46 CARYOPHYLLACE^E. 



linear; flowers small, panicled; calyx oroid, glabrous; petals small, ob- 

 cordate, slightly crowned. 



Dry hills. Can. to Flor. W. to Oregon. June, July. .Stem 12 feet 

 high, nearly glabrous, with some of the upper internodes viscid. Petals white or 

 pale purple, only expanding towards evening. Calyx broad-oval or obovate, 

 ehining. Snapdragon Catchfly. 



**** Caulescent. Flowers panickd, rarely solitary. Pedicels opposite, 

 short. Calyx tubular. 



6. & noctijiora Linn. : viscid-pubescent ; stem erect, branching ; lower 

 leaves spatulate, the upper ones linear ; calyx cylindrical-ventricose, the al- 

 ternate strise veined ; teeth very long, subulate ; petals 2-parted. 



In cultivated places. N. S. Torr. July. (J). Stem a foot or more high. 

 Flowers rather large, pale reddish or white, expanding only in cloudy weather 

 or in the evening. Night-Jlowering Catchfly. 



7. S 1 . Catesb&i Walt. : branching ; leaves broad-lanceolate ; flowers in 

 panicles ; calyx clavate, colored ; petals with long claws ; limb bifid, with 

 two lateral teeth; lobes acute. S. Virginica Mich. Pursh. not of Linn. 



Penn. to Miss. Muhl. June. r l\-. Stem a foot high. Flowers crimson. 

 Both De Candolle and Hooker concur in supposing the present plant distinct 

 from S. Virginica. Catesby's Catchfly* 



8. S. Virginica Linn. : viscid-pubescent ; stem mostly erect, branching ; 

 leaves lanceolate ; lower ones on long petioles, with long cilise at base ; 

 flowers large, in panicles ; petals with long claws, broad, bifid, crowned. 



Can. to Geor. W. to Miss. May, June. 1J-. Stem 1 2 feet high. Flowers 

 larger than in the next species, purple. Virginia Catchfly. 



9. S. Pennsylvania Mich. : viscid ly-pubescent ; radical leaves some- 

 what cuneate ; those of the stem long-linear ; flowers in panicles, some- 

 what trichotomous ; calyx long, tubular ; petals slightly emarginate, sub- 

 crenate. S. Carolinians Walt. 



Sandy woods. Can. to Geor. May, June'. %.. Stems numerous, cespitose, 

 8 12 inches high. Petals bright purple, sometimes almost white. 



Wild Pink. 



***** Cespitose. Stems almost wanting. Calyx subinflated. Peduncles 

 \-flowered. 



10. & acaulis Linn. : stems very densely cespitose. low ; leaves linear, 

 ciliate at base.; peduncles solitary, short. 1-flowered ; calyx campanulate ; 

 petals obcordate, crowned. 



White Mountains, N. H. Arct. Amer. Rocky Mountains. July. r l\.. Stem 

 short, much branched or tufted. Leaves spreading. Flowers purple. 



Moss Campion. 



3. SAPONARIA. Linn. Soapwort. 



(From the Latin sapo, soap ; the plant yielding a mucilaginous juice, which 

 has been used as a substitute for that article.) 



Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, naked at base. Petals unguicu- 

 late; claws equalling the. calyx. Stamens 10. Styles 2. Cap- 

 sule 1 -celled. 



