. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. %â h PLATE 79- NIGHT FLOWERING CATCH-FLY. SILENE NOCTIFLORA. (PINK FAMILY.) /iMMuai- whole plant vncid /luffen/iit, item ftr,/. ttiualfy luit or thirf feet high, mnch hamheit; teatrs oppovte. seaite or on ilimt marf^tned petioles, ovate, spatnlate. or lanceolate, acute, veiny: /tou-eis tn elongat/tl. ctmes : calyr rithei latue, teeth ihott; petals five, white, twotootheil. ILENE iHKiiflora is oiiL-of those <xUl ])laiits that licii their flowers wlicii most others have goiic to s
. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. %â h PLATE 79- NIGHT FLOWERING CATCH-FLY. SILENE NOCTIFLORA. (PINK FAMILY.) /iMMuai- whole plant vncid /luffen/iit, item ftr,/. ttiualfy luit or thirf feet high, mnch hamheit; teatrs oppovte. seaite or on ilimt marf^tned petioles, ovate, spatnlate. or lanceolate, acute, veiny: /tou-eis tn elongat/tl. ctmes : calyr rithei latue, teeth ihott; petals five, white, twotootheil. ILENE iHKiiflora is oiiL-of those <xUl ])laiits that licii their flowers wlicii most others have goiic to sleep. When tlie wood-sorrel has folded its leaves tojjether and tlie wild senna 1hij;s itself and shivers in the night wind, tlien the imctarnal catch-fly oixins its fragrant, white or pink blossoms hy the roadside. They know not tlie brightness of our .sunlijjht, these pale They catch only the pale lustre of the stars, the suns of other systems. The .sturdy bee, the dainty butterfly, visit them not. Their quests are the dusky ninhtinoths. It is a câ¢oa^^e unattractive plant as we see it by da\lit»ht, covered uiili sticky hairs, like many of its conjjeners. Hut it makes ;iii, tile nijjlit-flowiriiij; oaleh flv. it is that it has nime to us from thi old world. Alphonse De Candollc, the great aullioiity on jjcoKrapliieal Ix'tnny, at»"hutes it to .Siberia but it has long been natuialized in Western Europe, wlience it has been iiitriHluceil into North America. It is pretty well naturali/ed here, flowering in sninmer. The name catch-fly has been given to these plants because of the sti.'-y hairs wherewith they are often covereil. PI- seeds are surrounded with a s<ift pulp, so that birds will devour them. The pods of the witch hazel discharge the .seeds as if Iroiii ,1 pistol, to a surprising distance. Some western have long aw7is or bristles which iKiietrate the fleece and even the flesh of sheep. The burdock, the beggars'-lice and the t
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