56 CARYOPHYLLACE.fi. (PINK FAMILY.) 



M/OT. Rocky or gravelly places, Eastern New England to Pennsylvania, Ken- 

 tucky, and southward. April -June. 



5. S. Virgiiiica, L. (FIKE PINK. CATCHFLY.) Stems slender (l- 

 V u lugh) ; leaves thin, spatnlate, or the upper oblong-lanceolate ; flowers few and loose- 

 iy cymose, pedunclcd ; calyx oblong-cylindrical, soon obconieal ; petals oblong, 2- 

 cltft, deep crimson; the limb 1' long. Open woods, W. New York (Sarticell) to 

 Illinois and southward. June -Aug. 



6. S. regia, 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 sputn- 

 Lalt-lanceolate, mostly undivided, deep scarlet. Prairies, Ohio, Kentucky, and 

 southward. July. 



7. S. rotundifolia, Nutt. (ROUND-LEAVED CATCHFLY.) Viscid- 

 hairy ; stems weak, branched, decumbent (2 long) ; haves thin, round, abruptly 

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

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

 in Kentucky. June -Aug. Leaves and flowers large. This and No. 6 may 

 pass into No. 5. 



* * * Calyx not inflated, except by the enlarging pod : annual : flowers rose, flesh- 

 color, or white, opening only at night or in cloudy weather (except No. 8). 

 - Glabrous throughout : a portion of each joint of the stem mostly glutinous. 



8 S. ARMERIA, L. (SWEET-WILLIAM CATCHFLY.) Glaucous; leaves 

 ovatfrlanceolate ; flowers cymose-clustered'; calyx club-shaped, purplish, as well as 

 the petals, which are notched, and crowned with awl-shaped scales. Escaped 

 from gardens to waste places; rare. (Adv. from Eu.) 



* S. antirrlilna, L. (SLEEPY CATCHFLY.) Stem slender (8'-30' 

 high) ; leaves lanceolate or linear; flowers small, paniculate; calyx ovoid; petals 

 obcordate, crowned, small or inconspicuous, rarely seen expanded. Dry soil ; 

 common in waste places. June-Sept. 



*- - Viscid-pubescent : flowers white or nearly so, sweet-scented at night. 

 iO. S. NOCTtJRNA, L. (NIGHT-CATCHFLY.) Leaves short, the lower spatu- 

 late, the upper linear; flowers small, alternate in a strict l-sided spike ; petals 2- 

 parted. Introduced sparingly in Pennsylvania, according to Schnrinit:. (Adv. 

 from Eu.) 



U.S. NOCTIFLORA, L. (NlGHT-FLOWERING CATCHFLY.) Viscid-hairi/, 



tall (l-3 high); lower leaves large and spatulate; the upper lanceolate, 

 taper-pointed ; flowers loosely cymose, peduncled; calyx cylindrical, soon ovoid 

 with long awl-shaped teeth ; petals rather large, 2-parted, crowned. (S. noc- 

 turna, Bigelow.) Cultivated grounds. (Nat. from Eu.) 



* # * # Dwarf, t nffed, smooth : perennial, I- flowered. 



12. S. acaillis, L. (Moss CAMPION.) Tufted like a moss (!' -2' high) , 



linear, crowded to the summit of the short stems; flowers almost sessile ; 



calyx slightly inflated; petals purple or rarely white, inversely henrt-sliapol 



crowned. Alpine summits of the White Mountains, New Hampshire. July. 



(Ea.) 



