CLASS X. ORDER V. 195 



Lower leaves ovate, concave, rigid. Flowers rather large, 

 white, greenish beneath. — Fields, Cambridge, &c. Mr. Tuck- 

 erman. 



203. CUCUBALUS. 

 CucuBALUS Behen. L. Bladder Campion. 



Calyx nearly globular, smooth, retictilated with 

 veins ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, glaucous, smooth. 

 Sm. Engl Bot. 

 Syn. SiLENE iNFLATA. Sm. Flor. Brit. 



The inflated, bladder-like calyx at once distinguishes this plant 

 from every thing about it. Radical leaves spatulate, stem leaves 

 opposite, ovate, acute, entire. Stems one or two feet high, 

 smooth, panicled. Flowers nodding. Calyx oblong-spherical, 

 thin, elegantly veined. Petals white, spreading, bifid. — About 

 fences and way sides. — July. — Perennial. 



CucuBALus sTELLATus. L. Star Campion. 



Pubescent, erect; leaves in whorls of four, oval- 

 lanceolate, acuminate. 



Petals white, about four cleft. — Woods, Connecticut. — July. — 

 Perennial. 



PENTAGYNIA. 



204. PENTHORUM. 



Penthorum SEDOiDES. L. PentTiorum. 



The only species of its genus. Stem about a foot high, angu- 

 lar. Leaves alternate lance-oval, serrate, acute, green on both 

 sides. Flowers terminal, in a few revolute spikes, of a greenish 

 yellow. Capsule with five beaks at top. — Wet ground, brook 

 sides, &c. — July. — Perennial. 



205. CERASTIUM. 



Cerastium vulgatum. L. Mouse Ear Chickweed. 



Hairy, viscid, forming tufts ; leaves ovate ; petals 

 equal to the calyx; flowers longer than their stalks. 

 Sm. 



