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cvmes dense-flowered; calyx club-shaped, erect; ])etals white or rose-c<>]or, 

 obovate, emargiiiate or entire. Rocky hills, chiefly in the upper districts. 

 March -April. Steins G'-lii' high. 



8. S. nivea, DC. Glabrous or nearly so; stem slender, 2 -3 high; 

 leaves distant, lanceolate, acuminate, nearly sessile, '2' -4' long; cymes few- 

 H.Avered; calyx cylindrical, at length inflated; flowers white. Mountains 

 .f i^ast Tennessee, and westward. July. 



* * Aiuuutls: flowers smu/l, crowned, expanding at niij/tt. 



9. S. Antirrhina, L. Stem slender, smoothish, clammy below the 

 upper joints; leaves linear, acute, sessile, the lowest lanceolate, narrowed into 

 a petiole ; flowers panicled ; calyx smooth; petals obcordate, rose-colored. 

 Dry old fields. May -June. Stems 6' -2 high, simple or branched. 



10. S. quinquevulnera, L. Hairy; stem branching ; leaves spatulate, 

 the upper ones linear; flowers in 1-sided racemes; calyx hairy; petals 

 rounded, entire, pink or crimson with a paler border. Xear Charleston. 

 Naturalized. Stem 1 high. 



2. SAPONARIA, L. SOAPWORT. 



Calyx tubular, terete, 5-toothed. Petals long-clawed. Stamens 10. Styles 

 2. Capsule sessile or short stiped, 1 -celled, or 2-celled at the base, 4-toothed 

 at the apex. Cymes dense-flowered. 



1. S. officinalis, L. Perennial; stems stout, erect, smooth; leaves 

 ovate, connate, strongly 3-ribbed ; petals crowned, white or rose-color, mostly 

 double. Waste places. ]S T aturalixed. Stems 1 - 2 high. 



3. AGROSTEMMA, L. CORN-COCKLE. 



Calyx tubular, with 5 elongated liiiear deciduous lobes. Petals 5, entire, 

 crownless. Stamens 10. Styles 5. Capsule 1-celled, 5-toothed. Annual 

 or biennial pubescent herbs, with linear leaves, and showy purple flowers on 

 elongated peduncles. 



1. A. GithagO, L. Plant (1- 2 high) whitened with long appressed 

 hairs ; stem forkiiig ; petals obovate, emargiiiate, shorter than the lobes of 

 the calyx. Grain fields. Introduced. June -July. (T) Peduncles 4' -6' 

 long. Flowers 1' wide. 



4. SAGINA. L. 



Sepals 4-5 Petals 4-5, entire, or wanting. Stamens 4-10. Styles 

 4-5, alternate with the sepals. Capsule 4-5-valved; the valves entire, 

 opposite the sepals. Small herbs, with filiform forking stems, subulate 

 leaves, and solitary flowers. 



1. S. decumbens, Torr. & Gray. Smooth or nearly so; stems erect 

 or ascending, tufted ; peduncles erect ; petals and sepals 5, equal, obtuse ; 

 stamens 10. Damp cultivated ground, common. April -June. Stems 

 2' - 6 ' high. Peduncles 2-3 times as long as the sharp-pointed leaves. 



