90 CARYOPHYLLACE.E. (PINK FAMILY.) 



* * * Calyx not inflated, except by the enlarging pod : annuals. 

 •*- Glabrous, a portion of each joint of the stem glutinous : flowers pink. 



8. S. Armeria, L. (Sweet-William Catchfly.) Glaucous ; leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate ; flowers in flat cymes, open in sunshine ; calyx club-shaped ; petals 

 notched, crowned with awl-shaped scales. — Escaped from gardens : rare. (Adv. 

 from Eu.) 



9. S. antirrhina, L. (Sleepy C.) Stem slender (8' -30' high) ; leaves 

 lanceolate or linear; flowers small, paniculate; calyx ovoid; petals obcordate, 

 crowned, opening transiently in sunshine. — Dry soil : common in waste places. 

 June -Sept. 



-t--t- Viscid-pubescent: flowers white or nearly so, opening at night, sweet-scented. 



10. S. nocturna, L. (Night C.) Leaves short, the lower spatulate, the 

 upper linear ; flowers small, alternate in a l-sided spike ; petals 2-parted. — Intro- 

 duced sparingly in Pennsylvania, according to Schweinitz. (Adv. from Eu.) 



11. S. >octifl6ra, L. (Night-flowering C.) Viscid-hairy, tall (1°- 

 3° high) ; lower leaves large and spatulate; the upper lanceolate ; flowers few, 

 peduncled ; calyx-tube elongated (over 1' long), soon ovoid, with awl-shaped 

 teeth ; petals rather large, 2-parted, crowned. — Cultivated grounds. (Nat. 

 from Eu.) 



* # * * Dwarf, tufted, smooth, perennial : flowering shoots 1 -flowered. 



12. S. acaulis, L. (Moss Campion.) Tufted like a moss (1'- 2' high), 

 leaves linear, crowded ; flowers almost sessile, or rarely on a naked peduncle ; 

 petals purple or rarely white, notched or entire, crowned. — Alpine summits 

 of the White Mountains, New Hampshire. July. (Eu.) 



5. LYCHNIS, Tourn. Lychnis. Cockle. 



Styles 5, rarely 4 ; and pod opening by as many or twice as many teeth : other- 

 wise nearly as in Silene. Calyx in one species with leaf-like lobes. (Ancient 

 Greek name for a scarlet or flame-colored species, from Xu^i/oy, a light or lamp. ) 



1. L. vespertina, Sibth. (Evening L.) Biennial, usually dioecious, 

 viscid pubescent, in foliage, &c, like Silene noctiflora ; but 5 styles ; calyx much 

 shorter, the fertile enlarging and broadly ovoid in fruit, with lance-linear teeth ; 

 flowers white or pinkish, opening at evening. (L. dioica, L. in part.) — Cult. 

 or waste grounds : scarce. (Adv. from Eu.) 



2. L. GithXgo, Lam. (Corn Cockle.) Annual, clothed with long 

 soft appressed hairs; flowers long-peduncled ; calyx-lobes similar to the long and 

 linear leaves, surpassing the broad and crownless purple-red petals, falling off in 

 fruit. (Agroste'mma Githago, L., & ed. 2.) — A weed in wheat-fields, too 

 common, the black seeds of Cockle being injurious to the appearance of the 

 flour. (Adv. from Eu.) 



6. AEENAEIA, L. Sandwort. 



Sepals 5. Petals 5, entire, sometimes barely notched, rarely wanting. Sta- 

 mens 10. Styles 3, rarely more or fewer, opposite as many sepals. Pod short, 

 splitting into as many or twice as many valves as there are styles, few - many- 



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