66 PINK FAMILT. 



* All over sticky-hairy : naturalized from Europe. (T) 



S. noctifl6ra, NIGHT-FLOWERING C. Tall coarse weed in cult, or waste 

 grounds ; lower leaves spatulate, upper lanceolate and pointed ; flowers single 

 or in loose clusters terminating the branches, with awl-shaped calyx-teeth and 

 white or pale rosy 2-parted petals, opening at nightfall or in cloudy weather. 



* # Smooth, a part of each of the upper joint of stem glutinous: flowers small. (T) 

 S. Armeria, SWEET-WILLIAM C. In old gardens or running wild, from 



Europe; stem about 1 high, branching into flat-topped cymes of many flowers, 

 which are rather showy ; calyx club-shaped ; petals notched, bright pink, or a 

 white variety, opening only in sunshine ; leaves lance-ovate, glaucous. 



S. antirrhina, SLEEPY C. Wild in sandy or gravelly soil ; stem slen- 

 der, 6' - 20' high, rather simple ; flowers very small, panicled ; calyx ovoid ; 

 petals rose-color, obcordate, opening only at midday in sunshine ; leaves lan- 

 ceolate or linear. 



* * * Somewhat sticky-pubescent, at least the calyx, which is oblong, tubular, or 



club-shaped : wild species, with red or pink showy flowers. 2/ 



S. Pennsylvanica, PENNSYLVANIAN C. or WILD PINK. In gravelly 

 soil ; stems 4' - 8' high, bearing 2 or 3 pairs of lanceolate leaves and a cluster 

 of short-stalked middle-sized flowers, in spring ; petals pink-red, wedge-shaped, 

 slightly notched. 



S. virginica, VIRGINIAN C. or FIRE PINK. In open woods W. & S. ; 

 1 - 2 high ; leaves spatulate or lanceolate ; flowers few, peduncled ; the pretty 

 large bright crimson-red petals 2-cleft. 



S. rdgia, ROYAL C. Prairies, &c., from Ohio S. ; like the last, but 3 

 high, with lance-ovate leaves, numerous short-peduncled flowers in a narrow 

 panicle, and narrower scarlet-red petals scarcely cleft. 



* * * * Not sticky : calyx inflated and bladdery : petals ratlier small, white. JJ. 

 S. Stellata, STARRY CAMPION. Wild on wooded banks ; stem slender, 



2 - 3 high ; leaves in whorls of 4, lance-ovate, pointed ; flowers in a long and 

 narrow panicle ; petals cut into a fringe. 



S. inflata, BLADDER CAMPION. Wild in fields E., but nat. from Eu., 

 glaucous or pale and very smooth, 1 high, with ovate-lanceolate or oblong 

 leaves, and an open cyme of flowers ; the bladdery calyx veiny ; petals 2-cleft. 



4. VACC ARIA, COW-HERB. (Name from Latin vacca, a cow.) 



V. VUlgaris, COMMON C. In gardens or running wild near them, from 

 Eu. ; smooth, l-2 high, with pale lanceolate partly clasping leaves, and a 

 loose open cyme of flowers ; petals pale red, naked, not notched ; fl. summer. 



5. SAPpNABIA, SOAPWORT. (Latin and common names from the 

 mucilaginous juice of the stem and root forming a lather. ) From Europe. 

 S. officinalis, COMMON S. or BOUNCING BET. A rather stout, l-2 



high, nearly smooth herb, in gardens, and running wild by roadsides ; leaves 

 3 - 5-ribbed, the lower ovate or oval, upper lanceolate ; flowers rather large, 

 clustered; petals pale rose-color or almost white, notched at the end. The 

 double-flowered is most common. ^ 



6. GYPSOPHILiA. (From Greek words meaning lover of gypsum or 

 chalk, growing on calcareous rocks.) Plants with the small and often pan- 

 icled flowers and foliage of Arenaria or Stellaria, but the sepals united into 

 a cup as in the true Pink Family, usually by their thin white edges, hoAvevcr, 

 so that to a casual glance they may appear distinct. Cult, in choicer gardens, 

 from Eu. and the East, ornamental, especially for dressing cut flowers, &c. 

 Fl. all summer. 



G. paniculata, PANICLED G. Very smooth, pale, l-2 high; with 

 lance-linear leaves, and branches repeated forking into very loose and light 

 cymes, bearing innumerable very small and delicate white flowers. 2/ 



G. elegans, ELEGANT G. Less tall or low, loosely spreading ; with 

 lanceolate leaves, much larger (' broad) and fewer flowers, white or slightly 

 rosy. 



