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 102nd meridian; 2nd ed. . ans. 6. 5. virginica. S. rotundifolia. 8. .S. regia. 9. S. caroliniana. 10. S. antirrhina. 11. S. conic a. 12. S. Armeria. 13. S. nocliflora. 14. 5. anglica. 15. 5. dicholoma. 16. 5. Mcnciesii. Genus 3. PINK FAMILY. 63 I. Silene acaulis L. Moss Campion. Fig. 1801. Sitene acaulis L. Sp. Pi. Ed. 2, 603. 1762. Perennial, puberulent or glabrous, branched, densely tufted,I
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 102nd meridian; 2nd ed. . ans. 6. 5. virginica. S. rotundifolia. 8. .S. regia. 9. S. caroliniana. 10. S. antirrhina. 11. S. conic a. 12. S. Armeria. 13. S. nocliflora. 14. 5. anglica. 15. 5. dicholoma. 16. 5. Mcnciesii. Genus 3. PINK FAMILY. 63 I. Silene acaulis L. Moss Campion. Fig. 1801. Sitene acaulis L. Sp. Pi. Ed. 2, 603. 1762. Perennial, puberulent or glabrous, branched, densely tufted,I-3 high. Leaves sessile, crowded, linear, 4-6 long, aboutJ wide, obtuse or acutish at the apex, the margins ciliate-serrulate; flowers solitary at the ends of the branches, sessileor slender-peduncled, 4-6 broad, purple or purplish, rarelywhite; calyx campanulate, glabrous, 4 high; petals entire oremarginate, w ith a scale at the base of ^he blade; pod oblong,equalling or exceeding the calyx. Summits of the White Mountains, N. H.; Gaspe, Quebec; CapeBreton Island, Labrador and throughout arctic America, south inthe higher Rocky Mountains to .Arizona. Also in arctic and alpineEurope and Asia. Cushion- or moss-pink. 2. Silene stellata (L.) Ait. Starry Campion. Thermon Snake-root. Fig. 1802. Cucubalus steUalus L. Sp. PI. 414. stellata Ait. f. Hort. Kew. 3 : 84. 1811. Perennial, erect, 2°-3i° high, densely and mi-nutely rough-pubescent throughout. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 2-4 long, i-l wide, ver-ticillate in 4s or the lowest opposite, their marginsfinely ciliate; flowers white, /-lo broad, in pan-icled cymes, forming a large showy inflorescence;calyx campanulate, inflated, 7-8 high, its teethtriangular, acute; petals crownless, fimbriate, aboutequalling the stamens; pod globose-ovoid, about thelength of the calyx. In woods, Massachusetts to Minnesota, Nebraska,Georgia and Arkansas. June-Aug. Silene ovata Pursh, which has the habit of this spe-cies
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