Lychm«. XXIIl. CARYOPHYLLACE^. 191 



3-flowered ; pet. emarginate ; cal. ovate.— 1[. Road-sides and dry soils, Can. and 

 U. S. Stem slender, branching, with opposite leaves, about a foot in height. 

 Leaves about 2' long, the upper ones very narrow, all sessile and scabrous on 

 the margin. A few of the upper internodes are viscidly pubescent above their 

 middle. Flowers small, red, in loose, erect cymes. Jl. 



6. S. NOCTURNA. Nocturnal Catch-Jiy. 



St. branching, hairy below ; Ivs. pubescent, with long cilia at base, low- 

 er ones spatulate, upper lance-linear ; Jls. appressed to the stem, in a dense one- 

 sided spike ; cal. cylindrical, almost glabrous, reticulated between the veins ; 

 pet. narrow, 2-parted. — (I) Near New Haven, Ct., Robbins. to Penn. Va. Flowers 

 white, greenish beneath. Jl. (^ f 



7. S. NOCTiFLORA. NigM-jiowering Catch-Jly. 



Viscid-pubescent ; st. erect, branching ; lower Ivs. spatulate, upper linear ; 

 cal. cylindrical, ventricose, the alternate veins veinleted ; teeth subulate, very 

 long ; pet. 2-parted. — From Europe, introduced into our cultivated grounds ! 

 Flowers rather large, white, expanding only in the evening, and in cloudy 

 weather. ^ f 



8. S. Pennsylvanica. Michx. Pennsylvanian Catch-fly. 

 Viscid-pubescent; sts. numerous; Ivs. from the root sipa.t\ila.te or cuneate, 



of the stem lanceolate ; cyme few-flowered ; pet. slightly emarginate, sub-crenate. 

 —% Dry, sandy soils, N. Eng. ! to Ky. and Ga. Stem decumbent at base, near- 

 ly If high, with long, lanceolate leaves, and terminal, upright bunches of flow- 

 ers. Calyx long, tubular, very glutinous and hairy. Petals wedge-shaped, 

 red or purplish. Jn. 



9. S. ViRGiNicA. Virginian Catch-fly. 



Viscid-pubescent ; st. procumbent or erect, branching ; fls. large, cymose ; 

 cal. large, clavate; pet. bifid, broad, crowned. — % Gardens and fields, Penn. to 

 to Ga. Stem 1 — 2f high, often procumbent at base. Leaves oblong, a little 

 rough at the margin. Cymes dichotomous. Stamens and pistils exserted. 

 Petals red, large. Jn. f 



10. S. 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. — 

 % A large species, beautiful in cultivation, native Ohio, Sullivant ! to La. 

 Stems 3 — 4f high. Leaves 2 — 3', by 8 — lb". Flowers very large, numerous. 

 Calyx tubular, lO-striate, I' long. Petals bright-scarlet, crowned. Jn. Jl.f 



11. S. Armeria. Garden Catch-fly. 



Very smooth, glaucous ; st. branching, glutinous below each node ; Ivs. 

 ovate-lanceolate ; fls. in corymbose cymes ; pet. obcordate, cro^vned ; cal. cla- 

 vate, lO-striate. — ® Introduced from Europe. A popular garden flower. Stem 

 1— Uf high, many-flowered. Leaves U— 2^' long, a as wide; internodes elon- 

 gated. Calyx f long, a little enlarged above. Petals purple, laminae half as 

 long as calyx. Jl. — Sept. ()-f 



8. LYCHNIS. 



Gr. \ti^voi^ a lamp : some cottony species having been used as lamp-wicks. 



Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, ovoid or cylindrical ; scales ; petals 5, 

 unguiculate, limb slightly cleft; stamens 10; pistils 5; capsule 1- 

 celled, or 5-celled at the base, with a 5-toothed dehiscence. — Corolla 

 sometimes croimied. 



1. L. GiTiiAGO. Lam. (Agrostemma Githago. Linn.) Crrrn Cocldc. 



Hairy; st. dichotomous; pcd. elongated; Ivs. linear; cal. longer than 

 the corolla; pet. entire, without the corona.—® A well known handsome weed, 

 growing in fields of wheat, or other grains, and of a pale green color. Stem 

 2— 3f high. Leaves 3—5' bv i— i', fringed with lons^ hairs. Flowers few, 

 larg*^, of a dull purple, on long, naked stalks. Sceiis roundish, angular, purplish- 

 black. .11. C) 



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