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ginons juice is said to make soap.) Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, without 

 scales ; petals 5, unguiculate ; stamens 10 ; styles 2 ; capsule oblong, 

 1-celled. Petals often crowned. 



1 S. officinalis L. BOUNCING BET. Lvs. lanceolate, inclining to elliptical ; Ms. 

 in paniculate fascicle-,; cal cylindrical; crown of the petals linear. 2{ By 

 roadsides, N. E. to Ga. A shady, smooth, succulent plant, with handsome, pink- 

 like flowers. St. 1 2f high. Lvs. 2 3' long, ^ or more as wide, very acute. 

 Fls. many, flesh-colored, often double. The plant has a bitter taste, and makes 

 lather with water. JL, Aug. Eur. 



2 S. (Vaccaria) vulgaris Mdik. Lvs. ovate, lanceolate, sessile ; fls. in pan- 

 niculato cymes; cal. pyramidal, 5-angled, smooth; bracts membranous, acute. 

 (D Gardens and cultivated grounds. Whole plant smooth, a foot or more high. 

 Lvs. broadest at base, 1 2' Jong, J as wide, tapering to an acute apex. Fls. oil 

 long stalks, pale-red. Caps. 4-toothed. Sds. globous, black. July, Aug. 

 f Eur. 



3. SILENE, L. CAMPION". (Silenus was a drunken divinity of the 

 Greeks, covered with slaver, as these plants are with a viscid secretion.) 

 Calyx tubular, swelling, .without scales at the base, 5-toothed; petals 5, 

 unguiculate, often crowned with scales at the mouth, 2 or many-cleft, 

 or entire; stamens 10 ; styles 3 ; -capsule 3-celled, opening at top by 6 

 teeth, many-seeded. 



Acaalescent, low, tufted. Perennial No. 1 



Caulescent. Petals fringe-cleft, white or rose-color. Perennial Nos. 2 4 



Petals bifid or entire. Calyx inflated, veiny. Perennial Nos. 5, 



Calyx close on the pod. (*) 



* Flowc-rs spicate, alternate. Annual Nos. 7, S 



* Flowers not spicate. Petals pale, closed in sunshine Nos. 9, 10 



Petals reel, purple, etc., bifid Nos. 11, 12 



entire Nos. 1315 



1 S. acaulis L. Low and densely caespitous ; Ivs. linear, ciliate at base ; ped. 

 solitary, short, 1 -flowered ; cal. campanulate, slightly inflated ; pet. obcordate, 

 crowned. If. A little turfy plant, 13' high, on the White Mts., N. H., and 

 throughout Arctic Am. Sts. scarcely any. Leaves numerous, ' long. Fls. 

 purple. 



2 S. stellata Ait. Erect, pubescent; Ivs. in whorls of 4s, oval-lanceolate, acumin- 

 ate ; cal. loose and inflated ; petals fi mbriate. 2 An elegant plant, woods and 

 prairies, Can. to Car., W. to 111. and Ark. St. 2 3f high, paniculately cymous. 

 Lvs. 2 3' long, as wide, tapering to a long point, sessile. Cal. pale green, 

 with more deeply colored veins. Petals white, lacerately fringed, claws webbed 

 at base. Jl. 



3 S. ovata Ph. Erect, puberulent ; Ivs. opposite, lance-ovate, acuminate ; cal. 

 ovate, not inflated; pet. many-cleft, crownless. Yirg. to Ga., rare. Sts. stout, 

 o 4f iiigi, f branched from the base. Lvs. 45' long, broadest at base. Claws 

 of the white petals exserted from the short calyx, the limb deeply and repeatedly 

 forked, with linear segments. Fil. long, exserted. 



4 S. Baldwin!! Nutt. Weak hairy; Ivs. obnvate-spatulate ; calyx not inflated; 

 pet. cuneiform, divaricately fimbriate. River banks near Qaincy, Fla. Sts. de- 

 cumbent at base, 1 to 2f high. Lvs. few, much shorter than the internodes, 1 to 

 2' long, tho upper elliptical, acute. Cyme of 3 to 5 largo (2' broad), pale rose- 

 colored flowers. Apr. 



5 S. nivea DC. Minutely puberulent, erect, subsimple; Ivs. oblong-lanceolate, 

 acuminate; fls. few, solitary, leafy; cal. inflated; pet. 2-cleft, with a small bihd 

 crown ; caps, shorter than its stipe. 1$. In moist places, Penn.. Ohio, 111., rare. Bt 

 slender, leafy, 1J to 3f high, generally forked near the top Lvs. 2 to 3 by 6 to 

 9", tapering to a very slender point, floral ones lance-ovate. . 



reticulated. Petals white. 



S. inflata Smith. BLADDER CAMPION. Glabrous and glaucous; Ivs. ovate- 

 lanceolato ; fls. in cymous, leafless panicles, drooping ; caL ovoid-globular, muen 



