1 6 CARYOPHYLLACEAE [VOL. II. 



8. Lychnis Coronaria (L.) Desr. Mullein Pink. (Fig. 1462.) 



Agrostemma Coronaria L. Sp. PI. 436. 1753. 



Lychnis Coronaria Desr. in Lam. Encycl. 3: 

 643. 1789. 



Perennial, densely white-woolly all over; 

 stem stout, erect or ascending, simple or 

 branched, i-3 tall. Lower leaves spatu- 

 late, 2 / -4 / long, 6 // -i5 // wide, narrowed into 

 margined petioles; upper leaves oblong or 

 lanceolate, sessile, acute or acuminate at the 

 the apex, narrowed or rounded at the base, 

 the uppermost (bracts) usually small; flow- 

 ers few, i' broad or more, long-pedicelled in 

 open terminal panicles; calyx oblong-cam- 

 panulate, its teeth filiform-subulate, twisted, 

 shorter than the tube; petals crimson. 



Escaped from gardens to roadsides and \vu>u- 

 ]il:uvs. Massachusetts to southern New York. 

 Native of Europe. Also called Rose Campion. 

 June- Aug. 



5. GYPSOPHILA L. Sp. PI. 406. 1753. 



Annual or perennial, branching or diffuse, mostly glabrous and glaucous herbs, with nar- 

 row leaves, and small numerous axillary or paniculate flowers. Calyx turbinate or campauu- 

 late, 5-toothed, 5-nervcd, bractless. Petals 5, entire or emarginate, their claws narrow. Sta- 

 mens 10; styles 2. Capsule dehiscent by 4 valves extending to or below the middle. Seeds 

 reniform, laterally attached; embryo coiled. [Greek, in allusion to the supposed preference 

 of some species for gypsum soils]. 



About 60 species, natives of Europe, Asia and northern Africa. 



Annual, diffuse, leaves narrowly linear; flowers axillary on filiform peduncles, 

 Erect perennial ; leaves lanceolate; flowers paniculate. 



1. ','. H/MM//M. 



2. G. 



i. Gypsophila muralis L. Low Gypso- 

 phyll. (Fig. 1463.) 



ii'Yf>snf>hila muralis L. Sp. PI. 408. 1753. 



Annual, diffuse, slender, much branched, glabrous or 

 slightly rough at the base, 4'-?' high. Leaves narrowly 

 linear or subulate, attenuate at each end, 3 // -io // long, 

 %"-%" wide; peduncles slender, spreading or ascend- 

 ing. 3 // -io // long, flowers purplish, i^ // -2 // broad; 

 calyx turbinate, i^"-2" long, 5-toothed, the teeth 

 rounded; petals crenate or emarginate, 2 // -3 // long, 

 much exceeding the calyx; pod about 2" long, slightly 

 longer than the calyx. 



In waste places, Ontario to Massachusetts, southern New 

 York and New Jersey. Adventive or naturalized from 

 Europe. June-Sept. 



