256 ORDER 21. CARYOPHYLLACEJE. 



inflated and netted; sty. long-exserted ; caps, short-stiped. 1( In pastures, 

 about fences, Charlestown, Mass., etc. St. erect, about 2f high. Lvs. 1 \ to 3' 

 long, \ as wide, rather acuminate. Petals white, cleft half way down. Cal. with 

 pale purple veins. Jl. The young shoots and leaves may be used as a substitute 

 for Asparagus. Eur. 



7 S. quinquevulnera L. Branched, villous ; Ivs. oblong-spatulate, obtuse, the 

 highest linear ; spike somewhat one sided ; cal. very viUous ; petals roundish, en- 

 tire, crowned. (D About Charleston, S. C. A foot high. Petals pink or crim- 

 son, with the border pale-purple. JL Eur. 



8 S. nocturna L. St. branching, hairy below ; Ivs. pubescent with long cilise at 

 base, lower ones spatulate, upper lance-linear; fls. appressed to the stem in a 

 dense one sided spike ; cal. cylindrical, almost glabrous, reticulated between the 

 veins; pet. narrow, '2-parted. Near New Haven, Ct. (Robbins) to Penn., Va. 

 Fls. white, greenish beneath. Jl. f Eur. 



9 S. Antirrhina L. SNAP-DRAGON CATCH-FLY. Nearly smooth, erect, branched 

 above ; Ivs. lanceolate, acute, the upper linear ; fls. few, on slender pedicels or 

 branches ; cal. ovoid ; pet. emarginate. CD Road sides and dry soils, Can. and 

 U. S. St. slender, branching, with opposite leaves, about a foot in height. Lvs. 

 about 2 long, the upper ones very narrow, all sessile, and scabrous on the mar- 

 gin. A few of the upper internodes are viscidly pubescent above their middle. 

 Fls. small, red, in loose, erect cymes. Jl. 



ft LINARIA. Very slender; Ivs. all linear except the lowest, which are linear- 

 spatulate ; cal. globular. Ga. and Fla. 



10 S. noctiflora L. Viscid-pubescent; st. erect, branching; lower Ivs. spatu- 

 late, upper linear ; cal. cylindrical, ventricous, the alternate veins veinleted, teeth 

 subulate, very long ; petals 2-parted. Cultivated grounds. Fls. rather large, 

 white, expanding only in the evening, and in cloudy weather, f Eur. 



11 S. Virginica L. Viscid-pubescent ; st. procumbent or erect, branching; 

 root-lvs. spatulate, cauline oblong-lanceolate ; fls. large, cymous, cal. large, clavate ; 

 pet. bifid, broad, crowned. Ij. Gardens and fields, Penn. to Ga. St. 1 to 2f 

 high, often procumbent at base. Lvs. a little rough at the margin. Cymes 

 dichotomous. Sta. and pistils exserted. Petals large, red. Jn. f 



12 S. rotundifolia Nutt. Pubescent, weak, decumbent, branching; Iva. thin, 

 roundish-oval; fls. solitary, very large; cal. cylindric-campanulate ; pet. bifid, 

 crowned. Rocks, Western States, rare. Lvs. 1 to 3' by 1 to 2', the upper sub- 

 orbicular. Petals deep scarlet. Jn., Aug. 



13 S. Fenrisylvanica MX. "Viscid-pubescent sts. numerous ; Ivs. from the root 

 spatulate or cuneate, of the stem lanceolate; cyme few-flowered; pet. slightly 

 emarginate, subcrenate. 14- Dry, sandy soils, N. Sng. to Ky. and Ga. St. de- 

 cumbent at base, nearly If high, with long, lanceolate leaves, and terminal, up- 

 right bunches of flowers. Cal. long, tubular, very glutinous and hairy. Pet. 

 wedge-shaped, red or purplish. Jn. 



14 S. regia Sims. SPLENDID CATCH-FLY. Scabrous, somewhat viscid ; st. rigid, 

 erect ; Ivs. ovate-lanceolate ; cyme paniculate ; pet. oblanceolate, entire, erose at 

 the end ; sta. and stig. exserted. 2 A large species, beautiful in cultivation, 

 native Ohio to La. Sts. 3 to 4f high. Lvs. 2 to 3' by 8 to 15". Fls. very large, 

 numerous. Cal. tubular, 10-striate, 1' long. Petals bright-scarlet, crowned. 

 Jn., Jl. f 



15 S. Armeria L. GARDEN CATCH-FLY. Very smooth, glaucous ; st. branching, 

 glutinous below each node ; Ivs. ovate-lanceolate ; fls. in corymbous cymes ; pet. 

 obcordate, crowned; cal. clavate, 10-striate. A popular garden flower, spar- 

 ingly naturalized. St. 1 to l^f high, many-flowered. Lvs. 1 to 2' long, J as 

 wide ; internodes* elongated. Cal. f long, a little enlarged above. Petals purple, 

 laminae half as long as the calyx. JL, Sept. f Eur. 



4. AGROSTEMMA, L. CORN COCKLE. (Gr. dygovore^a^ crown 

 of the field.) Calyx bractless, tubular, coriaceous, the limb of 5 long, 

 leafy, deciduous sepals, exceeding the corolla ; petals undivided, crown- 



