5G CARYOPHYLLACE^E. (PINK FAMILY.) 



color. — Rocky or gravelly places, Eastern New England to Pennsylvania, Ken- 

 tucky, and southward. April -June. 



5. S. Virginica, L. (Fire Pink. Catchfly.) Stems slender (1°- 

 2° high) ; leaves thin, spatulate, or the upper oblong-lanceolate ; flowers few and loose- 

 ly cymose, peduncled ; calyx oblong-cylindrical, soon obconical ; petals oblong, 2- 

 vleft, deep crimson; the limb 1' long. — Open woods, W. New York (Sartwvll) to 

 Illinois and southward. June -Aug. 



6. S. 1'egia, Sims. (Royal Catchfly.) Stem roughish, erect (3° - 4° 

 nigh) ; leaves thickish, ovate-lanceolate, acute ; flowers numerous, short-stalked, in 

 clusters, forming a strict panicle ; calyx ovoid-club-shaped in fruit ; petals spatu- 

 luie-lanceolate, mostly undivided, deep scarlet. — Prairies, Ohio, Kentucky, and 

 southward. July. 



7. S. rotUEBdifolia, Nutt. (Round-leaved Catchfly.) Viscid- 

 hairy; stems weak, branched, decumbent (2° long) ; leaves thin, round, abruptly 

 pointed, the lower obovate ; flowers few and loosely cymose, stalked ; calyx elon- 

 gated ; petals 2-cleJl and cut-toothed, deep scarlet. — Shaded banks of the Ohio, and 

 in Kentucky. June -Aug. — Leaves and flowers large. This and No. 6 may 

 pass into No. 5. 



* * * Calyx not inflated, except by the enlarging pod : annual : flowers rose, flesh- 

 color, or white, opening only at night or in cloudy weather (except No. 8). 

 +- Glabrous throughout : a portion of each joint of the stem mostly glutinous. 

 «. S. Armeria, L. (Sweet-William Catchfly.) Glaucous; leaves 

 ovdUe4anceolate ; flowers cymose-clustered ; calyx club-shaped, purplish, as well as 

 the petals, which are notched, and crowned with awl-shaped scales. — Escaped 

 from gardens to waste places ; rare. (Adv. from Eu.) 



9 §. antirrllina, L. (Sleepy Catchfly.) Stem slender (8' -30' 

 high) ; leaves lanceolate or linear; flowers small, paniculate; calyx ovoid; petals 

 obcordate, crowned, small or inconspicuous, rarely seen expanded. — Dry soil ; 

 common in waste places. June-Sept. 



-»- -t- Viscid-pubescent : flowers white or nearly so, sweet-scented at night. 

 JO. S. nocturna, L. (Night-Catchfly.) Leaves short, the lower spatu- 

 late, the upper linear; flowers small, alternate in a strict l-sided spike; petals 2- 

 parted. — Introduced sparingly in Pennsylvania, according to Schweinitz. (Adv. 

 from Eu.) 



11. S. NOCTIFLdRA, L. (NlGHT-FLOWERING CATCHFLY.) Viscid-hairy, 



tall (l°-3° high); lower leaves large and spatulate; the upper lanceolate, 

 taper-pointed ; flowers loosely cymose, peduncled; calyx cylindrical, soon ovoid 

 with long awl-shaped teeth ; petals rather large, 2-parted, crowned. (S. noc- 

 turna, Bigelow.) — Cultivated grounds. (Nat. from Eu.) 



* * # # Dwarf tufted, smooth : perennial, 1-flowered. 

 12. S. acaulis, L. (Moss Campion.) Tufted like a moss (1'- 2' high) , 

 leaves linear, crowded to the summit of the short stems; flowers almost sessile; 

 calyx slightly inflated; petals purple or rarely white, inversely heart-shaped 

 crowned. — Alpine summits of the White Mountains, New Hampshire. July. 

 (Eu.) 



