VOL. II.] 



PINK FAMILY. 



Fruit an indehiscent or irregularly bursting utricle or achene. 

 Leaves stipulate. 



vSepals awn-tipped. 



Sepals awnless. 

 Leaves not stipulate. 



21. Paronychia. 



22. Any chia. 



23. Scleranthns. 



i. AGROSTEMMA L,. Sp. PI. 435. 1753. 



Annual pubescent often branching herbs, with linear or linear-lanceolate acute or acumi- 

 nate sessile leaves, and large red or white erect flowers, solitary at the ends of long axillary 

 peduncles. Calyx oblong, not inflated, narrowed at the throat, ic-ribbed, 5-lobed, the lobes 

 linear, elongated and foliaceous. Petals 5, shorter than the calyx-lobes, their blades obovate 

 or cuneate, emarginate, not appendaged; stamens 10. Styles 5, alternate with the calyx-lobes, 

 opposite the petals. Capsule i-celled. Seeds numerous, black. [Greek, a field-garland.] 



Two known species, natives of Europe and Asia. 



i. Agrostemma Githago L/. Corn Cockle. 

 Corn Rose. Corn Campion. (Fig. 1438.) 



Agrostemma Githago L. Sp. PI. 435. 1753. 

 Lychnis Githago Scop. Fl. Cam. Ed. 2, i: 310. 



1772. 



Erect, i-3 high, simple or with few erect branches, 

 densely pubescent throughout with whitish appressed 

 hairs. Leaves linear-lanceolate, acute or long-acumi- 

 nate, erect, 2'-^ long, 2 // ~3 // wide, the lowest narrowed 

 at the base; flowers red, !'-$' broad; peduncles stout, 3'- 

 8' long, erect; calyx ovoid, its lobes linear, foliaceous, 

 3 or 4 times the length of the tube and much exceed- 

 ing the petals, deciduous in fruit; petals usually slightly 

 emarginate, the blade obovate-cuneate. 



In grain fields and waste places, frequent or occasional 

 throughout our area. Adventive from Europe, occurring 

 also in northern Asia. Called also Crown-of-the-Field. 

 July-Sept. 



2. VISC ARIA Roehl. Deutsch. Fl. 2: 37. 1796. 



Perennial or biennial glabrous herbs, with erect, nearly or quite simple stems, and nar- 

 row leaves, the basal densely tufted, those of the stem sessile, and small red or rarely white 

 flowers in clustered terminal cymes, the inflorescence in our species almost capitate. Calyx 

 oblong-campanulate, not inflated, 4-5-toothed, 8-io-ribbed. Petals 4 or 5, much exceeding 

 the calyx, each with a 2-cleft appendage at the base of the obovate emarginate blade. 

 Stamens 10, exserted. Styles opposite the calyx-teeth, alternate with the petals. Capsule 

 several-celled at the base, its teeth as many as the styles. [Latin, glutinous.] 



About 5 species, the following of arctic and subarctic regions; the others European and Asiatic. 



i. Viscaria alpina (L,.) Roehl. Red Alpine 

 Campion. (Fig. 1439.') 



Lychnis alpina L. Sp. PI. 436. 1753. 

 Viscaria alpina Roehl. Deutsch. Fl. 2: 37. 1796. 



Tufted, 3 / -i2 / high, rather stout, glabrous, somewhat 

 glaucous, not viscid. Basal leaves narrowly oblanceo- 

 late or linear, densely rosulate, %'-*%' long, i // -2 // 

 wide; stem-leaves distant, linear-lanceolate, erect, acute 

 or obtuse, about i / long; inflorescence dense, terminal, 

 ^2 / -i / broad; bracts small, membranous; flowers pink, 3 /r - 

 4" wide; calyx campanulate, 2" long, its teeth short, 

 rounded ; petals about twice the length of the calyx, obo- 

 vate, 2-lobed; appendages minute. 



Mt. Albert, Gasp6, Quebec; Labrador, Newfoundland, Hud- 

 son Bay, Greenland, and in arctic and alpine Europe and 

 Asia. Summer. 



