66 PINK FAMILY. 



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



S. noctiflora, XIGHT-I u-wi I:IM; C. Tall coarse weed in cult, or waste 

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

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

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



* * ^Sinmitli, n /Hirt <>f iiich df tin- iiji/>i-r jnint o/'.s/i in glutinous: flowers small. 



S. Arm6ria, SWEET-WILLIAM C. In old gardens or running wild, from 



Europe; stem about 1 high, branching into (hit-topped cvmes (if many (lowers, 

 whidi 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 sini|ile ; flowers very small, panicled ; calyx ovoid; 

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

 ceolate or linear. 



* * * Someu-liiit sticky-pubescent, at least the ca/i/.r, >rhi<-h in Mony, tubu'ar, or 



club-shaped : wild species, n-ith rrd or ]>infc showy flowers. 2/ 



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

 soil; stems 4'- 8' high, bearing 2 or 3 pairs of lanceolate have.-, 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, pednncled; the pretty 

 large bright crimson-red petals 2-cleft. 



S. r^gia, KOVAL C. Prairies, &<., from Ohio S. ; like the last, but 3 

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

 panicle, and narrower scarlet-red petals scarcely cleft. 



* # # * \nl s/n/.-'i: rul>/.r inflated and bladdery : /><tulx rather small, n-hitc. If. 



S. Stellata, STAKKY CAMPION. Wild on wooded hanks; stem slender, 

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

 narrow panicle ; petals cut into a fringe. 



S. iutlata, BL\I>I>ER CAMPION. Wild in fields K., but nat. from En., 

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

 leases, and an open cyme of (lowers ; the bladdery calyx veiny ; petals 2-clcft. 



4. VACCARIA, COW-HERB. (Name from Latin ,;;(,, a cow.) 



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

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

 loose open cyme of (lowers ; petals pale red, naked, not notched ; (1. summer. 



5. SAPONARIA, SOAPWOIJT. (Latin and common names from the 

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



S. officinalis, COMMON S. or 15oi N ING BI;T. A rather stout, l-2 

 hi^h, nearly smooth herb, in gardens, and running wild hv roadsides ; leaves 

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

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

 doable-flowered is most common. JJ. 



6. GYPSOPHILA. (From Greek words meaning lover of (ji/fisum or 

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

 icled (lowers and foliage of Areuaria or Stellaria, but the sepals united into 

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

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

 from En. and the East, ornamental, especially for dressing cut (lowers, &c. 

 !'!. all summer. 



G. paniculata, PANKI.I.I> (J. Very smooth, pale, l-2 high; with 

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

 cymes, bearing innumerable \cr\ small and delicate white (lowers. 1i 



G. 61egans, ELEGANT G. Less tall or low, loosely spreading; with 

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



rosy. (i) 



