. 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. 64 CARYOPHYLLACEAE. Vol. II. 4. Silene latifolia (Mill.) Britten & Rendle. Bladder Campion. Fig. Cucubalus Behen L. Sp. PI. 414. 1753. Not Silene Behen L. Cucubalus latifolius Mill. Gard. Diet. Ed. 8, no. 2. 1768. Behen vulgaris Moench, Meth. 709. 1794. S. vulgaris Garcke, Fl. Deutsch. Ed. 9, 64. 1869, Silene inflata J. E. Smith, Fl. Brit. 2: 292. 18
. 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. 64 CARYOPHYLLACEAE. Vol. II. 4. Silene latifolia (Mill.) Britten & Rendle. Bladder Campion. Fig. Cucubalus Behen L. Sp. PI. 414. 1753. Not Silene Behen L. Cucubalus latifolius Mill. Gard. Diet. Ed. 8, no. 2. 1768. Behen vulgaris Moench, Meth. 709. 1794. S. vulgaris Garcke, Fl. Deutsch. Ed. 9, 64. 1869, Silene inflata J. E. Smith, Fl. Brit. 2: 292. 1800. 5'. latifolia Britten & Rendle, List Brit. Seed-Plants 5. 1907. Perennial, branched from the base, glaucous and glabrous, or rarely pubescent, 6'-i8' high. Leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, acute, variable in size, the lower often spatulate; flowers white, 6"-io" broad, in loose cymose panicles, often drooping; calyx at first tubular- campanulate, at length inflated and globose, 4"- 6" long, strongly veined; petals 2-cleft, with or without a small crown. In meadows and waste places, New Brunswick to Ontario, Washington, New Jersey and Missouri. Also on the Pacific Coast. Naturalized from Europe and native also of Asia. Summer. Called also Behen, White Ben, Cow-bell, Spattling or Frothy poppy. Bull-rattle, Rattle-bags. Devil's rattle-box. Snappers. Knap-bottle. Bird's-eggs. Sea-pink. Maiden's-tears. 5. Silene nutans L. Nodding Catchfly. Fig. 1805. Silene nutans L. Sp. PI. 417. 1753. Perennial, glandular-pubescent above or nearly brous, stem slender, erect, i°-2° tall. Lower and basal leaves spatulate, subacute at the apex, 2'-$' long, 2>"-&" w'ide, tapering into slender petioles; stem-leaves few and distant, narrowly oblong or lanceolate, acute or acuminate at the apex, sessile, the uppermost (bracts) very small; flowers 6"-8" broad, white or pink, nodding or spreading in a loose panicle; pedicels slender, 4&quo
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