16 CARYOPHYLLACEAE (Vor. II. 
. 
8. Lychnis Coronaria (L.) Desr. Mullein Pink. (Fig. 1462.) 
Agrostemma Coronaria I,. Sp. Pl. 436. 1753. 
Lychnis Coronaria Desr. in Lam. Encycl. 3: 
643. 1789. 
Perennial, densely white-woolly all over; 
stem stout, erect or ascending, simple or 
branched, 1°-3° tall. Lower leaves spatu- 
late, 2’-4’ long, 6’’-15’’ wide, narrowed into 
margined petioles; upper leaves oblong or 
lanceolate, sessile, acute or acuminate at the 
the apex, narrowed or rounded at the base, 
the uppermost (bracts) usually small; flow- 
ers few, 1’ broad or more, long-pedicelled in 
open terminal panicles; calyx oblong-cam- 
panulate, its teeth filiform-subulate, twisted, 
shorter than the tube; petals crimson. 
Escaped from gardens to roadsides and waste 
places, Massachusetts to southern New York. 
Native of Europe. Also called Rose Campion. 
June-Aug. 
5. GYPSOPHILA L, Sp. Pl. 406. 1753. 
Annual or perennial, branching or diffuse, mostly glabrous and glaucous herbs, with nar- 
row leaves, and small numerous axillary or paniculate flowers. Calyx turbinate or campanu- 
late, 5-toothed, 5-nerved, bractless. Petals 5, entire or emarginate, their claws narrow. Sta- 
mens I0; styles 2. Capsule dehiscent by 4 valves extending to or below the middle. Seeds 
reniform, laterally attached; embryo coiled. [Greek, in allusion to the supposed preference 
of some species for gypsum soils]. 
About 60 species, natives of Europe, Asia and northern Africa. 
Annual, diffuse, leaves narrowly linear; flowers axillary on filiform peduncles. 1. G. muralis. 
Erect perennial; leaves lanceolate; flowers paniculate. 2. G. paniculata, 
1. Gypsophila muralis L. Low Gypso- 
phyll. (Fig. 1463.) 
Gypsophila muralis I,. Sp. Pl. 408. 1753. 
Annual, diffuse, slender, much branched, glabrous or 
slightly rough at the base, 4’-7’ high. Leaves narrowly 
linear or subulate, attenuate at each end, 3//-10’’ long, 
\//-¥%” wide; peduncles slender, spreading or ascend- 
ing, 3/’-10’’ long, flowers purplish, 114’/-2’’ broad; 
calyx turbinate, 114//-2/’ long, 5-toothed, the teeth 
rounded; petals crenate or emarginate, 2//-3’’ long, 
much exceeding the calyx; pod about 2’ long, slightly 
longer than the calyx. 
In waste places, Ontario to Massachusetts, southern New 
York and New Jersey. Adventive or naturalized from 
Europe. June-Sept. 
