84 CARYOPHYLLACE^E. (PINK FAMILY ) 



petals purple or rarely white, notched or entire, crowned. Alpine summits 

 of the White Mountains, N. H. July. (Eu.) 



* * Calyx bladdery-inflated; perennial; flowers panicled, white, in summer. 



2 S. Steliata. Ait. (STAKKY CAMPION.) Leaves in irfiorls of 4, orate- 

 lanceofate, taper-pointed ; calyx hell shaped ; petals cut into a fringe, crownless. 



- Wooded hanks, K. I. to Minn., and southward. Stem 3 high, with a large 

 and open pyramidal panicle. Corolla f broad. 



3. S. nivea, Otth. Leaves opposite, lanceolate or oblong, taper-pointed; 

 calyx oblong: petals icedge-form, 2-clrft, minutely crowned. Peun. to Iowa 

 and Minn.: rare. Stem 1-2 high, almost smooth. Flowers few, larger 

 than in the last. 



S. CuctrBALOS, Wibel. (BLADDER CAMPION.) Glaucous; leaves opposite, 



crate-lanceolate. ; cali/x globular, much inflated, elegantly veined ; petals 2-cleft, 

 nearly crownless. (S. inflata, Smith.) Fields and roadsides, K. New Eng. 

 to 111. A foot high. Flowers loosely cymose. (Nat. from Eu.) 



* * * Calyx elongated or club-shaped, not inflated except by the enlarging pod ; 

 flowers cymose or clustered ; perennial, pubescent with viscid hairs, especially 

 the calyx ; petals crowned, red or rose-color. 



4. S. Pennsylvanica, Michx. (WILD PINK.) Stems low (4-8'); 

 root-leaves narrowlv spatulate, nearly glabrous, tapering into hairy petioles; 

 sfi'ni-leaves (2 or 3 pairs) lanceolate ; flowers clustered, short stalked ; calyx 

 club-shaped; petals wedge-form, slightly notched and e roil* -<l , /)//// . Gravelly 

 places, E. New Eng. to N. Y., Ky., and southward. April -June. 



5. S. Virgiuica, L. (FiRE PINK. CAT< IIKLV.) Stems slender (1 -2 

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

 loosely cymose, peduucled ; calyx oblong-cylindrical, soon obcouical; petals ob- 

 long, 2-c.left,deep crimson: the limb 1' long. Open woods, western N. Y. to 

 Minn., and southward. June - Aug. 



6. S. r6gia, Sims. (ROYAL CATCHFLY.) Stem roughisb, erect (3-4 

 high); If ares thickish, ovate-lanceolate, acute ; floirers numerous, short-stalked, 

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

 spatulate-lanceolate, mostly undivided, deep scarlet. Prairies, Ohio to Mo., 

 and southward. July. 



7. S. rotund if 61ia, Nutt. (ROUND-LEAVED CATCHFLY.) Viscid-hairy; 

 stems weak, branched, decumbent (2 long) ; leaves thin, round, abrupt/// 

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

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

 and in Ky. June - Aug. Leaves and flowers large. 



* * * * Calyx not inflated, except by the enlarging pod ; annuals. 

 *- Glabrous, a portion of each joint of the stem glutinous ; flowers pink. 



8. S. antirrhina, L. (SLEEPY C.) Stem slender (8-30' high); leaves 

 lanceolate or linear ; flowers small, paniculate ; calyx ovoid ; petals obcordate, 

 crowned, opening transiently iu sunshine. Dry soil ; common in waste 

 places. June -Sept. 



S. ARMEKIA, L. (SWEET-WILLIAM CATCHFLY.) Glaucous; leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate ; flowers in flat cymes, open in sunshine; calyx club-shaped; petals 

 notched, crowned with awl-shaped scales. Escaped from gardens; rare. 

 (Adv. from Eu.) 



