84 CARYOPHYLLACEJE. (PINK FAMILY ) 



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

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

 * * Calyx bladder u-inflated ; perennial : flowers panided, ich'ite, in summer. 



2 S. Stellata, Ait. (Starry Campion.) Leaves in whorls of 4, ovafe- 

 lanreolate, taper-pointed; calyx bell shaped ; petals cut into a fringe, croicnless. 

 — Wooded banks, R. 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 wedge form, 2-clfft, minutely crowned. — Penn. to Iowa 

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

 than in the last. 



S. CuctiBALUs, Wibel. (Bladder Campiox.) Glaucous; leaves opposite, 

 ovate-lanceolate ; calyx globular, much inflated, elegantly veined ; petals 2-cleft, 

 nearly crownless. (S. inflata, )S'/«/?^.) — Fields and roadsides, 'E. New Eug. 

 to IlL — 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 Pixk.) Stems low (4-8'); 

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

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

 club-shaped; petals ivedge-form, slightly notched and eroded, pink. — Gravelly 

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



5. S. Virgiuiea, L. (Fire Pink. Catchfly.) Stems slender (1 - 2° 

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

 loosely cymose, peduncled ; calyx oblong-cylindrical, soon obconical ; petals ob- 

 long, 2-cleft, deep crimson ; the limb 1' long. — Open woods, western N. Y. to 

 Minn., and southward. June - Aug. 



6. S. r^gia, Sims. (Royal Catchfly.) Stem roughish, erect (3-4° 

 high); leaves thickish, ovate-lanceolate, acute ; flowers 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. rotundifolia, Nutt. (Round-leaved Catchfly.) Viscid-hairy; 

 stems weak, branched, decumbent (2° long) ; leaves thin, round, abruptly 

 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 pinJc. 



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 in sunshine. — Dry soil; common in waste 

 places. June - Sept. 



S. Armeria, 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.) 



