56 CARYOPnYLLACE^L. (PINK FAMILY.) 



color. Rocky or gravelly places, Eastern New England to Pennsylvania, Ken- 

 tucky, and southward. April -June. 



5. S. Virgiiiica, L. (FIRE PINK. CATCHFLY.) Stems slender (1- 

 2 high) ; leaves tliin, spatitlate, or the upper oblong '-lanceolate ; flowers few and loose- 

 ly cymose, peduncled ; calyx oblong-cylindrical, soon obconical ; petals oblong, 2- 

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

 Illinois and southward. June -Aug. 



6. S. rcgia, Sims. (ROYAL CATCHFLY.) Stem roughish, erect (3 -4 

 high); leaves t/tickish, ovate-lanceolate, acute ; flowers numerous, short-stalked, in 

 clusters, forming a strict panicle ; calyx ovoid-club-shaped in fruit ; petals sjiata 

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

 southward. July. 



7. S. I'Otiiiiclilolia, Nutt. (ROUND-LEAVED CATCHFLY.) Viscid- 

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

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

 gated ; 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 

 ovate-lanceolate ; 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.) 



9 S. antirrliiira, L. (SLEEPY CATCHFLY.) Stem slender (8' -30' 

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

 obovate, minutely crowned, inconspicuous, rarely seen expanded. Dry soil ; 

 common in waste places. June - Sept. 



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



10. S. NOCTURNA, L. (NIGHT-CATCHFLY.) Leaves short, the lower spatu- 

 late, the upper linear; flowers small, alternate in a strict 1-sided spike; petals 2- 

 parted. Introduced sparingly in Pennsylvania, according to Schweinitz. (Adv. 

 from Eu.) 



11. S. NOCTIFL6RA, L. (NlGHT-FLOWERING CATCHFLY.) Viscid-hairy , 



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

 taper-pointed ; flowers solitary in the forks, peduncled ; calyx cylindrical with 

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

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



* * * * Dwarf, tufted, smooth : perennial, 1-flowered. 



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

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

 calyx slightly inflated; petals purple or rarely white, inversely heart-shaped r 

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

 (Eu.) 



