GO PINK FAMILY. 



* All aver sticky-hairy : naturalized from Europe. (T) 



S. noctiflora, 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-siiaped 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. (T) 



S. Arnieria, 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, panicled ; calyx ovoid ; 

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

 ceolate or linear. 



# * * Somewhat sticky-pubescent, at least tli<> m/y.r, which is nit/ana, tubular, or 



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

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

 VtOy JJ/O- gojj stems 4'-' high, bearing 2 or 3 pairs of lajiceobite 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, peduncled ; the pretty 



large bright crimson-red petals 2-cleft. 



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



high, with lance-ovate leaves, numerous short-peduncled flowers in a narrow 



panicle, and narrower scarlet-red petals scarcely cleft. 



# # # # Not sticky : mfy.r inflated and bladdery : petals rather small, white. If. 



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 fi_elds_E., but nut. from Ku., 

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



20 - IfrjO 'leaves, and an open cyme of flowers ; the bladdery calyx veiny ; petals 



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

 V. VUlgaris, COMMON C. In gardens or running wild near them, from 



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

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



5. SAPpNARIA, SOAPWORT. (Latin and common names from the 

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



J 1^. I y^'/ S. officinalis, COMMON S. or BOUNCING BET. A rather stout, l-2 

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



w^. 9*0+1.3 - 5-ribbed. the lower ovate or oval, upper lanceolate; flowers rather large, 

 liistejvd; p"Hri p* 1 " r ' w " " nlor or almost white, Hatched at the end. The 

 double-flowered is most common. 2/ 



6. GYPSOPHILA. (From Greek words meaning lover of i/i/psitm or 

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

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

 a cup as in 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 ICu. and the Fast, ornamental, especially for dressing cut flowers, &c. 

 Fl. all summer. 



G. paniculata, PANIC-LED 0. Very smooth, pale, l-2 high; with 

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

 cymes, hearing innumerable very small and delicate white flowers. ^/ 



G. elegans, FI.K<;ANT (J. Less tall or low, loosely spreading; with 

 lanceolate leaves, much larger (V broad) ami fewer flowers, white or slightly 

 rosy. 



