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ginous juice is said to make soap.) Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, without 

 scales ; petals 5, unguiculate ; stamens 10 ; styles 2 ; capsule oblong, 

 1 -celled. Petals often crowned. 



1 S. officinalis L. BOUNCING BET. Lvs. lanceolate, inclining to elliptical ; fls. 

 in paniculate fascicle.! ; col. cylindrical; crown of the petals linear. If. By 

 roadsides, N. E. to Ga. A shady, smooth, succulent plant, with handsome, pink- 

 like flowers. St 1 2f high. Lvs. 2 3' long, or more as wide, very acute. 

 Fls. many, flesh-colored, often double. The plant has a bitter taste, and makes 

 lather with water. JL, Aug. Eur. 



2 S. (Vaccaria) vulgaris Mdik. Lvs. ovate, lanceolate, sessile ; fls. in pan- 

 niculate cymes ; col. pyramidal, 5-angled, smooth ; bracts membranous, acute. 

 Gardens and cultivated grounds. "Whole plant smooth, a foot or more high. 

 Lvs. broadest at base, 1 2' long, J as wide, tapering to an acute apex. Fls. on 

 long stalks, pale-red. Caps. 4-toothed. Sds. globous, black, July, Aug. 

 t Eur. 



3. SI L EKE, L. CAMPION. (Silenus was a drunken divinity of the 

 Greeks, covered with slaver, as these plants are with a viscid secretion.) 

 Calyx tubular, swelling, without scales at the base, 5-toothed ; petals 5, 

 unguiculate, often crowned with scales at the mouth, 2 or many-cleft, 

 or entire ; stamens 10 ; styles 3 ; capsule 3-celled, opening at top by 6 

 teeth, many-seeded. 



Acaulescent, low, tufted. Perennial No. 1 



Caulescent Petals fringe-cleft, white or rose-color. Perennial Nos. 2 4 



Petals bifid or entire. Calyx inflated, veiny. Perennial Nos. 5, 6 



Calyx close on the pod. (*) 



* Flowers spicate, alternate. Annual Nos. 7, 8 



* Flowers not spicate. Petals white, closed in sunshine Nos. 9, 10 



Petals red, purple, etc., bifid Nos. 11, 12 



entire Nos. 1315 



1 B. acaulis L. Low and densely caespitous ; Ivs. linear, ciliate at base ; ped. 

 solitary, short, 1-flowered; cal. campanulate, slightly inflated; pet. obcordate, 

 crowned. If A little turfy plant, 1 3' high, on the "White Mts., K H., and 

 throughout Arctic Am. Sts. scarcely any. Leaves numerous, ^' long. Fls. 

 purple. 



2 S. stellata Ait. Erect, pubescent; Ivs. in whorls of 4s, oval-lanceolate, acumin- 

 ate ; cal. loose and inflated ; petals fimbriate. 2 An elegant plant, woods and 

 prairies, Can. to Car., W. to 111. and Ark. St 2 3f high, paniculately cymous. 

 Lvs. 2 3' long, as wide, tapering to a long point, sessile. Cal. pale green, 

 with more deeply colored veins. Petals white, lacerately fringed, claws webbed 

 at base. Jl. 



3 S. ovata Ph. Erect, puberulent; Ivs. opposite, lance-ovate, acuminate; caL 

 ovate, not inflated; pet. many-cleft, crownless. Virg. to Ga., rare. Sts. stout, 

 2 4f high, branched from the base. Lvs. 4- 5' long, broadest at base. Claws 

 of the white petals exserted from the short calyx, the limb deeply and repeatedly 

 forked, with linear segments. Fil. long, exserted. 



4 S. Baldwin!! Nutt. Weak hairy; Ivs. obnvate-spatulate ; oalyx not inflated; 

 pet. cuneiform, divaricately fimbriate. River banks near Quincy, Fla, Sts. de- 

 cumbent at base, 1 to 2f high. Lvs. few, much shorter than the internodes, 1 to 

 2' long, the upper elliptical, acute. Cyme of 3 to 5 largo (2' broad), pale rose- 

 colored flowers. Apr. 



5 S. nivea DC. Minutely puberulent, erect, subsimple; Ivs. oblong-lanceolate, 

 acuminate; fls. few, solitary, kafy ; cal. inflated; pet. 2-cleft, with a small bifid 

 crown ; caps, shorter than its stipe. If In moist places, Penn., Ohio, 111., rare. St 

 slender, leafy, 1J to 3f high, generally forked near the top. Lvs. 2 to 3' by 6 to 

 9", tapering to a very slender point, floral ones lance-ovate. Fls. 1 to 3. Cal. 

 reticulated. Petals white. 



6 S. inflata Smith. BLADDER CAMPION. Glabrous and glaucous; Ivs. ovate- 

 lanceolate ; fls. in cymous, leafiest panicles, drooping ; caL ovoid-globular, much 



