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swells in some species into a bladdery pod. Petals 5, some- 

 times notched or fringed, of various colors. Stamens twice 

 as many as the petals. There are many species and genera. 

 For related forms see Nos. 450, 456, 460, 524, and 525. The 

 four following may be differentiated thus: 

 Petals distinctly cut or fringed 

 Flowers clustered 



Petals finely cut ; flower about ^ in. across 



Deptford Pink no. 421 



Petals deeply cut ; flower about ^ in. across 



Cuckoo Flower no. 422 



Flowers solitary Meadow Pink no. 423 



Petals merely notched, shallowly so Corn Cockle no. 424 



421. Deptford Pink. Dianthus Armeria. A European garden 

 plant that escapes to roadsides and waste places. A stiff, 

 finely hairy annual, not over 15 in. high. Leaves opposite, 

 linear, 1-3 in. long. Flowers in a close rather leafy terminal 

 cluster, pink. Petals finely cut. Quebec and Ontario to Vir- 

 ginia, and westward. August. 



422. Cuckoo Flower. Lychnis Flos-cuculi. A European gar- 

 den plant often escaping to moist places, freely branching, 

 and somewhat sticky above. Leaves linear, or lance-linear, 

 2-3 in. long, but much reduced towards the top of the plant. 

 Flowers pink, very rarely blue or white, in a rather loose, 

 terminal, essentially leafless cluster. Petals deeply cut into 

 4 linear lobes. New Brunswick to N. J. and Penn. June- 

 Sept. Fig. 422. See No. 456 for a related species. 



423. Meadow Pink. Dianthus dcltoidcs. A free flowering 

 perennial, growing in clumps, the stems branching, 6-12 in. 

 tall. Leaves linear, scarcely i in. long, erect towards the 

 top of the stem. Flowers pink, about ^ in. wide, solitary at 

 the ends of the branches, the petals finely toothed or fringed. 

 In waste places. N^w England and northern N. Y. to Michi- 

 gan. August. 



424. Corn Cockle. Agrostemma Githago. An erect, rarely 

 branched, densely white-hairy plant, 1-3 ft. tall. Leaves 2-4 

 in. long, about )4 i"- wide. Flower solitary, bright red, 1-2 

 in. wide, much exceeded by the long narrow sepals. In waste 

 places, almost throughout North America. Native of Europe. 

 July-Sept. Fig. 424. 



