CARYOniYLLACK.K. (PINK lAMIF.Y.) 8o* 



-4--t- Vinci (I -pubescent ; ffoirers white or ncar/i/ so, opcniinj at nlqht, sweet-scented. 

 S. NOCTUKNA, L. (Xir.HT C.) Lcives short, the lower spatulate, the 

 upper Vmcav; jloiiers sukiII, alleriutte in <i l-sided sj)ik«' ; petals 2-partcil, — 

 Iiitrotlueod spariiiii;ly in I'a., accordincj to Srlnreinil:. (Adv. from \.n.) 



S. XOCTIKI.OKA, L. (N'KillT-FI.OWI.lUNC; ('.) \'isri(l-/,(iiri/, tall (1-3° 



high) ; lower lea\ es lari^o and s])atulate, the upper lanceolate ; fiinnrs few, 

 pedunc/ed ; calyx-tuhe elongated (over T long), soon ovcnd, with awl-shapcd 

 teeth; petals rather large, ^-jtarted, crowned. — Cultivated grounds. 



5. LYCHNIS, Tourn. Cockle. 



Styles 5, rarely 4, and pod opening by as many or twice as many teeth ; 

 otherwise nearly as in Silene. Calyx in one species with leaf-like lohes. 

 (Ancient Greek name for a scarlet or flame-colored species, from Kvxvos, a 

 li(//it or lamp.) 



L. vKsi'KKTiNA, Sibtli. (EvEMXG L.) Bieuiiial, usually dicccious, r/.sr/W- 

 pnlii'srrnt, in foliage, etc., like Silene noctiflora ; but 5 styles, calyx much 

 sliorter (7-9" long), with lance-linear teeth, aiidjiowfis white or pinkish, ojjeu- 

 iug at evening. — Cult, or waste grounds; scarce. (Adv. from Ku.) 



li. DiUKNA, Sibth. (Uki) J^yciims.) Kesembling L. vespertina, but less 

 viscid, the calyx usually shorter (4-6" long), and the flowers red, opening in 

 the morning. — Rarely spontaneous. (Adv. from ICu.) 



L. GitiiXgo, Lam. (Coux Cockle.) Annual, clothed with long .soft 

 appressed hairs ; flowers long-peduucled ; caUjx-lobes similar to the louij and 

 linear leaves, surpassing the^ broad and crowuless }ntrple-red petals, falling off 

 in fruit. (Agrostemma Githago, L.) — In wheat fields. (Adv. from Eu.) 



Ij. Flos-cuculi, L. (Ragged Kobix.) Perennial, erect, slightly downy 

 below, viscid above ; leaves narrow-ly lanceolate ; flowers in loose panicles ; 

 calyx short, glabrous; petals red, 4-lobed, lobes linear. — Moist or marshy 

 places ; >»'ew Eng. and N. Y. (Adv. from Eu.) 



6. ARE N ARIA, L. Saxdwort. 



Sepals 5. Petals 5, entire, sometimes barely notched, rarely wanting. Sta- 

 mens 10. Styles 3, rarely more or fewer, opposite as many sepals. Pod short, 

 splitting into as many or twice as many valves as there are styles, few - many- 

 seeded. — Low, usually tufted herbs, with sessile exstipulate leaves and small 

 white flowers. (Name from arena, sand, in which many of the species grow.) 

 — The following sections are by many botanists taken for genera. 

 § 1. ARENAIUA proper. Pod splitting icholli/ or part-icai/ down into 3 or at 

 length info 6 valves; seeds many, naked at the hiliim. 



A. serpvllif6lia, L. (Thyme-leaved Saxdwort.) Diffusely branched, 

 roughish (2-6' high) ; leaves ovate, acute, small ; cymes leafy ; sepals lanceo- 

 late, pointed, 3-. 5-nerved, about equalling the petals and 6-tootlied pod. — A 

 low annual; sandy waste places. June -Aug. (Nat, from Eu.) 



§ 2. ALSINE. Pod splitting to the base into 3 entire valves; seeds many, usu- 

 alhj rough, naked at the hilum ; flowers solitary and terminal or cymose; 

 root in our species perennial, except in n. 4. 



* Lrarrs small, rigid, awl-sha])rd or bristle-shaped. 



1. A. Carolini^na, Walt. (Pixe-hauren S.) Densely tufted from a 

 deep perpendici^lar root; leaves closely ifnbricated, but spreading, aicl-shaped, 

 short, channelled ; branches naked and minutely glandular above, .several-flow- 

 ered ; sepals obtuse, ovate, shorter than the pod. (A. sijuarrosa, Michx.) — In 

 pure sand, S. New York, N. J., and .southward along the coast. May- July. 



2. A. Michauxii, Hook. f. Erect, or usually diffusely spreading from 

 a small root, sm(Jotii ; leaves slender, between aicl-shapcd and bristle-form, with 



