PHYTOLACCACEAE (POKEWEED FAMILY) 



3 PHYTOLACCACEAE. Poke<weed Family. 



i PHYTOLACCA POKE. (P. decdndra.) 



4 NYCTAG1NACEAE. Four-o'clock Family. 



i MIRABILIS FOUR-O'CLOCK. (M. jaldpa.*) 



5 AIZOACEAE. Carpet-weed Family. 

 i MOLLUGO CARPET-WEED. (M. verticilldta.) 



6 PORTULACACEAE. Purslane Family. 



1 CLAYT6NIA SPRING BEAUTY. (C. virginica.) 



2 PORTULACA. 



i a Flowers about ^4 in. broad ; common weed 



PURSLANE. (P. olerdcea.) 

 b Flowers 1-2 in. broad; plant cultivated in gardens 



ROSE Moss. (P. grandiflbra.*) 



7 CARYOPHYLLACEAE. Pink Family. 



1 AGROSTfiMMA CORN COCKLE. (A. githdgo.) 



2 LYCHNIS. 



1 a Plant white-woolly; flowers crimson to white 



MULLEIN PINK. (L. corondria*) 

 b Plants not white-woolly 2 



2 a Plant not covered with sticky hairs 



SCARLET LYCHNIS. (L. chalcedonica*) 

 b Plants more or less covered with sticky hairs 3 



3 a Flowers white or faintly pink. .WHITE CAMPION. (L. alba.) 

 b Flowers red RED CAMPION. (L. dioica.) 



3 SILfcNE. 



1 a Plant 2-5 in. high, prostrate; cultivated in gardens 



PENDULOUS CATCHFLY. (S. pendula.*) 

 b Plants not completely as in a 2 



2 a Petals fringed on the margins; leaves usually in whorls 



of 4 STARRY CAMPION. (S. stelldta.) 



b Petals entire or 2-cleft; leaves opposite 3 



3 a Stems with few or no hairs, or sticky only just below 



the nodes 4 



b Stems more or less covered with sticky hairs 6 



4 a Calyx tube much swollen, bladdery, strongly nerved 



BLADDER CAMPION. (S. vulgdris.) 

 b Calyx tube expanded only by ripened capsule 5 



5 a Flowers ^4 in. or less broad, pink 



SLEEPY CATCHFLY. (S. antirrhina.) 

 b Flowers %-% in. broad, purple or pink 



SWEET WILLIAM CATCHFLY. (S. armeria*) 



6 a Plant 4-15 in. high, tufted; flowers in April-June 



WILD PINK. (S. carolinidna.) 

 b Plants 1-3 ft. high, not tufted; flowers in June-Sept. 7 



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