. 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 . 8. Silene regia Sims. Royal Catchfly. Wild Pink. Fig. 1808. Silene regia Si: Mag. fl. 1/^4. Perennial, erect, stout, 3°-4° high, simple or spar- ingly branched, minutely rough-pubescent, slightly viscid. Leaves all but the lowest sessile, thick, ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 2'-3' long; in- florescence a narrow strict panicle of few-flowered cymose clusters; pedicels
. 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 . 8. Silene regia Sims. Royal Catchfly. Wild Pink. Fig. 1808. Silene regia Si: Mag. fl. 1/^4. Perennial, erect, stout, 3°-4° high, simple or spar- ingly branched, minutely rough-pubescent, slightly viscid. Leaves all but the lowest sessile, thick, ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 2'-3' long; in- florescence a narrow strict panicle of few-flowered cymose clusters; pedicels generally less than V long; flowers numerous, deep scarlet, about l' broad; calyx oblong-tubular, 10" long, slightly enlarged by the ripening pod, its teeth ovate, acute; petals emar- ginate or laciniate, crowned. Prairies, Ohio to eastern Tennessee, Alabama, west to Missouri. July. 9. Silene caroliniana Walt. Wild Pink. Fig. 1809. Silene caroliniana Walt. Fl. Car. 142. 1788. S. pennsykanica Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 272. 1803. Perennial, tufted, 4-10' high, viscid-pubes- cent, especially above, generally nearly gla- brous below. Basal leaves spatulate, or oblan- ceolate, acute or obtuse, 2-4' long, narrowed into a broad petiole, the margins often ciliate; stem-leaves shorter, sessile, oblong or lanceo- late; flowers pink, about l' broad, in terminal cymes; pedicels 2"-i5" long; calyx narrow, tubular, much enlarged by the ripening pod, its teeth ovate, acute; petals cuneate, emarginate, eroded, crowned at the base of the claw. In dry, sandy or rocky soil, Maine to Georgia, west to central New York, Pennsylvania and Ken- tucky. Ascends to 3300 ft. in West Virginia. April-June.
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