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  KEY 
  AND 
  FLORA 
  

  

  spatulate; 
  stem 
  leaves 
  ovate-lanceolate, 
  wavy, 
  clasping. 
  Peduncles 
  

   long, 
  1-flowered. 
  Flowers 
  about 
  1 
  in. 
  broad, 
  deep 
  crimson. 
  Calyx 
  

   tube 
  very 
  strongly 
  5-ribbed, 
  with 
  o 
  smaller 
  ones 
  between; 
  calyx 
  

   teeth 
  short 
  and 
  slender. 
  Petals 
  somewhat 
  notched. 
  Cultivated 
  in 
  

   old 
  gardens 
  ; 
  from 
  Europe. 
  

  

  2. 
  L. 
  chalcedonica 
  L. 
  SCARLET 
  LYCHNIS, 
  LONDON 
  PRIDE. 
  A 
  tall, 
  

   hairy 
  perennial 
  (about 
  '2 
  ft.). 
  Leaves 
  lance-ovate, 
  somewhat 
  clasping. 
  

   Flnwer 
  cluster 
  flat-topped 
  and 
  very 
  dense. 
  Flowers 
  bright 
  scarlet, 
  

   not 
  very 
  large. 
  Petal? 
  2-lobed. 
  Common 
  in 
  old 
  gardens; 
  from 
  

   Japan. 
  

  

  3. 
  L. 
  Drummondii 
  Wats. 
  Perennial, 
  erect, 
  glandular-downy 
  and 
  

   sticky, 
  1-3 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  oblanceolate 
  or 
  linear, 
  acute, 
  f-3 
  in. 
  

   long. 
  Flowers 
  few, 
  on 
  slender 
  pedicels, 
  white 
  or 
  purplish, 
  f-J 
  in. 
  long. 
  

   Petals 
  not 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  tubular 
  calyx. 
  Capsule 
  -i 
  f 
  in. 
  long. 
  

   Seeds 
  with 
  little 
  tubercles. 
  In 
  dry 
  soil 
  W. 
  

  

  V. 
  SILENE 
  L. 
  

  

  Annual 
  or 
  perennial 
  herbs. 
  Stems 
  erect 
  or 
  decumbent 
  and 
  

   diffuse. 
  Leaves 
  often 
  connate 
  or 
  whorled. 
  Flowers 
  clustered 
  

   or 
  solitary, 
  usually 
  pink 
  or 
  white. 
  Calyx 
  tubular, 
  more 
  or 
  

   less 
  inflated, 
  5-toothed, 
  10-nerved, 
  bractless. 
  Petals 
  5, 
  long- 
  

   clawed, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  ten 
  stamens 
  inserted 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   ovary. 
  Styles 
  3 
  ; 
  ovary 
  1-celled 
  or 
  3-celled 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  open- 
  

   ing 
  by 
  6 
  teeth, 
  many-seeded. 
  Seeds 
  usually 
  roughened.* 
  

  

  1. 
  S. 
  antirrhina 
  L. 
  SLEEPY 
  CATCHFLY. 
  Stem 
  smooth, 
  slender, 
  

   8-30 
  in. 
  high, 
  sticky 
  in 
  spots. 
  Leaves 
  lanceolate 
  or 
  linear. 
  Flowers 
  

   rather 
  few 
  and 
  small, 
  panicled. 
  Calyx 
  ovoid. 
  Petals 
  inversely 
  heart- 
  

   shaped, 
  pink, 
  opening 
  only 
  for 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  in 
  sunshine. 
  Dry 
  waste 
  

   ground. 
  

  

  2. 
  S. 
  Armeria 
  L. 
  CATCHFLY, 
  NONE-SO-PRETTY. 
  A 
  smooth, 
  erect 
  

   annual 
  or 
  biennial, 
  6-15 
  in. 
  high. 
  Several 
  nodes 
  of 
  the 
  stem 
  are 
  

   usually 
  covered 
  for 
  part 
  of 
  their 
  length 
  with 
  a 
  sticky 
  substance. 
  

   Leaves 
  very 
  smooth, 
  with 
  a 
  bloom 
  beneath, 
  lanceolate 
  or 
  oblong- 
  

   lanceolate, 
  clasping. 
  Flowers 
  showy, 
  dark 
  pink, 
  nearly 
  \ 
  in. 
  in 
  

   diameter, 
  in 
  flat-topped 
  clusters. 
  Calyx 
  club-shaped. 
  Petals 
  some- 
  

   what 
  notched. 
  Cultivated 
  from 
  Europe 
  and 
  introduced. 
  

  

  3. 
  S. 
  noctiflora 
  L. 
  NIGHT-FLOWERING 
  CATCHFLY. 
  A 
  tall, 
  coarse 
  

   annual 
  or 
  biennial 
  weed, 
  covered 
  with 
  sticky 
  hairs. 
  Lower 
  leaves 
  

   spat 
  ulate, 
  upper 
  ones 
  laiH-eolate. 
  pointed. 
  Flowers 
  large, 
  white, 
  open- 
  

   ing 
  at 
  night 
  or 
  in 
  cloudy 
  weather. 
  Calyx 
  teeth 
  long, 
  awl-shaped. 
  

   Petals 
  2 
  -parted. 
  In 
  fields 
  and 
  gardens. 
  Naturalized 
  from 
  Europe. 
  

  

  