84 CARYOPHYLLACE^E. (PINK FAMILY.) 



petals purple or rarely white, notched or entire, crowned. Alpine summits 

 of the White Mountains, N. H. July. (Eu.) 



* * Calyx blad dery -inflated ; perennial ; flowers panicled, white, in summer. 

 2 S. Stellata, Ait. (STARRY CAMPION.) Leaves in whorls of 4, ovate- 

 lanceolate^ taper-pointed; calyx bell-shaped; petals cut into a fringe, crownless. 

 Wooded banks, R. I. to Minn., and southward. Stem 3 high, with a large 

 and open pyramidal panicle. Corolla ' broad. 



3. S. nivea, Otth. Leaves opposite, lanceolate or oblong, taper-pointed ; 

 calyx oblong; petals wedge-form, 2-cleft, minutely crowned. Penn. to Iowa 

 and Minn. : rare. Stem 1-2 high, almost smooth. Flowers few, larger 

 than in the last. 



S. CuctruALUs, Wibel. (BLADDER CAMPION.) Glaucous; leaves opposite, 

 ovate-lanceolate ; calyx globular, much inflated, elegantly veined ; petals 2-cleft, 

 nearly crownless. (S. inflata, Smith.) Fields and roadsides, E. New Eng. 

 to 111. A foot high. Flowers loosely cymose. (Nat. from Eu.) 



* * * Cal-yx elongated or club-shaped, not inflated except by the enlarging pod ; 

 flowers cymose or clustered ; perennial, pubescent with viscid hairs, especially 

 the calyx ; petals crowned, red or rose-color. 



4. S. Pennsylvanica, Michx. (WILD PINK.) Stems low (4 - S') ; 

 root-leaves narrowly spatulate, nearly glabrous, tapering into hairy petioles ; 

 stem-leaves (2 or 3 pairs) lanceolate ; flowers clustered, short-stalked; calyx 

 club-shaped ; petals wedge-form, slightly notched and eroded, pink. Gravelly 

 places, E. New Eng. to N. Y., Ky., and southward. April -June. 



5. S. Virginica, L. (FIRE PINK. CATCHFLY.) Stems slender (1 -2 

 high) ; leaves thin, spatulate, or the upper oblong-lanceolate ; flowers few and 

 loosely cymose, peduncled ; calyx oblong-cylindrical, soon obconical ; petals ob- 

 long, 2-cleft, deep crimson ; the limb V long. Open woods, western N. Y. to 

 Minn., and southward. June - Aug. 



6. S. r&gia, Sims. (ROYAL CATCHFLY.) Stem roughish, erect (3-4 

 high) ; leaves thickish, ovate-lanceolate, acute ; flowers numerous, short-stalked, 

 in clusters, forming a strict panicle ; calyx ovoid-club-shaped in fruit ; petals 

 spatulate-lanceolate, mostly undivided, deep scarlet. Prairies, Ohio to Mo., 

 and southward. July. 



7. S. rotund if 61ia, Nutt. (ROUND-LEAVED CATCHFLY.) Viscid-hairy; 

 stems weak, branched, decumbent (2 long) ; leaves thin, round, abruptly 

 pointed, the lower obovate ; flowers few, loosely cymose, stalked ; calyx elon- 

 gated ; petals 2-cleft and cut-toothed, deep scarlet. Shaded banks of the Ohio, 

 and in Ky. June - Aug. Leaves and flowers large. 



* * * * Calyx not inflated, except by the enlarging pod ; annuals. 

 *- Glabrous, a portion of each joint' of the stem glutinous ; flowers pink. 



8. S. antirrhina, L. (SLEEPY C.) Stem slender (8-30' high); leaves 

 lanceolate or linear ; flowers small, paniculate ; calyx ovoid ; petals obcordate, 

 crowned, opening transiently in sunshine. Dry soil; common in waste 

 places. June - Sept. 



S. ARMERIA, L. (SWEET-WILLIAM CATCHFLY.) Glaucous; If aves ovate- 

 lanceolate ; flowers in flat cymes, open in sunshine ; calyx club-shaped ; petals 

 notched, crowned with awl-shaped scales. Escaped from gardens; rare 

 (Adv. from Eu.) 



