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spatulate; stem leaves ovate-lanceolate, wavy, clasping. Peduncles 

 long, 1-flowered. Flowers about 1 in. broad, deep crimson. Calyx 

 tube very strongly 5-ribbed, with 5 smaller ones between; calyx 

 teeth short and slender. Petals somewhat notched. Cultivated in 

 old gardens ; from Europe. 



2. L. chalcedonica L. SCARLET LYCHNIS, LONDON PRIDE. A tall, 

 hairy perennial (about 2 ft.). Leaves lance-ovate, somewhat clasping. 

 Flower cluster flat-topped and very dense. Flowers bright scarlet, 

 not very large. Petals 2-lobed. Common in old gardens; from 

 Japan. 



3. L. Drummondii Wats. Perennial, erect, glandular-downy and 

 sticky, 1-3 ft. high. Leaves oblanceolate or linear, acute, f-3 in. 

 long. Flowers few, on slender pedicels, white or purplish, f-f in. long. 

 Petals not much longer than the tubular calyx. Capsule |-f in. long. 

 Seeds with little tubercles. In dry soil W. 



V. SILENE L. 



Annual or perennial herbs. Stems erect or decumbent and 

 diffuse. Leaves often connate or whorled. Flowers clustered 

 or solitary, usually pink or white. Calyx tubular, more or 

 less inflated, 5-toothed, 10-nerved, bractless. Petals 5, long- 

 clawed, and with the ten stamens inserted at the base of the 

 ovary. Styles 3 ; ovary 1-celled or 3-celled at the base, open- 

 ing by 6 teeth, many-seeded. Seeds usually roughened.* 



1. S. antirrhina L. SLEEPY CATCHFLY. Stem smooth, slender, 

 8-30 in. high, sticky in spots. Leaves lanceolate or linear. Flowers 

 rather few and small, panicled. Calyx ovoid. Petals inversely heart- 

 shaped, pink, opening only for a short time in sunshine. Dry waste 

 ground. 



2. S. Armeria L. CATCHFLY, NONE-SO-PRETTY. A smooth, erect 

 annual or biennial, 6-15 in. high. Several nodes of the stem are 

 usually covered for part of their length with a sticky substance. 

 Leaves very smooth, with a bloom beneath, lanceolate or oblong- 

 lanceolate, clasping. Flowers showy, dark pink, nearly % in. in 

 diameter, in flat-topped clusters. Calyx club-shaped. Petals some- 

 what notched. Cultivated from Europe and introduced. 



3. S. noctiflora L. NIGHT-FLOWERING CATCHFLY. A tall, coaree 

 annual or biennial weed, covered with sticky hairs. Lower leaves 

 spatulate, upper ones lanceolate, pointed. Flowers large, white, open- 

 ing at night or in cloudy weather. Calyx teeth long, awl-shaped. 

 Petals 2-parted. In fields and gardens. Naturalized from Europe. 



