ORDER 19. CARYOPHYLLACE^. 53 



2. SAPONARIA, L. SOAFWORT. Calyx tubular, 5-toothod, without 

 bractlets. Petals 5, unguiculate. Stamens 10. Styles 2. Capsules ob- 

 lug, 1-celled. Flowers in cymous panicles. July, August. Fig. 45. 



Calyx tube oblong, neither angled nor veined (SAPONARIA.) No. 1 



Calyx tube ovoid, 5-angled, at length 5-winged, very smooth. (VACCAUIA.). . .No. 2 



1 S. officiimlis L. Bouncing Bet. Lvs. lanceolate ; pet. crowned, is. 2f. White. 



2 S. Vuccaria L. Lvs. lance-ovate ; fls. cymous, pale red. If. Waste grounds. 



24. GYFSOPHILA, L. GYPSUM PINK. Sepals half united into a 

 bell-form calyx. Pet. scarcely clawed. Caps, globular, 1-celled, 4-valved. 

 Neat, free-flowering exotics. Flowers panicled. June Sept. Europe. 



1 G. ELEGANS. Lvs. lance., thick ; pan. loose, forked ; pet. notched, wh. or pink. If. (5) 



2 G. MURALIS. Low, diffuse, with linear ITS. and a profusion of pinkish small fls. 6'. 



3 G. PVNICULATA. Tall; Ivs. lance-lin. ; fis. minute, numerous, white, in filiform pan. if. 



4 GS. STEVENI. Lvs. lance-lin., keeled; fls. white, in corymbs, fine for bouquets, y. 2f. 



3. SELENE, L. CAMPION. CATCH-FLY. (Silcnns was a drunken god 

 of the Greeks, covered with slaver as these plants are with a viscid secre- 

 tion.) Calyx tubular, swelling, without scales at the base, 5-toothed ; pet. 

 5, unguiculate, often crowned with scales at the mouth, 2 or many-cleft, or 

 entire ; sta. 10 ; styles 3 ; capsule 3-cellecl, opening at top by 6 teeth, many- 

 seeded. Figs. 41, 56, 330. 



Acaulescent, low, tufted. Petals crowned. Perennial No. 1 



Caulescent. Petals fringe-cleft, white or rose-color, crownless. Perennial. Nos. 2-^4 



Petals bifid or entire. Calyx inflated, veiny. Perennial Nos. 5, 6 



Calyx close on the pod. (*) 



* Flowers spicate, alternate. Upper leaves linear, lower spat. Annual. . .Noe. 7, 8 



* Fls. not spicate. Petals pale, closed in sunshine. Upper Ivs. linear.. .Nos. 9, 10 



Petals red, purple, &c., bifid Nos. 11, 12 



entire Nos. 1315 



1 S. acafills L. Moss Campion. Low, moss-like ; Ivs. linear (6 /; 5) ; ped. solitary, short, 



1-fld. ; calyx bell-shaped ; pet. obcordate, crowned, it White Mts. 1 S 7 . Purp. Jl. 



2 S. stellata Ait. Erect, pubescent ; Ivs. in whorls of 4's, oval-lanceolate, acuminate ; 



cal. loose and inflated ; pet. fimbriate. u Can. to Car. and W. 2 3f. White. July. 



3 S. ovilta Ph. Erect, puberulent; Ivs. opposite, lance-ovate, acuminate; cal. ovate, 



not inflated ; pet. many-cleft, crownless. is. Car. Ga. 3f. White. July. 



4 S. Baldwin!! Nutt. Weak, hairy ; Ivs. obovate-spatulate ; calyx not inflated ; pot. 



cuneiform, divaricately fimbriate. IS, Ga. Fla. If. Fls. 2', roseate. April. 



5 S. nivea DC. Minutely puberulent, erect, subsimple ; Ivs. oblong-lanceolate, acu- 



minate ; fls. few, solitary, leafy ; cal. inflated ; pet. 2-cleft, with a small bifid crown ; 

 caps, shorter than its stipe, is, Penn. to 111. Rare. 2f. Fls. few, white. July. 

 S. induta Smith. Bladder Campion. Glabrous and glaucous ; Ivs. ovate-lanceolate ; 

 fls. in cymous, leafless panicles, drooping ; cal. ovoid-globular, much inflated ; caps. 

 on a short stype. is. Fields. 2f. White. July. 



7 S. qulnquevulnera L. Villous; spike somewhat one-sided; cal. very villous; 



pet. roundish, entire, crowned. S. Car. If. Pet. crimson, with a pale border. $ 



8 S. nocturna L. Lvs. pubescent; fls. small, appressed to the stem in a dense 1-sided 



spike ; cal. cylindrical, smoothish ; pet. narrow, 2-parted. (I) Ct. to Pa. Rare. 2f. Jl. % 



9 S. Viitirrliiua L. Snap-dragon Catch-fly. Sticky in spots ; Ivs. lanceolate, acute; 



fls. few, on slender branches ; cal. ovoid ; pet. emarginate. Waste pi. l$f. Fls. r. 

 )3. linarifi. Very slender ; Ivs. all linear ; cal. globular. Ga. and Fla. 



10 S. nqctiflora L. Viscid-pubescent; lower Ivs. spatulate ; cal. cylindrical, teeth 

 subulate, very long ; petals 2-parted. Cult, grounds. Flowers large, white. 



