118 CARYOPHYLLACEAE. 



6. S. latifolia (Mill.) Britten & Eendle, Stem 1.5-5 dm. tall, glaucous: leaf- 

 blades oblong-spatulate to oblong, ovate-lanceolate, or lanceolate, 2—8 cm.* 

 long: flower-clusters lax: calyx becoming 13-17 mm. long, ultimately dis- 

 tended, conspicuously veined; lobes broad, ^-J as long as the tube: petals 

 white, 14-18 mm. long; blades cuneate, cleft: capsule-body ovoid, 10-13 mm. 

 long, short-stipitate. — S. Common, in fields. Nat. of Eu. — Sum. — Bladder- 

 campion. 



7. S. caroliniana Walt. Stem 1-2.5 dm. tall, closely pubescent: leaf -blades 

 spatulate to linear-oblanceolate, or the upper ones lanceolate, 3-12 cm. long: 

 calyx becoming 2-2.5 cm. long, ultimately distended; lobes ovate, very short: 

 petals white or pink; blades 12-15 mm. long, entire: capsule-body oblong to 

 ovoid, 9-11 mm. long. — • S. Not very common, on rocky hillsides and wooded 

 slopes. — Schists. — Spr. — Wild-pink. 



4. LYCHNIS [Tourn.] L. Annual or perennial herbs similar to Silene 

 in habit. Flowers pedicelled and mostly erect. Calyx becoming more or less 

 inflated, 10-nerved. Petals 5: blades entire, cleft, or laciniate, generally ap- 

 pendaged. Ovary more or less elongate. Capsule as long as thick or longer. 



— Campion. 



Corolla white or pink : calyx-lobes acuminate : capsule conic-ovoid. 1. L. alba. 



Corolla red : calyx-lobes acute : capsule globose. 2. L. dioica. 



1. L. alba Mill. Plants 1 m. tall or less, the stem usually branched throughout, 

 fine-pubescent : leaf-blades spatulate to oblong, oval, or lanceolate, 3-8 cm. 

 long: calyx becoming 14-21 mm. long; lobes triangular to ovate, J-J as long 

 as the tube: petals white or rarely pink; blades reniform to broadly cuneate: 

 capsules conic-ovoid, the opening narrow. — S. Eare, in fields. Nat. of Eu. 



— Sum. — White-campion. 



2. L. dioica L. Plants mostly 3-8 dm. tall, the stem often branched at the 

 base, with soft spreading hairs: leaf -blades oval, oblong, oblong-lanceolate, or 

 ovate, 2.5-9 cm. long: calyx becoming 15-19 mm. long; lobes lanceolate to 

 triangular-lanceolate, about -J as long as the tube: petals red or rarely white; 

 blades cuneate: capsules globose, the opening wide. — S. Rather rare, in 

 fields and on roadsides. Nat. of Eu. — Sum. — Red-campion. 



5. AGROSTEMMA L. Annual coarse herbs. Leaf-blades very narrow. 

 Flowers long-peduncled. Calyx becoming swollen : tube 10-ribbed. Petals 5 : 

 blades broad, unappendaged. Ovary about as thick as long. Capsule slightly 

 elongate. 



1. A. Glthago L. Stems 2-9 dm. tall, appressed-pubescent : leaf -blades linear, 

 4—12 cm. long: calyx becoming 5—6 cm. long; lobes linear, acuminate, longer 

 than the copiously pubescent tube: petals 30-35 mm. long; blades cuneate to 

 obovate, purple or magenta: capsules 181-22 mm. long. — Common, in grain 

 fields and on roadsides. Nat. of Eu. — Sum. — Corncockle. Corn-rose. 



Order RANALES. 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves mostly without stipules, with entire, 

 toothed, or dissected blades, in aquatics often various on the same plant. 

 Flowers perfect, monoecious, or dioecious. Calyx and corolla of distinct 

 sepals and petals. Gynoecium of 1 or several distinct or united carpels. 

 Ovary superior. Fruit various. 



Stamens usually numerous, the anther-sacs opening by slits. 



Land plants, except in Ceratophyllaceae and some Ranunculaccac: leaf-blades 

 not peltate. 



