66 PINK FAMILY. 



* All over sticky-hairy : naturalized from Europe. (T) 

 S. noctifldra, Night-flowering C. Tall coarse weed in cult, or waste 

 grounds ; lower leaves spatulate, upper lanceolate and pointed ; flowers single 

 or in loose clusters terminating the branches, with awl-shaped calyx-teeth and 

 white or pale rosy 2-parted petals, opening at nightfall or in cloudy weather. 



* * Smooth, a ])art of each of the dipper joint of stem glutinous: flowers small. ® 

 S. Armaria, Sweet- Willi am C. In old gardens or running wild, from 



Europe; stem about 1° liigh, branching into flat- topped cymes of many flowers, 

 which are rather showy ; calyx club-shaped ; petals notched, bright pink, or a 

 white variety, opening only in sunshine ; leaves lance-ovate, glaucous. 



S. antirrhlna, Sleepy C. Wild in sandy or gravelly soil ; stem slen- 

 der, 6' - 20' higli, rather simple ; flowers very small, panicled ; calyx ovoid ; 

 petals rose-color, obcordate, opening only at midday in sunshine ; leaves lan- 

 ceolate or linear. 



* * * Somewhat sticky-pubescent, at least the calyx, which is oblong, tubular, or 



club-shaped : wild species, with red or pink showy flowers. Jl 

 S. Pennsylvanica, Pennstlvanian C. or AVild Pink. In gravelly 



soil ; stems 4' - 8' high, bearing 2 or 3 pairs of lanceolate leaves and a cluster 



of sliort-stalked middle-sized flowers, in spring ; petals pink-red, wedge-shaped, 



sliglitly notched. 



S. Virginiea, Virginian C. or Fire Pink. In open woods W. & S. ; 



l°-2°high; leaves spatulate or lanceolate ; flowers few, peduncled ; the pretty 



large bright crimson-red petals 2-cleft. 



S. regia, Royal C. Prairies, &c., from Ohio S. ; like the last, but 3° 



high, with lance-ovate leaves, numerous short-peduncled flowers in a narrow 



panicle, and narrower scarlet-red petals scarcely cleft. 



* * * * Not sticky : calyx inflated and bladdery : petals rather small, white. 11 



S. Stell^ta, Starry Campion. Wild on wooded banks ; stem slender, 

 2° - 3° high ; leaves in whorls of 4, lance-ovate, pointed ; flowers in a long and 

 narrow panicle ; petals cut into a fringe. 



S. inflata, Bladder Campion. Wild in fields E., but nat. from Eu., 

 glaucous or pale and very smooth, 1° high, with ovate-lanceolate or oblong 

 leaves, and an open cyme of flowers ; the bladdery calyx veiny ; petals 2-cleft. 



4. VACCARIA, COW-HERB. (Name from Latin mcca, a cow.) ® 



V. vulgaris, Common C. In gardens or running wild near them, from 

 Eu. ; smooth, l°-2° high, with pale lanceolate partly clasping leaves, and a 

 loose open cyme of flowers ; petals pale red, naked, not notched ; fl. summer. 



5. SAPONARIA, SOAPWORT. (Latin and common names from the 

 mucilaginous juice of the stem and root forming a lather.) From Europe. 



S. ofQ.ciniIis, Common S. or Bouncing Bet. A rather stout, \°-2° 

 high, nearly smooth herb, in gardens, and running wild by roadsides ; leaves 

 3 - 5-ribbed, the lower ovate or oval, upper lanceolate ; flowers rather large, 

 clustered ; petals pale rose-color or almost white, notched at the end. The 

 double-flowered is most common. 2^ 



6. GYPSOPHILA. (From Greek words meaning lover of gypsum or 

 chalk, growing on calcareous rocks.) Plants with the small and often pan- 

 icled flowers and foliage of Arenaria or Stcllaria, but tlie sepals united into 

 a cup as in the true Pink Family, usually by their thin white edges, however, 

 so that to a casual glance they may appear distinct. Cult, in choicer gardens, 

 from Eu. and the East, ornamental, especially for dressing cut flowers, &c. 

 Fl. all summer. 



G. panicul^ta, Panicled G. Very smooth, pale, l°-2° high; with 

 lance-linear leaves, and branches repeated forking into very loose and light 

 cymes, bearing innumerable very small and delicate white flowers. 2/ 



G. ^legans, Elegant G. Less tall or low, loosely spreading ; with 

 lanceolate leaves, much larger (^' broad) and fewer flowers, white or slightly 

 rosy. (1) 



