76 PINK FAMILY. 



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



■>- Petal limb slightly notched. 



L. coronariOt Lam. Mullein Lychnis, Dusty Miller or Mullein 

 PixK. Cult, in gardens ; the flower crini-son and like tliat of Corn 

 Cockle ; teetli of tlie calyx short and slender ; iilaut white-cottony ; leaves 

 oval or ohlong. (2) 11 



■1- -I- Petal limb cleft iiitn \-linear lubes. 



L. Flos-cucu/i, hinn. Cuckoo L. Ragged Robin is the double-flowered 

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

 and an oi)en ijanicle of pink-red flowers. 



H- H- -4- Petal limb 2-cleft. 



L. diurna, Sibth. D.\y-dlooming L. Double-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 Ragcjed Robin. A weed in some 

 waste grounds. (2) 



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

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

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

 Figs. 2.59, 358.) 



* Cali/.r inflated or bladdery; petals rather small, vhite, croinnless or 



nearly so ; not sticky. 11 



S. stellata, Ait. Starry Campion. Smooth; stem slender, 2°-:^" 

 higii ; 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. inflata). Bladder Campion. Glaucous 

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

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

 Nat. from E\\., N. Eng. to 111. 



* * Calyx inflated; sticky ]nd>escent ; petals red or vhite, crowned. 



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

 posite ; calyx o1)ovatc, purplish, the nerves darker ; petals deeply notched. 

 Cult, from S. Eu. 



* * * Calyx not inflated, oblong, tubidar, or club-shaped ; somewhat sticky 



pubescent ; tcild .species with croioned pink or red petals. 2/ 



S. Pennsylvanica, Michx. Pennsylvanian C. or Wild Pixk. Stems 

 4'-8' liigli. bearing 2 or :j pairs of lanceolate leaves and a cluster of short- 

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

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



S. Virgiiiica, Linn. Virginian C. or Fire Pixk. l°-2°high ; leaves 

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

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



S. rfegia, Sims. Royal C. Like the last, but 3^ high, with lance- 

 ovate leaves, numerous short-peduncled flowers in a narrow i)auicle, and 

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

 and S. 



