. 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. 2. Silene Stellata (L.) Ait. Starry Campion. Thermon Snake-root. Fig. Cucubalus stellatus L. Sp. PI. 414. 1753. Silene 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'-i' wide, ver- ticillate in 4's or the lowest opposite, their m
. 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. 2. Silene Stellata (L.) Ait. Starry Campion. Thermon Snake-root. Fig. Cucubalus stellatus L. Sp. PI. 414. 1753. Silene 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'-i' wide, ver- ticillate in 4's or the lowest opposite, their margins finely ciliate; flowers white, y"-io" broad, in pan- icled cymes, forming a large showy inflorescence; calyx campanulate, inflated, 7"-8" high, its teeth triangular, acute; petals crownless, fimbriate, about equalling the stamens; pod globose-ovoid, about the length 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 but the leaves opposite, is recorded by Pursh from " the western parts of Virginia and Carolina," but is not definitely known from Virginia. Silene alba Mulil. Western White or Snowy Campion. Fig. 1803. Silene alba Muhl. Cat. 45. 1813. Cucubalus niveus Nutt. Gen. i ; 287. 1818. Silene nivea Otth in DC. Prodr. i: 377. 1824. Perennial, ascending or erect, rather weak, simple, or divergently branched above, minutely puberulent or glabrate. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 3'-s' long, 5"-8" wide, acu- minate, the upper gradually smaller, and sub- tending the flowers; pedicels about l' long, di- varicate ; flowers few, often solitary, about 10" broad; petals white above, yellowish-green be- neath ; calyx inflated, elongated-campanulate, pubescent, its teeth ovate, obtuse, more or less scarious-margined; petals cuneate, 2-cleft, or 2-lobed, minutely crowned. In shaded or moist places, Pennsylvania to Dis- trict o
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