LYcHNIB. XXIIl. CARYOPHYLLACE. 191 
3-flowered; pet. emarginate; cal. ovate-—2| Road-sides and dry soils, Can. and 
U.S. Stem slender, branching, with opposite leaves, about a foot in height. 
Leaves about 2’ long, the upper ones very narrow, all sessile and scabrous on 
the margin. A few of the upper internodes are viscidly pubescent above their 
middle. Flowers small, red, in loose, erect cymes. Jl. 
6. S. Nocturna. Nocturnal Catch-fly. 
St. branching, hairy below; lws. pubescent, with long ciliz at base, low- 
er ones spatulate, wpper lance-linear; jls. appressed to the stem, in a dense one- 
sided spike; cal. cylindrical, almost glabrous, reticulated between the veins; 
pet. narrow, 2-parted—@ Near New Haven, Ct., Robbins. toPenn. Va. Flowers 
white, greenish beneath. Jl. §+ : 
7. S. NocTIFL6ra. Night-flowering Catch-fly. 
Viscid-pubescent; st. erect, branching; lower lus. spatulate, wpper linear ; 
cal. cylindrical, ventricose, the alternate veins veinleted; teeth subulate, very 
long; pet. 2-parted—From Europe, introduced into our cultivated grounds! 
Flowers rather large, white, expanding only in the evening, and in cloudy 
weather. § f 
8. S. Pennsyivanica. Michx. Pennsylvanian Catch-fly. 
Viscid-pubescent; sts. numerous; lus. from the root spatulate or cuneate, 
of the stem lanceolate; cyme few-flowered ; pet. slightly emarginate, sub-crenate. 
—% Dry, sandy soils, N. Eng.! to Ky. and Ga. Stem decumbent at base, near- 
ly 1f high, with long, lanceolate leaves, and terminal, upright bunches of flow- 
ers. Calyx long, tubular, very glutinous and hairy. Petals wedge-shaped, 
red or purplish. Jn. 
9. S. Vireinica. Virginian Catch-fly. 
Viscid-pubescent; st. procumbent or erect, branching; js. large, cymose; 
cal. large, clavate; pet. bifid, broad, crowned.—2| Gardens and fields, Penn. to 
to Ga. Stem 1—2f high, often procumbent at base. Leaves oblong, a little 
rough at the margin. Cymes dichotomous. Stamens and pistils exserted. 
Petals red, large. Jn. t 
10. S. rears. Sims. Splendid Catch-fiy. 
Scabrous, somewhat viscid ; st. rigid, erect; luvs. ovate-lanceolate; cyme 
paniculate; pet. oblanceolate, entire, erose at the end; sta. and stig. exserted.— 
2| A large species, beautiful in cultivation, native Ohio, Sullivant! to La. 
Stems 3—4f high.. Leaves 2—3’, by 8—15”. Flowers very large, numerous. 
Calyx tubular, 10-striate, 1’ long. Petals bright-scarlet, crowned. Jn. = 
11. S. Armeris. Garden Catch-fly. 
Very smooth, glaucous; st. branching, glutinous below each node; Js. 
ovate-lanceolate; fis. in corymbose cymes; pet. obcordate, crowned; cai. cla- 
vate, 10-striate—@ Introduced from Europe. A popular garden flower. Stem 
1—13f high, many-flowered. Leaves 13—22/ long, } as wide; internodes elon- 
gated. Calyx }’ long, a little enlarged above. Petals purple, lamine half as 
long as calyx. Jl.—Sept.§+ 
; 8. LYCHNIS. 
Gr. do xvos, alamp: some cottony species having been used as lamp-wicks. 
Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, ovoid or cylindrical; scales 0; petals 5, 
unguiculate, limb slightly cleft; stamens 10; pistils 5; capsule 1- 
celled, er 5-celled at the base, with a 5-toothed dehiscence.— Corolla 
sometimes crowned. 
1. L. Grraico. Lam. (Agrostemma Githago. Linn.) Corn Cockle. 
Hairy; st. dichotomous; ped. elongated; Ivs. linear; cal. longer than 
the corolla; pet. entire, without the corona—@ A well known handsome weed, 
growing in fields of wheat, or other grains, and of a pale green color. Stem 
2—3f high. Leaves 3—5’ by }—3’, fringed with long hairs. Flowers few, 
large, ofa dull purple, on long, naked stalks. Seeds roundish, angular, purplish 
black. Jl.§ ; 
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