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3. Lychnis [Tourn.] L. 



Calyx teeth not twisted; plants pubescent, glandular or glabrate. 

 Fruiting calyx much enlarged, ovoid, obovoid or globose. 

 Plants sticky pubescent; flowers usually dioecious. 



Flowers white or pink, opening in the evening. I. L. alba. 



Flowers red, opening in the morning. 2. L. dioica. 



Plants roughish pubescent; flowers perfect, scarlet. 3. L. chalcedonica. 



Fruiting calyx campanulate or tubular; petals lanciniate. 4. L. Flos-cuculi. 



Calyx teeth twisted; plant densely white- wooly all over. 5. L. coronaria. 



i. L. alba Mill. In fields and waste places: Eastern Canada, 

 Ont., and Eastern and Middle States. Naturalized from 

 Europe. 



Not very common as a weed in most parts of our range, except 

 the pine-barrens, there rare or wanting. 



2. L. dioica L. In waste places and on ballast: N. S., Ont., N. 



Eng. and the Middle States. Adventive from Europe. 

 Rare as an escape from gardens, and as a weed. 



3. L. chalcedonica L. Escaped from gardens to roadsides: 



Mass. to S. N. Y. Native of E. Eu. and W. Asia. 



A rather rare escape on L. I., S. I. and the lower Hudson Valley, 

 and in Conn. 



4. L. Flos-cuculi L. In waste places: N. B. to N. J. and Pa. 



Fugitive from Europe. 



Not uncommon near the larger cities as an escape from cultiva- 

 tion, rarely persisting. 



5. L. coronaria (L.) Desr. Escaped from gardens to roadsides: 



Mass. to N. Y. Native of Europe. 



Not common and often wanting, as a roadside escape from gardens. 

 L. sylvestris Schk. has been recorded as a waif near New York and Philadelphia. 



4. Gypsophila L. 

 1. G. muralis L. In waste places: Me. and Ont. to Mich., Mass., 

 N. Y. and N. J. Adventive or naturalized from Europe. 

 Rare as a weed. 

 G. elegans Bieb. has been reported from Conn, as a rare escape from gardens. 



5. Petrorhagia (Ser.) Link ( Tunica Adans.) 

 1. P. Saxifraga (L.) Ser. Roadside: Flushing, L. I., and London, 

 Ont. Adventive from Europe. 



Known only in our range from the L. I. locality; not recently 

 collected. 



