CARYOPHYLLACEAE 505 
2. VACCARIA Medic. Annual herbs. Leaf-blades relatively wide. 
Flowers pedicelled. Calyx inflated: tube angled or winged. Petals 5: blades 
broad. Capsule slightly longer than thick.— | 
Three species, natives of Eu. and Asia. 
a (L.) Britton. Stems 
Me. Nat. o u.—Sum 
This spe cies is said to have come originally 
A om conti ene oe he 
showy n in flow They ms pts a 
long time an cn ed. gar arden annual. It is 
said to be a favorite food of eattle. 
, SAPONARIA L. pn or perennial herbs. Leaf-blades often broad. 
Flowers pedicelle Calyx narrow: tube terete. Petals 5: blades narrow. 
Ovary elongate. Coane body E or 
ee short-stipitate.—About 35 species, 
natives of the Old World. 
1. S. officinalis L. Ste 3-9 dm. long, 
often decumbent: le af blades elliptic to 
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ex 
Ane 
AN 
lanceolate, 8-11 cm. long: ca — m 
ong; lobes triangular to lanceolate: petal- 
blades cuneate, 15-18 m m ipis pink 
o ite: capsule-body "12-2 
(SoAPWOR BOUNCING-B - E K.) 
—Waste-places, roadsides, fence-rows, and 
river-banks, generally in e : at. 
of Eu.—Sum.-fall.—A rapid- uad pus 
cus weed. Double-flowered forms 
r. The juices contain pon 
4, SILENE L. Annual or perennial herbs. Leaf-blades various, com- 
monly narrow. Flowers mostly pedicelled. Calyx narrow or becoming inflated: 
tube 10—many-nerved. Petals 5: blades often toothed at the apex or lobed. 
Ovary somewhat elongate. Capsule-body much longer dus thiek.—About. 250 
species of wide geographic distribution.—CAMPIONS. CATCHFLYS. 
Calyx clavate, cylindric, or campanulate, definitely 10- ribbed. I. STELLATAE. 
Calyx ovoid or globular. obscurely 15-20-ribbed. II. LATIFOLIAE. 
I. STELLATAE 
Plants perennial. 
Calyx inflated. 
,eaves in whorls of 4's: petals laciniately cleft; ap- 
endages wanting. 1. S. stellata. 
aves opposite: petals 2- ud appendages present. 2. S. alba. 
Calyx merely filled by the ca 
rolla white or pink. 
"Bia a a the petals erose 
Petal-claws much exceeding the calyx: ealyx 
dor sparsely glandular-pubescent: style i 
much longer than the ovary. 3. S. caroliniana. 
