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CARY0PHYLLACEA2. (PINK FAMILY.) 
- Sept. A stout plant, with large flesh-color or pale pink flowers; 
commonly met with in a double state. 
~ T accar * a * L. (Cow-herb.) Cymes corymbed ; calyx 
pyrami a , o-angled, smooth; petals not crowned ; leaves ovate-lan¬ 
ceolate, partly clasping. ® _ Escaped from gardens into waste 
places near dwellings. — Petals pale red. 
3. .SICE>'E ? L. Catchplv. Campion. 
Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, naked at the base. Stamens 10. 
tyles 3. Pod 1-celled, or partly 3-celled at the base, opening 
by 6 teeth at the apex. Embryo coiled. — Flowers solitary or 
in clustered cymes. Petals mostly crowned with a scale at the 
a^e of the blade. (Name from atakov, saliva , in allusion to the 
lsci secretion on the stems and calyx of many species. The 
ng ish name Catchfly alludes to the same peculiarity.) 
1 ^ ^!jd er y~i n fl ate d •' perennial: flowers panicled , white. 
4 nr/r/ */ S e V ata ^ ( Starry Campion.) Leaves in whorls of 
frinn* anCe ° e ' ta P er -pointed ; calyx bell-shaped; petals cul into a 
gan _<a* ^ 00< f e< * banks, Connecticut to Ohio and Michi- 
ODen nvraniiA i tem - **igh, minutely pubescent, with a large and 
Biirelow ) 8 ^ >aniC e ‘ ^ or °ha |' broad. (Cucubalus stellatus, L, 
* (Snow-white Campion.) Leaves opposite 
° r * i ° n g' ta P er ’P°* nt ed; calyx oblong; petals wedge-form , 
bus Oh lnU c y crotcn ed Columbia, Pennsylvania, Muhl. Coluro- 
Flowersfe w r Can ^ Stem P-2° high, almost smooth, 
r lowers few, larger than in No. 1. 
oplo*; (Bladder Campion.) Glaucous; leaves 
veined • netahi ***** £ lobuLa r, much inflated , elegantly 
s " d n “"" 
^ foot high. Flowers loosely cymose. 
pod" J LJ^f aUd m dub - sha P< not inflated except by the enlarging 
w,^ri;; e, r;r •• p "T a/ ; pZescent r r 
merousVrfrn r^ V ?" iCa ’ Mich *' < W «“> P >»*) Stem9 
“X v lr 8ame 0,16 r ° 0t ’ low 5 root-leaves narrowly spa.ulate, 
Z 3 ' T Dg in, ° ^ leaves (2- 3 pairs) 
teeda f -furm^rT,l ClUSlered ' Shon ' sUilked ’ cal y* club-shaped; petals 
X gt £:: and er ° M * end. - Rocky or grav- 
l _ . _ June - — Flowers handsome, purple-rose-color. 
Itavet thiJ^Zfj *’ <FireP,sk Catch fit.) Stems single) 
Zl c 'TTX’ Zt* ^S-lanccolate ; JVoters fee and 
loosely cymose, peduncled; calyx oblong-cylindrica^ soon obconical; 
