2. S.s'eirata (Ait.) : stem erect, branching, minutely pubescent; leaves
whorled m fours, ovate-lanceolate, gradually acuminate; cymes panicled;
petals lacerate-fimbriate, not crowned ; stamens about the length of the petals.
Ait. Kew. 3. p. 84; DC. 1. c .; Hook. ft. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 88. Cucuba-
lus stellatus, Lin n .; Michx. ! ft. 1. p. 271.
Dry woods, Canada! to S. Carolina and west to Arkansas ! June-Aug.
If Stem 2-3 feet high. Upper leaves opposite. Petals white.
3. S', ovata (Pursh) : stem simple, erect, puberulent; leaves opposite, lanceolate
ovate, acuminate; cyme panicled; calyx ovate, not inflated ; pet tls
multifid, not crowned; stamens exserted.—Pursh, ft. 1 . p. 316. Cucubalus
polypetalus, Walt. Car. p. 141 ?
Western parts of Virginia and Carolina, Pursh (ex spec, in herb. Banks).
Milledgeville, Georgia, Dr. Boykin ! Rutherford County, N. Carolina, Cur-
Hs ■ Stems many from the same root, 2—4 feet high, stout. Leaves broad
at the base and almost connate, tripli-veined ; the lower ones oblong-lanceolate,
4-5 inches long; the upper shorter and more nearly ovate. Calyx small,
10-striate, with very short teeth. Petals wh ite; claws exserted, with the
rudiments of a crown; limb about 4-cleft nearly to the base; lobes linear,
dichotomous ; segments linear, 2-cleft or toothed at the apex. The stamens
opposite the petals cohere with the base of the claws, and are protruded later
than the others: filaments very long and slender. Ovary oblong, the summit
very obtuse. Habit of S. stellata, except that the calyx is not inflated.
(Description from specimens and notes communicated by Dr. Boykin.)
4. S .nivea (DC.): minutely puberulent; stem simple or dichotomous
above; leaves oblong-lanceolate, gradually acuminate, the floral ones lanceolate
ovate and much smaller; flowers subsolitary ; calyx tubjilar-eampanu-
late, the teeth very short and obtuse; limb of the petals cuneiform, 2-cleft,
with a minute 2-parted crown ; stipe longer than the ovary.—DC. prodr. 1.
p. 377. Silene alba (not, as Nuttall writes, S. nivea), Muhl. cat. p. 45, <f-
herb.! if Jl. Lancast. ined. I. p. 320. Cucubalus niveus, Nutt.! gen. 1. p.
287 ; Torr. ft. 1. p. 449.
0. lancifolia: glabrous; leaves lanceolate, elongated.
On an island in the Susquehannah river near Columbia, Pennsylvania,
Muhlenberg ! (who adds in /Z. Lancast. 1. c.; “ Habeo etiam e Harmonia.”)
In shady moist places, Canton, Illinois, Mr. Buckley! June-July.—If
Stem 1—3 feet high. Leaves 2 (in 0. often 4) inches long, generally longer
than the internodes. Flowers solitary or nearly so at the summit of the stems
and branches : pedicels rather short, filiform. Calyx at length membranaceous,
somewhat inflated and reticulated, subclavate, a little shorter than the
claws of the petals. Petals white; limb not half the length of the claw.
Capsule subglobose, raised on the slender stipe.
5. S. inflata (Smith): glabrous and glaucous; stem branching; leaves
oblong, acute; calyx vesicular, ovate; petals bifid, naked, with cuneiform
claws ; styles very long.—DC. prodr. 1. p. 368 ; Hook.! ft. Bor.-Am. 1. p.
88. Cucubalus Behen, Michx. ! Jl. 1. p. 271; Torr.! Jl.' 1. p. 449.
Near Quebec, Mrs. Percival! Near Boston, Bigelow. Introduced.—if
Stem a foot or more high. Petals white. Stamens exserted. Styles longer
than the stamens.
