ORDER 19. CARYOPHYLLACEJE. 53 



2. SAPONARIA, L. SOAPWORT. Calyx tubular, 5-tootbed, without 

 bractlets. Petals 5, unguiculate. Stamens 10. Styles 2. Capsules ob- 

 lng, 1-celled. Flowers in cynious panicles. July, August. Fig. 43. 



Calyx tube oblong, neither angled nor veined (SAPONARIA.) No. 1 



Calyx tube ovoid, 5-angled, at length 5- winged, very smooth. (VACCAHIA.). . .No. 2 



1 S. officiiialis L. Bouncing Bet. Lvs. lanceolate ; pet. crowned. 11 2f. White. 



2 S. Vaccaria L. Lvs. lance-ovate ; fls. cynious, pale red. (5) If. Waste grounds. 



24. GYPSOPHILA, L. GYPSUM PINK. Sepals half united into a 

 bell-form calyx. Pet, scarcely clawed. Caps, globular, 1-celled, 4-valved. 

 Neat, free-flowering exotics. Flowers panicled. June Sept. Europe. 



1 G. ELEGANS. Lvs. lance., thick ; pan. loose, forked ; pet. notched, wh. or pink. If. (D 



2 G. MURALIS. Low, diffuse, with linear ITS. and a profusion of pinkish small fls. (T) 0'. 



3 G. P^NICULATA. Tall ; Ivs. lance-lin. ; fis. minute, numerous, white, in filiform pan. it 



4 G. &TEVENI. Lvs. lance-lin., keeled; fls. white, in corymbs, fine for bouquets. U 2f. 



3. SELENE, L. CAMPION. CATCH-FLY. (Silenus was a drunken god 

 of the Greeks, covered with slaver as these plants are with a viscid secre- 

 tion.) Calyx tubular, swelling, without scales at the base, 5-toothed ; pet. 

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

 entire ; sta. 10 ; styles 3 ; capsule 3-celled, opening at top by 6 teeth, many- 

 seeded. Figs. 41, 56, 330. 



Acaulescent, low, tufted. Petals crowned. Perennial No. 1 



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



Petals bifid or entire. Calyx inflated, veiny. Perennial Nos. 5, 6 



Calyx close on the pod. (*) 



* Flowers spicate, alternate. Upper leaves linear, lower spat. Annual. . .Nos. 7, 8 



* Fls. not epicate. Petals pale, closed in sunshine. Upper Ivs. linear. . .Nos. 9, 10 



Petals red, purple, &c., bifid Nos. 11, 12 



entire Nos. 1315 



1 S. acaulfls L. Moss Camjnon. Low, moss-like; Ivs. linear (6'') ; ped. solitary, short, 



1-fld. ; calyx bell-shaped ; pet. obcordate, crowned, u White Mts. 13'. Purp. Jl. 



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



cal. loose and inflated ; pet. fimbriate. u Can. to Car. and W. 2 3f. White. July. 



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



not inflated ; pet. many-cleft, crownless. u Car. Ga. 3f. White. July. 



4 S. Baldwin!! Nutt. Weak, hairy ; Ivs. obovate-spatulate ; calyx not inflated ; pet. 



cuneiform, divaricately flmbriate. it Ga. Fla. If. Fls. 2', roseate. April. 



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



minate ; fls. few, solitary, leafy ; cal. inflated ; pet. 2-cleft, with a small bifid crown ; 

 caps, shorter than its stipe. ii Penn. to 111. Rare. 2f. Fls. few, white. July. 



6 S. iiiflttta Smith. Bladder Campion. Glabrous and glaucous; Ivs. ovate-lanceolate; 



fls. in cymous, leafless panicles, drooping ; cal. ovoid-globular, much inflated; caps, 

 on a short stype. u Fields. 2f. White. July. 



7 S. qulnquevulnera L. Villous; spike somewhat on2-sided; cal. very villous; 



pet. roundish, entire, crowned. (T) S. Car. If. Pet. crimson, with a pale border. 



8 S. nocturiia L. Lvs. pubescent; fls. small, appressed to the stem in a dense 1-sided 



spike ; cal. cylindrical, smoothish ; pet. narrow, 2-parted. Ct. to Pa. Rare. 2f. Jl. 



9 S. Antirrliina L. Snap-dragon Catch-fly. Sticky in spots ; Ivs. lanceolate, acute; 



fls. few, on blender branches; cal. ovoid; pet. cmarginate. (T) Waste pi. l|f. Fls. r. 



j3. linarid. Very isiciuier ; Ivs. all linear ; cal. globular. Ga. and Fla. 

 11) S. noctiflora L. Viscid-pubescent; lower Ivs. spatulate ; cal. cylindrical, teetb 

 Hibnlate, very long ; petals 2-parted. (I) Cult, grounds. Flowers large, white. 



