54 ORDER 19.-, ARYOPHYLLACE^E. 



11 S. Virginlca L. Slender, erect, branching; root-lvs. spatulate, cauline oblong 

 lanceolate ; flowers large, cymous, cal. large, clavate ; pet. bifid, broad, crowned. 2f 

 Woods, Pa. to 111. and S. 1 2f. Red. June. 



12 S. rotundilolia Nutt. Decumbent, branching; Ivs. thin, roundish- oval ; fls. eol 

 itary, very large ; calyx cylindric-campanulate ; petals bifid and toothed, deep scarlet, 

 crowned, y. Rocks, W. States. Rare. June August. 



138. regia Sims. Splendid Catch-fly. Scabrous, somewhat viscid ; St. rigid, erect ; 

 Ivs. ovate-lanceolate ; cyme paniculate ; pet. oblanceolate, entire, erose at the end ; 

 sta. and stig. exserted. y. O. to HI. and S. 3 4f. Bright scarlet. June, July. 



14 S. Pennsylvanica MX. Wild Pink. St. clustered, low, ascending; Ivs. spatn- 

 late or cuneate, of the stem lanceolate ; cyme few-flowered; pet. slightly emarginate, 

 subcrenate. u Dry soils, N. Eng., S. and W. 610'. Fls. pink-red. June. 



1 5 S. Armeria L. Garden Catch-fly. Very smooth, glaucous ; st. branching, glu- 

 tinous below each node ; Ivs. ovate-lanceolate ; flowers in flat cymes ; pet. obcordate, 

 crowned ; cal. clavate, 10-striate. 13 iy. July, September. t 



4. LYCHNIS, L. (AvxvoS, a lamp; from fancied resemblance or use.) 

 Cal. tube bractless, 10-veined, limb 5 -lobed. Pet. 5, entire or cleft, often 

 crowned. Stam. 10. Styles 5. Caps, more or less 5-celled at base, open- 

 ing by 5 or 10 teeth. Handsome exotics, cultivated or . 



AGROSTEMMA. Calyx limb of 5 leafy, deciduous lobes exceeding the petals No. 1 



S LTCHXIS proper. Calyx limb of 5 persistent lobes shorter than the petals ... (a) 



a Fls. dioecious. Petals 2-lobed, white or purplish. Escaped from culture No. 2 



a Fls. all perfect. ft Petals 2-lobed or entire Nos. 3, 4 



b Petals 4-parted or laciniate Nos. 5, R 



1 TJ. Gitliago Lam. Corn Cockle. St. forked ; Ivs. linear, hairy ; fls. few, large, dull 



purple ; seeds large, blackish. (T) Fields. 2 3f. A handsome weed. July. 



2 I*, dlurna L. Stem forked and panicled ; fls. $ ? ; pet. half-2-cleft ; pod ovoid 01 



subglobous. (a) Rare in cultivated grounds. 2f. June August. Eur. 



3 1^. CORONARIA DC. Mullein Pink. Rose Campion. Villous ; stem dichotomoue ; ped. 



long, 1-flowered ; petals broad, entire, y. Italy. 2f. Purple, &c. 



4 I*. CHALCED6NICA L. Scarlet Lychnis or Sweet Wittiam. Smoothish ; fls. fasciculate ; 



calyx cylindric-clavate, ribbed ; petals 2-lobed. y. Russia. 2f. Scarlet. 



5 Ij. FLOSCUCTTLI L. Hogged Robin. Fls. fascicled; cal. campanulate, 10-ribbed ; pel. 



in 4 deep, linear segments. ii Europe. 1 2f. Flowers pink. 



6 Ij. CORONATA L. Chinese Lychnis. Fls. terminal and axillary, 13 ; calyx rounded, 



clavate, ribbed ; petals laciniate. y. 1 2f. Flowers large, red, &c. 



5. HOLOSTBUM, L. (OA.o, all, otirEov, bone; by antiphrasis, as 

 the plant is no *>one, but soft.) Sep. 5. Pet. 5, erose-denticulate at the end. 

 Stam. 3 5, rarely 10. Styles 3. Caps. 1-celled, oo-seeded, opening by 6 

 teeth. Fls. white, in an umbel. 



H. umbellatum L. Lvs. smooth and glaucous, oblong, sessile ; pcd. long, terminal, 

 viscid, pedicels reflexed after flowering. @ Fields : rare. &. Eur. 



6. OERASTIUM, L. MOUSE-EAR CHICKWEED. (KspaS, a horn; 

 from the resemblance of the capsule.) Sep. 5, ovate, acute. Pet, 5, 2-cleft 

 or lobed. Stam. 10, rarely fewer. Styles 5, opposite to the sepals. Cap- 

 sule cylindrical or ovoid, elongated, opening at top by 10 teeth, GO seedel. 

 Flowers cymous, white. Fig. 44. 



Petals about as long as the sepals v . . .Nos. 1, 2 



| Petals much longer than the sepals Nos. 3, 4, 5 



