. 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. Genus 3. PINK FAMILY. 65 7. Silene rotundifolia Nutt. Round-leaved Catchfly. Fig. 1807. Silene rotundifolia Nutt. Gen. i : : 28S. ibiS Perennial, stem slender, ascending or reclin- ing, viscid-pubescent, branched, ii°-2° long. Leaves thin, membranous, the lower and basal ones obovate or broadly spatulate, 2-4' long, nar- rowed into a winged petiole, obtuse but
. 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. Genus 3. PINK FAMILY. 65 7. Silene rotundifolia Nutt. Round-leaved Catchfly. Fig. 1807. Silene rotundifolia Nutt. Gen. i : : 28S. ibiS Perennial, stem slender, ascending or reclin- ing, viscid-pubescent, branched, ii°-2° long. Leaves thin, membranous, the lower and basal ones obovate or broadly spatulate, 2-4' long, nar- rowed into a winged petiole, obtuse but pointed, the cauline obovate, broadly oblong or orbicular- ovate, acute, the uppermost sessile; flowers few and loosely cymose, or solitary, scarlet, i'-2' broad; pedicels slender, 1-2' long; calyx tubular- campanulate, io"-is" long, somewhat enlarged by the ripening pod, its teeth ovate, acute; petals 2-cIeft, lobed, or laciniate, crowned. In shaded places, southern Ohio and Kentucky to Georgia. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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