6. S. Douglasii (Hook.).: minutely pubescent; stem erect, very slender;
leaves remote, linear, elongated and narrow, attenuated at each end ; flowers
few, on slender peduncles; calyx obovate, at length inflated and membranaceous,
abrupt at the base, pubescent; limb of the petals bifid.—Hook. ft.
Bor.-Am. 1. p. 88. '
Along the Oregon to the Rocky Mountains, Douglas, Nuttall!—If Plant
2-3 feet high, simple. Leaves 2-4 inches long, 1-2 lines wide. Calyx obscurely
reticulated according to Hooker, not at all so according to Nuttall.
Petals (white, Hook.) pale red {Nutt.).—On comparing the description of
Hooker with a specimen and notes communicated by Nuttall, no material
difference is observable, except in the points in which we have contrasted
the one with the other. But it does not appear that Hooker has seen the
living plant, and the color might be easily mistaken in dried specimens.
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7. S. Scouleri (Hook.) : somewhat viscid-pubescent; stem simple, erect,
remotely leafy, with swollen nodes; leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate,
plane; spike long ; flowers erect; calyx oblong-clavate, 10-striate; petals bifid.
Hook. ft. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 88.
Oregon, Douglas, Scouler, Nu tta ll! N. W. Coast, Menzies— (T) or (3)
(If Dougl.) Stem solitary, 1-2 feet high. Petals white or rose-color. Stamens
and styles exserted. Near S. viscosa. Hook.—Lobes of the petals
emarginate. Nutt. mss.
§ 4. Flowers spicate or racemose, axillary, alternate: peduncles not opposite.—
Stachymorpha, Otth.
8. S. quinquevulnera (Linn.): villous; stem branching; leaves oblong-
spatulate, obtuse, the uppermost linear; spike somewhat one-sided; calyx
very villous, with short teeth; petals small; lamina roundish, entire; crown
bifid.—Eng. bot. t 86; Michx. ! jl. l.p . 272 ; Ell. sk. 1. p. 515 ; DC. prodr.
1. p . 372. r > g
Sea-shore, Southern States. California, Douglas ! Introduced 1 June-
July.— (l) Stem 8-12 inches high, clothed with flat jointed hairs. Petals
pink or crimson, with the border pale.
9. S. nocturna (Linn.): stem branching, hairy below; leaves pubescent,
ciliate at the base, the lower ones spatulate, the upper linear-lanceolate;
spike one-sided, dense; flowers appressed; calyx cylindrical, almost glabrous,
reticulated between the ribs; petals narrow,2-parted. DC. 1. c.—Pursh,
fl. p. 316; Torr. jl. 1. p. 450. S .’1 Nicseensis 1 Cham, tip Schlecht. 1. c .l
Pennsylvania and Virginia (Pursh, Schweinitz). Introduced from Europe.—
(x) Petals white, greenish beneath.
10. S. Driimmondii (Hook.): glandular-pubescent and viscid; stems
erect, strict, simple; leaves remote, linear-lanceolate ; raceme loose, few-flowered,
with the pedicels elongated and usually alternate; calyx oblong-cylindrical,
erect. Hook. ft. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 89, <£ in bot. Beechey, p. 135. S.
Nicseensis? Cham, Schlecht. 1. c., fide Hook.
Oregon and California.— if Stem 1-2 feet high. Flowers 3-5, strict.
Petals white, scar'cely longer than the calyx. Capsule sessile. Hook.
§ 5. Stems strict: pedunclesJiliform: calyx campanulate or cylindrical.—
Rupifraga, Otth.
11. S. Antirrhina (Linn.): glabrous; stem erect, simple or branching
above; leaves lanceolate, acute, upper ones linear, the margins minutely
ciliate-scabrous; cyme few-flowered; calyx ovate, smooth and shining •
petals small, obcordate, slightly crowned.—Dill. hort. Elth. p. 422, t. 213;
Pursh, ft. 1. p. 316 ; Hook.! 1. c. p. 89.
Dry places, Canada! to Georgia,, west to Oregon ! April-June.— (T) Stem
slender, 8-30 inches high, puberulent or scabrous at the base, a portion of the
upper internodes usually viscid. Peduncles erect. Teeth of the calyx very