40 CAKYOPHYLLACE.E. (PIXK FAMILY.) 



10. SPERGULARIA. Leaves aU linear. Flowers solitary, axillary. 



t- -i- Leaves whorled. 



11. SPERGULA. Styles 5. Stamens 5 -10. Capsule 5-valved. 



12. POLYCARPON. Styles 3. Stamens 3 -5. Capsule 3- valved. 



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1. SILENE, L. CATCHFLY. 



Sepals united into a 5-toothed tube. Petals 5, long-clawed, inserted with 

 the 10 stamens on the stipe of the ovary, commonly crowned with two scales 

 at the base of the limb. Styles 3. Capsule 1-celled, or 3-celled at the base, 

 opening by 6 teeth, many-seeded. Leaves mostly connate. Flowers cy- 

 mose, often showy. 



* Perennials : Jlowers showy. 



-t Petals gash-finibriate, crownless. 



1. S. stellata, Ait. Leaves in whorls of four, lance-ovate, acuminate, 

 the uppermost opposite; flowers white, in a large spreading panicle; calyx 

 inflated, bell-shaped. Dry woods in the upper districts, and northward. 

 June- August. Stems 2 -3 high, downy, branching above. 



2. S. ovata, Pursh. Rough-pubescent; leaves large (4' -5'), opposite, 

 oblong-ovate, acuminate ; flowers white, in a contracted lanceolate panicle ; 

 calyx tubular. Mountains of Georgia and Carolina. July. Steins stout, 

 2 -4 high. 



3. S. Baldwin!!, Xutt. Villous; stems low, slender, bearing runners 

 at the creeping base; leaves opposite, spatulate; the upper ones obi' ing, 

 sessile ; cymes few-flowered ; flowers very large, white or pale rose-color, on 

 slender pedicels ; calyx tubular Low shady woods, Georgia and Florida. 

 April- May. Stems 6'- 12' high. Leaves thin. Flowers 2' wide. 



-1 -1 Petals emarginate or 2-cleft, crowned. 



4. S. Virginica, L. Clammy-pubescent ; leaves abruptly pointed, the 

 lowest ones clustered, spatulate-obovate, on fringed petioles, the upper sniull, 

 remote, lanceolate, sessile; cymes loosely few-flowered; calvx tubular-club- 

 shaped, oblong and nodding in fruit; petals crimson, lanceolate. Rich open 

 woods, chiefly in the upper districts. June -July. Stems l-2 high. 

 Flowers 1' wide. 



5. S. regia, Sims. Viscid-pubescent and roughish ; stem tall (3 -4) 

 and erect, branched above; leaves ovate, the upper ones acuminate ; flowers 

 bright scarlet, short-stalked, clustered and forming a strict panicle ; calyx 

 long, cylindrical, striate, dilated in fruit ; petals oblanceolate ; stamens and 

 style exserted. Upper districts of Georgia and westward. July. 



6. S. rotundifolia, Nutt. Hairy and viscid; stems weak, decumbent, 

 branched; leaves thin, roundish, abruptly acuminate at each end, the lowest 

 obovate ; flowers few, large, bright scarlet ; calyx cylindrical ; petals 2-cleft, 

 with the lobes cut toothed. Shady rocky banks, Alabama and Tennessee. 

 June - August. Stems 2 long. Flowers showy. 



7. S. Pennsylvanica, Michx. Clammy-pubescent ; stems low, clus- 

 tered ; lowest leaves spatulate-obovate, the upper lance-oblong, mostly obtuse ; 



