76 PINK FAMILY. 



* * * Flowers smaller, scattered or in loose clusters. 



t- Petal limb slif/htly notched. 



L. coronaria, Lam. Mullein Lychnis, Dtstv Mili.kk or Mullein 

 Pink. Cult, in gardens ; the flower crimson and like that of Corn 

 Cockle ; teeth of the calyx short and slender ; plant white-cottony ; leaves 

 oval or oblong. (2) 2L 



■t- -1- Petal limb cleft into '^-linear lobes. 



L. F/os-cuculi, lAnn. Cuckoo L. Ragged Robin is the double-flowered 

 variety, in gardens. Slightly downy and glutinous, with lanceolate leaves, 

 and an open panicle of pink-red flowers. 



•t- •*- -f- Petal limb 2-cleft. 



L. diurna, Sibth. Day-blooming L. Uouble-flowered form also called 

 Ragged Robin in the gardens ; smoothish or soft-hairy, slightly sticky ; 

 leaves oblong or lance-ovate, the upper ones pointed ; flowers scattered 

 or somewhat clustered on the branches, rose-red or white, opening in 

 morning. 



L. vespertlna, Sibth. Evening-blooming L. Sticky pubescent ; calyx 

 ovate, enlarging ; the flowers commonly dioecious, white, and open after 

 sunset ; the root biennial. But a full, double, day-flowering perennial 

 variety in gardens, is a white sort of Ragged Robin. A weed in some 

 waste grounds, (g) 



5. SILENE, CATCHFLY. (Greek, saliva; both names refer to the 

 sticky exudation on stems and calyx of several .species, by which small 

 insects are often caught.) Flowers mostly all summer. (Lessons, 

 Figs. 259, 356.) 



* Calyx inflated or bladdery; petals rather small, ichite, crownless or 



nearly so ; not sticky. % 



S. stell^ta. Ait. Starry Campion. Smooth ; .stem slender, 2°-3° 

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

 loose panicle ; petals cut into a fringe. Wild on wooded banks. 



S. Cucuba/us, Wibel. (or S. inflXta). Bladder Campion. Glaucous 

 or pale and very smooth, 1° high ; leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblong, oppo- 

 site ; flowers loosely cymose ; the bladdery calyx veiny ; petals 2-cleft. 

 Nat. from Eu. , N. Eng. to Dl. 



* * Calyx inflated; sticky pubescent; petals red or xohite, crowned. ® 



S. pendula, Linn. Whole plant reddish. Leaves oval-lanceolate, op- 

 posite ; calyx obovate, purplish, the nerves darker ; petals deeply notched. 

 Cult, from S. Eu. 



* * * Calyx not inflated, oblong, tubular, or club-shaped ; someivhat sticky 



pubescent ; u-ild species icith crowned pink or red petals. 21 



S. Pennsylvdnica, Michx. Pennsylvanian C. or Wild Pink. 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, 

 slightly notched. Gravelly soil. N. Eng. to Ky. and S. 



S. Virginica, Linn. Virginian C. or Fire Pink. l°-2°high ; leaves 

 spatulate or lanceolate ; flowers few, peduncled ; the pretty, large, bright, 

 crimson-red petals 2-cleft. Open woods W. and S. 



S. r6gia, Sims. Royal C. Like the last, but S° high, with lance- 

 ovate leaves, numerous shortrpeduncled flowers in a narrow panicle, and 

 narrower, scarlet-red petals, scarcely cleft. Prairies, etc., Ohio to Mo. 

 and S. 



