204 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
SILENE. Catchfly; Campion. 
S. antirrhina L. Sleepy Catchfly. — Sandy plains, dry hill- 
sides and along railroad tracks; locally common in the southern part 
of the valley. 
var. divaricata Robinson. — Limestone outcrops, Stockbridge and 
Sheffield. 
S. Armeria L. Sweet William Catchfly. — Occasionally escap- 
ing from gardens, Sheffield. 
S. dichotoma Ehrh. — Occasionally escaping from gardens, Lanes- 
boro. 
S. latifolia (Mill.) Britten & Rendle. Rattle-box; Bladder 
Campion. — Fields and roadsides ; common in the valley. 
S. NOCTiFLORA L. NiGHT-FLOWERiNG Catchfly. — Wastc ground 
and fence rows; occasional. 
S. pennsylvanica Michx. Wild Pink; Fire Pink. — Dry banks 
and ledges near Bash Bish Falls, Mt. Washington. 
SPERGULA. Spurrev. 
S. ARVENSis L. Corn Spurrey. — Roadsides and cultivated 
ground; frequent on the plateau. Occasional in the valley, Lanesboro 
(Churchill). 
SPERGULARIA. Saxd Spurrey. 
{Tissa 111. Fl. ed. 2.) 
S. RUBRA (L). J. & C. Presl. Sand Spurrey. — Occasional and 
apparently introduced. Drive around Whitcomb's Tower, Florida; 
driveway, Pittsfield; path, Great Barrington. 
STELLARIA. Chickweed; Starwort. 
{Alsi7ie III. Fl. ed. 2.) 
S. aquatica (L.) Scop. — Well established along the Hoosac River, 
Williamstown. 
S. borealis Bigel., var. floribunda Fernald. — (S. borealis Man. 
ed. 7 in part; vid. Rhodora, 16: 151, 1914.) 
Among boulders of sericite schist, Jencks Brook, Florida (Fernald 
and Long); swampy woods, Hancock (altitude 2000 feet). 
Upper leaves much reduced to short scarious margined bracts; 
flowers numerous in terminal cvmes. 
