. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 66 CARYOPHYLLACEAE. Vol. II. 10. Silene antirrhina L. Sleepy Catchfly. Fig. Silene antirrhina L. Sp. PL 419. 1753. Silene antirrhina divaricata Robinson, Proc. Am. Acad. 28; 132. 1893. Annual, slender, erect or ascending, puberulent or glabrous, glutinous about the nodes, simple, or branched above, 8'-2J° high, the branches ascend- ing. Basal and lower l
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 66 CARYOPHYLLACEAE. Vol. II. 10. Silene antirrhina L. Sleepy Catchfly. Fig. Silene antirrhina L. Sp. PL 419. 1753. Silene antirrhina divaricata Robinson, Proc. Am. Acad. 28; 132. 1893. Annual, slender, erect or ascending, puberulent or glabrous, glutinous about the nodes, simple, or branched above, 8'-2J° high, the branches ascend- ing. Basal and lower leaves spatulate or oblanceo- late, I'-2' long, narrowed into a petiole, obtuse or acute, sometimes slightly ciliate; upper leaves linear and gradually reduced to subulate bracts; inflores- cence a loose cymose panicle; pedicels slender, erect; corolla pink, about i"-2" broad, sometimes wanting; calyx narrowly ovoid, 2"-3" long, much expanded by the ripening pod, its teeth ovate, acute; petals obcordate, minutely crowned. In waste places and woods, Maine to southern On- tario and British Columbia, south to Florida and Mexico, Flowers opening for a short time in sunshine. Ascends to 3200 ft. in Virginia. Summer. II. Silene conica L. Striate, or Corn Catchfly. Fig. 1811. Silene conica L. Sp. PI. 418. 1753. Annual, canescent or puberulent; stems solitary, or several together, erect, commonly forked above, 6'-24' high. Leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, sessile, li' long, or less, about ij" wide; inflorescence cymose; flowers i-several; pedicels I'-i' long; calyx ovoid, rounded or truncate at the base, densely about 30- nerved, about 8" long, its teeth triangular-subulate; petals rose or purple, obcordate; capsule oblong-ovoid, distending the calyx and nearly equalling it. Dartmouth Massachusetts, and Clyde, Ohio. Adventive or naturalized from Europe. June-July. 12. Silene Armeria L. Sweet William or Lobel's Catchfly. Fig. Please note that these i
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