28o FLOWERS OF FIELD, HILL, AND SWAA/P 



lo. S/j'/es, 3, and a i-celled pod. Flotvcrs conspicuous, near- 

 ly an inch across, in a terminal panicle. 



Stem, swollen at the joints and viscid, from which property the 

 English name catchfly is derived. Height, 2 to 3 feet. A showy 

 plant, sure to catch the eye of the stroller on hillsides, and well 

 worth our attention. 



12. Moss Campion 



'S. acanlis is a delicate, low, tufted Alpine species, found in 

 the White Mountains, N. H. It is not more than i or 2 inches 

 high, with needle-shaped leaves, crowded on the stem, like 

 moss. Flowers^ small, single, almost sessile, with purple petals 

 notched at apex or entire. Sometimes white flowers appear 

 on naked peduncles. Time,, July. 



13. Fire Pink. Catchfly 



S. Virginica bears a few large, deep crimson fiowers on 

 slender peduncles. Stem, i to 2 feet high. The petals are 

 deeply slit; sepals, sticky and viscid. Leaves, thin, those be- 

 low narrowed towards their bases ; those above, oblong to 

 lance-shaped. 



New York and southward. 



14. Violet Wood-sorrel 



Oxalls violacea. — Family, Geranium. Color, violet. Leaves, 

 petioled, from the root, divided into 3 broad leaflets, which 

 are notched and rounded at apex. Time, June. 



Sepals, 5, soon withering. Stamens, 10, the alternate ones 

 short. Pistil, i, with 5 styles. Flowers, several in umbels 

 on leafless scapes. 



This pretty litlle plant has no true stem. Both leaves and 



