66 PINK FAMILY. 



# All over sticky-hairy : naturalized from Europe. (\) 



S. noctiflbra, NIGHT-FLOWERING C. Tall coarse weed in cult, or waste 

 grounds ; lower leaves spatulate, upper lanceolate and pointed ; flowers single 

 or in loose clusters terminating the branches, with awl-shaped calyx-teeth and 

 white or pale rosy 2-parted petals, opening at nightfall or in cloudy weather. 



* * Smooth, a part of each of the upper joint of stem glutinous: flowers small. 

 S. Arm^ria, SWEET-WILLIAM C. In old gardens or running wild, from 



Europe; stem about 1 high, branching into flat-topped cymes of many flowers, 

 which are rather showy ; calyx club-shaped ; petals notched, bright pink, or a 

 white variety, opening only in sunshine ; leaves lance-ovate, glaucous. 



S. antirrhina, SLEEPY C. Wild in sandy or gravelly soil ; stem slen- 

 der, 6' -20' high, rather simple.; flowers very small, panic-led; calyx ovoid; 

 petals rose-color, obcordate, opening only at midday in sunshine ; leaves lan- 

 ceolate or linear. 



* * * Somewhat stick i/ -pubescent, at least the caly.r, which is oblong, tubular, or 



club-shaped : wild species, with red or pink showy flowers. ^ 



S. Pennsylvanica, PENNSYLVANIAN C. or WILD PINK. In gravelly 

 soil ; stems 4' - 8' high, bearing 2 or 3 pairs of lanceolate leaves and a cluster 

 of short-stalked middle-sized flowers, in spring ; petals pink-red, wedge-shaped, 

 slightlv notched. 



S. Virginica, VIRGINIAN C. or FIRE PINK. In open woods W. & S. ; 

 1 - 2 high ; leaves spatulate or lanceolate ; flowers few, pcduncled ; the pretty 

 large bright crimson-red petals 2-clcft. 



S. r6gia, ROYAL C. Prairies, &c., from Ohio S. ; like the last, but 3 

 high, with lance-ovate leaves, numerous short-pedun^cled flowers in a narrow 

 ^panicle, and narrower scarlet-red petals scarcely cleft. 



* # # # Not sticky : cafi/x inflated and bladdery : petals rather small, white. "^ 

 S. Stellata, STARRY CAMPION. Wild on wooded banks ; stem slender, 



2 - 3 high ; leaves in whorls of 4, lance-ovate, pointed ; flowers in a long and 

 narrow panicle ; petals cut into a fringe. 



S. inflata, BLADDER CAMPION. Wild in fields E., but nat. from Eu., 

 glaucous or pale and very smooth, 1 high, with ovate-lanceolate or oblong 

 leaves, and an open cyme of flowers ; the bladdery calyx veiny ; petals 2-cleft. 



4. VACCARIA, COW-HERB. (Name from Latin vacca, a cow.) 

 V. Vlllgaris, COMMON C. In gardens or running wild near them, frorr\ 



Eu. ; smooth, l-2 high, with pale lanceolate partly clasping leaves, anfl a 

 loose open cyme of flowers ; petals pale red, naked, not notched ; fl. summer. 



5. SAPONARIA, SOAP WORT. (Latin and common names from the 

 mucilaginous juice of the stem and root forming a lather.) From Europe. 



S. officinalis, COMMON S. or BOUNCING BET. A rather stout, l-2 

 high, nearly smooth herb, in gardens, and running wild by roadsides ; leaves 

 3 - 5-ribbed, the lower ovate or oval, upper lanceolate ; flowers rather large, 

 clustered ; petals pale rose-color or almost white, notched at the end. The 

 double-flowered is most common. 2/ 



6. GYPSOPHIIiA. (From Greek words meaning lover of gypsum or 

 chalk, growing on calcareous rocks.) Plants with the small and often pan- 

 icled flowers and foliage of Arenaria or Stellaria, but the sepals united into 

 a cup as jn the true Pink Family, usually by their thin white edges, however, 

 so that to a casual glance they may appear distinct. Cult, in choicer gardens, 

 from Eu. and the East, ornamental, especially for dressing cut flowers, &c. 

 Fl. all summer. 



G. paniculata, PANICLED G. Very smooth, pale, l-2 high; with 

 lance-linear leaves, and branches repeated forking into very loose and light 

 cymes, bearing innumerable very small and delicate white flowers. 2/ 



G. Slogans, ELEGANT G. Less tall or low, loosely spreading; with 

 lanceolate leaves, much larger (' broad) and fewer flowers, white or slightly 

 rosy. 



