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calyx tubular, 3-4 lines iu length, 10-nerved: petals white, the blade 

 dichotomously cleft into linear segments. — Fl. i. 316 ; Torr. & Grav. 

 Fl. i. 190; Chapm. FL 51. Cucubalus polypetalus, Walt.? Car. 141. 

 — Alluvial woods, uplands, North Carolina to Georgia and Alabama. 

 y S. Baldwinii, Nutt. Villous : stems low, weak, decumbent, 

 throwing out runners : lower leaves spatulate obtuse, with an attenuate 

 base ; the upper oblanceolate or lanceolate, acute : flowers few, very 

 large, \\ inches or more in diameter, pedicellate, aggregated at the 

 ends of the stems: calyx clavate, pubescent, 10 lines in length; the 

 teeth ovate-lanceolate, acuminate : petals white or pink, the large 

 obovate blade fringed, unappendaged. — Gen. i. 288 ; Torr. & Gray, 

 Fl. i. 193; Chapman, Fl. 51. S. fimbriata, Bald, in Ell. Sk. i. 515, 

 not of Sims. Mdandryum Baldwini, Rohrb. 1. c. 231 ; Wats. Bot. 

 King Exp. 431. — Georgia and Florida, March to May. 



S. nutans, L. Stems slender, a foot or more in height, leaves 

 mostly at the base, spatulate ; the cauline small, lanceolate : flowers in 

 a slender, little branched panicle, nodding, 6-7 lines in diameter : calyx 

 cylindrical in anthesis, not exceeding 5 lines in length : petals white 

 or rose-colored, bifid (rarely 4-fid), segments narrow : capsule large 

 ovate-conical. — Spec. 417 ; Reichb. 1. c. vi. t. 295. — Introduced on 

 Mt. Desert, Miss Minot. (Europe and Siberia.) 



S. Pennsylvanica, Michx. (Wild Pink.) Viscid-pubescent : 

 stems few or many, 6-9 inches high, from a strong tap-root : leaves 

 mostly at the base, spatulate or oblanceolate, usually acutish at the 

 apex, tapering below to long ciliated petioles ; the two or three pairs 

 of cauline leaves much shorter, lanceolate or narrowly oblong, acute : 

 cymes small, terminal, dense, rarely more open : calyx clavate. purplish ; 

 the teeth short : petals white or pink, appendaged ; the blade obo- 

 vate, erose, 4-6 lines in length: the ovary long-stiped. — Fl. i. 272; 

 Bot. Reg. iii. t. 247 ; Hook. Fl. Bor.-Am. i. 90 ; Gray, Gen. ii. 42, 

 t. 115. S. cheiranthoides, Poir. Diet. vii. 176. S. incamata, Lodd. 

 Cab. t. 41. S. platyjjetala, Otth in DC. Prodr. i. 383. Melandryum 

 Pennsylvanicum, Rohrb. 1. c. 233, & Linnaea, xxxvi. 251. S. Carolini- 

 ana, Walt. Car. 142, with scarlet or crimson petals, and S. rvbicimda, 

 Dietr. Allg. Gartenzeit. iii. 196, with divided petals, are doubtful 

 synonyms. — Open rocky woods, E. New England to S. Carolina and 

 Kentucky. 



= = Flowers crimson or scarlet, larpe. 



S. Virginica, L. (Fire Pink, Catciifly.) Viscid-pubescent : 

 stem striate, single, simple, 1-2 feet high : leaves spatulate or oblan- 

 ceolate ; the lower ones narrowed to ciliate -fringed petioles ; the upper 



