46 CARYOPHYLLACEiE. 



linear ; flowers small, panicled ; calyx ovoid, glabrous ; petals small, ob- 

 cordate, slightly crowned. 



Dry hills. Can. to Flor. W. to Oregon. June, July. (£).—Stem 1—2 feet 

 high, nearly glabrous, with some of tlie upper intemodes viscid. Petals white or 

 pale purple, only expanding towards evening. Calyx broad-oval or obovate, 

 shining. Snapdragon Catchjly. 



**** Caulescent. Flowers panicled, rarely solitary. Pedicels opposite, 

 short. Calyx tubular. 



6. (S. noctijlora Linn. : viscid-pubescent ; stem erect, branching ; lower 

 leaves spatulate, the upper ones linear ; calyx cylindrical-ventricose, the al- 

 ternate striae veined ; teeth very long, subulate ; petals 2-parted. 



In cultivated places. N. S. Torr. t July. (T)- — Sum a foot or more high. 

 FUrwers rather large, pale reddish or white, expanding only in cloudy weather 

 or in the evening. Night-flowering Catchfly. 



7. S. Catesbai Walt. : branching ; leaves broad-lanceolate ; flowers in 

 panicles ; calyx clavate, colored ; petals with long claws ; limb bifid, with 

 two lateral teeth; lobes acute. S. Virginica Mich. Pursh. not oi Linn: 



Penn. to MLss. MuU. June. %. — Stem a foot high. Flowers crimson. 

 Both De Candolle and Hooker concur in supposing the present plant distinct 

 from <S. Virginica. • Catesby's Catchfly, 



8. S. Virginica Linn. : viscid-pubescent ; stem mostly erect, branching ; 

 leaves lanceolate ; lower ones on long petioles, with long ciliae at base ; 

 flowers large, in panicles ; petals with loiig claws, broad, bifid, crowned. 



Can. to Geor. W. to Miss. May, June. %. — Stem 1—2 feet high. Flowers 

 larger than in the next species, purple. Virginia Catchfly. 



9. (S. Pewnsylvanica Mich. : viscidly-pubescent ; radical leaves some- 

 what cuneate ; those of the stem long-linear ; flowers in panicles, some- 

 what trichotomous ; calyx long, tubular ; petals slightly emarginate, sub- 

 crenate. S.. Caroliniana Walt. 



Sandy woods. Can. to Geor. May, June. %. — Steins numerous, cespitose, 

 8 — 12 inches high. Petals bright purple, sometimes almost white. 



Wild Pink. 



***** Cespitose. Stems almost^ wanting. Calyx suiin/lated. Peduncles 

 l-flowered. 



10. )S. acaulis Linn. : stems very densely cespitose, low ; leaves linear, 

 ciliate at base ; peduncles solitary, short, 1-flowered ; calyx campanulate ; 

 petals obcordate, crowned. 



White Mountains, N. H. Arct. Amer. Rocky Mountains. July. %.—Stem 

 short, much branched or tufted. Leaves spreading. Flowers purple. 



Moss Campion. 



3. SAPONARIA. Z/wm.— Soapwort. 



(From the Latin sapo, soap ; the plant yielding a mucilaginous juice, which 

 has been used as a substitute for that article.) 



Calyx tubular, 5 -toothed, naked at base. Petals unguicu- 

 late; claws equalling the calyx. " Stamens 10. Styles 2. Cap- 

 sule 1- celled. 



