64; OiiDER 19.~. ARYOPIHLLACE^E. 



11 S. Virgittlca L. Slender, erect, branching; root-lvs. spatulate, cauliue oblong 

 lanceolate ; flowers large, cymous, cal. large, clavate ; pet. bifid, broad, crowned. V 

 Woods, Pa. to 111. and S. 1 2f. Red. June. 



12 S. rotmidiiolia Nutt. Decumbent, branching; Ivs. thin, roundish- oval ; fls. sol 

 itary, very large ; calyx cylindric-campanulate ; petals bifid and toothed, deep scarlet, 

 crowned, it Rocke, W. States. Rare. June August. 



13 S. regia Sims. Splendid Catch-fly. Scabrous, somewhat viscid; Ft. rigid, erect; 

 Ivs. ovate-lanceolate ; cyme paniculate ; pet. oblanceolate, entire, erose at the end ; 

 eta. and stig. exserted. if O. to 111. and S. 3 4f. Bright scarlet. June, July. 



14 S. Pennsylvanica MX. Wild Pink. St. clustered, low, ascending; Ivs. spatu- 

 late or cuneate, of the stem lanceolate ; cyme few-flowered ; pet. slightly emarginate, 

 subcrenate. if Dry soils, N. Eng., S. and W. 610'. Fls. pink-red. June. 



1 5 S. Armeria L. Garden Catch-fly. Very smooth, glaucous ; et. branching, glu- 

 tinous below each node ; Ivs. ovate-lanceolate ; flowers in flat cymes ; pet. obcordate, 

 crowned ; cal. clavate, 10-striate. (T) 12 18'. July, September, t 



4. LYCHNIS, L. (AvxroS, a lamp; from fancied resemblance or use.) 

 Cal. tube bractless, 10-veined, limb 5 -lobed. Pet. 5, entire or cleft, often 

 crowned. Stam. 10. Styles 5. Caps, more or less 5-celled at base, open- 

 ing by 5 or 10 teeth. Handsome exotics, cultivated or . 



AGROSTEMMA. Calyx limb of 5 leafy, deciduous lobes exceeding the petals ....... No. 1 



LYCHNIS proper. Calyx limb of 5 persistent lobes shorter than the petals. . . (a) 



a Fls. dioecious. Petals 2-lobed, white or purplish. Escaped from culture ...... No. 2 



a Fls. all perfect. b Petals 2-lobed or entire ............. .................... Nos. 3, 4 



b Petals 4- parted or laciniatc ............................ Nos. 5, fi 



1 Ij. Gitliago Lam. Corn Cockle. St. forked; Ivs. linear, hairy; fls. few, large, dull 



purple ; seeds large, blackish. (T) Fields. 2 3f. A handsome weed. July. 



2 L. dlurna L. Stem forked and panicled ; fls. $ $; pet. half-2-cleft ; pod ovoid 01 



subglobous. (2) Rare in cultivated grounds. 2f. June August. Eur. 



3 EJ CORONARIA DC. Mullein Pink. Hose Campion. Villous; stem dichotomone ; ped. 



long, 1-flowered ; petals broad, entire, if Italy. 2f. Purple, &c. 



4 It, CHALCED6NICA L. Scarlet Lychnis or Sweet William. Smoothish ; fls. fasciculate ; 



calyx cylindric-clavate, ribbed ; petals 2-lobed. if Russia. 2f. Scarlet. 



5 Ij. FLOSCUCUM L. Ragged Robin. Fls. fascicled; cal. campanulate, 10-ribbed ; pet. 



in 4 deep, linear segments, if Europe. 1 2f. Flowers pink. 



6 L. CORONATA L. Chinese Lychnis. Fls. terminal and axillary, 13 ; calyx rounded, 



clavate, ribbed ; petals laciniatc. if l--2f. Flowers large, red, &c. 



5. HOLOSTEUM, L. ("OAo?, all, otirsov, bone ; by antiphnisis, as 

 the plant is no V/i,but soft.) Sep. 5. Pet. 5, erosc-denticulate at the end. 

 Stam. 3 5, rarely 10. Styles 3. Caps. 1-celled, oo-seeded, opening by 6 

 teeth. Fls. white, in an umbel. 



II. ii tnhcllA turn L. Lvs. smooth and glaucous, oblong, sessile ; pcd. long, terminal, 

 viscid, pedicels reflcxed after flowering. (T) Fields : rare. 6'. Eur. 



6. CERASTIUM, L. MOUSE-EAR CHICKWEED. (Kspas, a horn; 

 from the resemblance of the capsule.) Sep. 5, ovate, acute. Pet. 5, 2-clefl 

 or lobed. Stam. 10, rarely fewer. Styles 5, opposite to the sepals. Cap- 

 sule cylindrical or ovoid, elongated, opening at top by 10 teeth, oo secde I. 

 Flowers cymous, white. Fig. 44. 



Petals about as long as the sepals .......................................... Nos. 1, 2 



i Petals much longer than the sepals .......................... . ..... Nos. 3, 4, 5 



