SJrS OEDER XXI. CARYOPHYLLACE^. 



sute. Leaves eimeate-oblong, obtuse, upper ones linear. Flowers in 

 spikes. ;iSep«/s very villous. Pt^a/.s- witli nearly round lamina, small ; 

 crown bind. — Pink color. #• July. On the coast. 8 — 12 inches. 



4. S. Penxstlva'nica, (Midi.) Stem viscidly pubescent, numerous 

 from the same root. Leaves lanceolate-acute, . radical ones cuneate. 

 Flowers in trichotomous panicles, terminal. Calyx tubular, viscid, 5- 

 cleft, slightly ventricose. Claws of the petals a little longer than the 

 calyx, crowned with a 2-lobed leaflet. Lhnh erosely crenulate, emar- 

 ginate. — White or rose-color. 2f. April — June. Middle and low 

 country. 8 — 10 inches. 



5. S. Virgin 'icA, (L.) Stem erect and generally simple, pubescent, 

 viscid. Leaves of the stem oblong-lanceolate ; radical ones spatulate, 

 with ciliate petioles. Calyx slightly ventricose. Petals obovate, 

 deeply 2-cleft. Stamens exserted. — -Bright crimson. 2f. June-^ 

 July. On the coast. 12 — 18 inches. 



6. S. re'gia, (Sims.) Stem]arge, rigid, viscid, branched above, the lower 

 nodes approximate, swollen. Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate. Flow- 

 ers many, in cymes. Calyx tubular, long, 10-striate. Petals usually 

 entire, broad-lanceolate. Stamens and styles exserted. — Bright scarlet. 

 2i. June — Jul}''. Lou. 4 — 5 feet. 



7. S. ANTiRRiii'xVA, (L.) Stem pubescent near the base, occasionally 

 spotted. Lower leaves spatulate, pubescent along the midrib. 

 Flowers in dichotonious panicles, with a flower in each division. Calyx 

 10-nerved. Petals sometimes wanting, small, 2-cleft. Stamens nearly 

 as long as calyx, sometimes 5, abortive. — White. ®. March — April. 

 Moist soil. Common along rivers in middle and lower Georgia. 1 — 2 

 feet. 



8. S. fimbria'ta, (Bald.) Steyn weak, pilose ; lower leaves obovate 

 or spatulate, ciliate, obtuse ; upper leaves small, lanceolate, pubes- 

 cent. Flowers in a 3 — 5-flowered cyme. Petals with the limb broadly 

 cuneiform, fimbriate. — White. 2^. April. Common about Macon, 

 Geo. 6 — 8 inches. >S'. Baldwinii, Nutt. 



Genus VIT.—LYCH'^'IS. D. C. 10— 5. {Agrosiemma,'L.) 

 (From luchnos, a lamp.) 



Cali/x tubular, 5-sided. Petals 5, unguiculate ; limb entice. 

 Stamens 10. Stt/les 5. Capsule usually 1-celled, or partly 5- 

 celled, at the base. 



1. L. Githa'go, (Lam.) Stem hirsute, dichotomous. Leaves opposite, 



linear-lanceolate. Segments of the calyx longer than the corolla. 



Flowers solitary, large.— Purple. ®. June— July. Introduced. 18 



— 20 inches. Corn Cockle 



Genus VIII.— SAPONA'RIA. L. 10—2. 



(From sapo, soap.) 



Cah/x tubular, 5-toothed. Petals 5, unguiculate. Stai7iens 

 10. Styles 2. Capsule 1-celled, 2-valved. 



1. S. Officina'lis;, (L.) Stem terete, glabrous. Leaves ovate-lance- 

 olatt' or oval, opposite, connate, 3-nerved, glabrous. Floivers in clus- 



