, 
pink; petals cuneate, emarginate, crowned; calyx tubular, much 
enlarged by the ripening pod, its teeth ovate, acute. Jefferson, 
Monoe, Washington. 
12 . Silene antirrhina L. Sleepy Catehfly. Annual, puber¬ 
ulent or glabrous, glutinous about the nodes, 10 to 20 inches 
high. Lower leaves spatulate or oblanceolate, narrowed into a 
petiole; upper leaves linear to subulate; flowers in a loose, cymose 
panicle, pedicels slender, erect; flowers pink, petals obcordate 
and minutely crowned; calyx ovoid, glabrous, delicately ribbed, 
with ovate, acute teeth. General. 
13. Silene antirrhina divaricata Robinson. More slender, 
branches spreading, filiform; petals absent. Gallia County. 
Saponaria L. 
Annual or perennial herbs, with broad leaves and large flowers. 
Calyx narrowly ovoid or subcylindric, obscurely nerved; petals 
5; sepals 5; styles 2; stamens 10; capsule dehiscent by four short 
apical teeth or valves. 
1. Saponaria officinalis L. Bouncing Bet. Perennial, 
glabrous, erect, rather tall, 24 to 32 inches high. Leaves ovate 
or oval, 2 to 2pJ inches long, acute and having a broad, short 
petiole; flowers pink or white, arranged in terminal corymbs 
with many small, lanceolate floral leaves; calyx tubular, about an 
inch long; petals obcordate with a scale at the base of the blade. 
General. 
