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. . 6. Silene virginica L. Fire Pink. Fig. 1806. Silene virginica L. Sp. PI. 419. I753- Perennial, slender, ascending or erect, viscid-pubescent, branching above, i°-2° high. Leavesthin, those of the base and lower part of the stemspatulate or oblanceolate, 3-s long, obtuse or acute,tapering into a winged petiole; upper leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, sessile; infloresce
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. . 6. Silene virginica L. Fire Pink. Fig. 1806. Silene virginica L. Sp. PI. 419. I753- Perennial, slender, ascending or erect, viscid-pubescent, branching above, i°-2° high. Leavesthin, those of the base and lower part of the stemspatulate or oblanceolate, 3-s long, obtuse or acute,tapering into a winged petiole; upper leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, sessile; inflorescence looselycymose-paniculate; flowers crimson, I-ih broad;pedicels slender, i-2 long; calyx tubular-campanu-late, 9-i2 long, enlarged by the ripening pod, itsteeth ovate, acute, scarious-margined; petals 2-cleft,2-lobed, or irregularly incised, crowned, the limboblong or linear-oblong. In dry woods, southern New Jersey, western New Yorkand southwestern Ontario to Minnesota, south to Geor-gia and Missouri. Ascends to 4200 ft. in Virginia. In-dian pink. Genus 3. PINK FAMILY. 7. Silene rotundifolia Xutt. Round-leaved Catchfly. Fig. 1807. Silene rotundifolia Nutt. Gen. i : 288. 1818. Perennial, stem slender, ascending or reclin-ing, viscid-pubescent, branched, li°-2° thin, membranous, the lower and basalones obovate or broadly spatulate, 2-^ long, nar-rowed into a winged petiole, obtuse but pointed,the cauline obovate, broadly oblong or orbicular-ovate, acute, the uppermost sessile; flowers fewand loosely cyniose, or solitary, scarlet, l-2broad; pedicels slender, 1-2 long; calyx tubular-canipanulate, io-is long, somewhat enlarged bythe ripening pod, its teeth ovate, acute; petals2-cleft, lobcd, or laciniate. crowned. In shaded places, southern Ohio and Kentucky toGeorgia. Summer. 8. Silene regia Sims. Royal Pink. Fig. 1808. Silene regia Sims, Bot. Mag. />/. 172-1. 1814. Perennial, erect, stout, 3°-4° high, simple or spar-ingly branched,
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