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. . Sweet William or Lobels Catchfly. Fig. wnn L. Sp. ri. Ed. 2, 601. I8I2. Annual, erect, branching, glabrous and glau-cous, or minutely puberulent, about 1° high,glutinous below each node. Basal leaves ob-lanceolate, 2-3 long, obtuse; stem-leaves ovateor ovate-lanceolate, 1-3 long, acute or obtuse;inflorescence a terminal compact compoundcyme; flowers purple or pi
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. . Sweet William or Lobels Catchfly. Fig. wnn L. Sp. ri. Ed. 2, 601. I8I2. Annual, erect, branching, glabrous and glau-cous, or minutely puberulent, about 1° high,glutinous below each node. Basal leaves ob-lanceolate, 2-3 long, obtuse; stem-leaves ovateor ovate-lanceolate, 1-3 long, acute or obtuse;inflorescence a terminal compact compoundcyme; flowers purple or pink, 6-S broad; calyxclub-shaped, s-S long, slightly enlarged by theripening pod; pedicels about l long; petalsemarginate, crowned with narrow scales. In waste places and spontaneous in gardens. NewBrunswick and Ontario to Michigan south to NewJersey and Pennsylvania. Introduced from Sweet-Susan. None-so-pretty. Old-maids- or mice pink. Dwarf French-pinks. \\ax-plant. Mock sweet-william. Limewort- or garden-catchfly. June-July. Genus 3. PINK 13. Silene noctiflora L. Night-flowering Catchfly. cf^u. 3Fig. 1813. Silene noctiflora L. Sp. PI. 419. I753- Annual, stout, viscid-pubescent, simple, or branching,l°-3° high. Lower and basal leaves obovate or oblanceo-late, 2-5 long, obtuse, narrowed into a broad petiole;upper leaves sessile, ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate,1-3 long; flowers few, pedicelled, white or pinkish, 8-12 broad, in a loose dichotomous panicle; calyx io-i5long, tubular, lo-nerved and beautifully veined, muchenlarged by the ripening pod, its teeth linear, acute;petals 2-cIeft. In waste places, \ova Scotia and New Brunswick to Mani-toba. Montana, Florida. Missouri and Utah. ^ Adventive fromEurope. Flowers opening at dusk and remaining so until themorning of the next day. fragrant. July-Sept. 14. Silene anglica L. English or Small-flowered Catchfly. Fig. 1814. Silene anglica L. Sp. PI. 416. gallica L. Sp. PI. 417. 1753.
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