140 FLOBA OF PBILADELPBIA. 



4. Lychnis Coronaria (L.) Dear. Sose Campion. M. p. 392. Escaped 

 from cultivation. Summer. 



4. SAPONABIA L. 

 1. Safonaria officinalis L. Soapwort, Bouncing Bet. M. p. 393. Road- 

 sides and waste places. Summer. 



5. VACCABIA Medic. 

 1. Vaccaria Vaccaria (L.) Britton. Cow-herb. M. p. 394. Waste places 

 and ballast. Summer. 

 Philadelphia— West Philadelphia, I. Burk (Fu.), Girard Point, Green- 

 wich Point (Te.). Bucks— Sellersville (Fr.). Northampton— (P.). 



Burlington — Pemberton (C). Camden — Kaighn's Point. Atlantic — 

 May's Landing (C). Mercer— Trenton, Dr. Atkinson (Ws.). Bunter- 

 don— Eosemont (C). 

 New Castle — Centerville, Commons. 



6. DIANTHUS L. Pink, Carnation. 

 Annuals. 



Bracts broad, scarious. 1, D. prolifer. 



Bracts narrow, herbaceous, long-pointed. 2..D. Armeria. 



Perennials. 3. D. barbatus. 



1. Dianthus prolifer L. M. p. 394. Waste places and ballast. Summer. 



Philadelphia — Gray 's Perry, Mart. (B. C), Bartram's Garden (Or.) 

 (Te.), Wissahickon near Megargee's Mill (Je.). 



2. Dianthus Armeria L. Beptford Pink. M. p. 394. Fields and road- 



sides. Summer. 



3. Dianthus barbatus L. Sweet WilUam. M. p. 394. Escaped from 



cultivation. Summer. 



7. ALSINE L. Chickwbed, Stitchwort. 



Styles 5; leaves ovate, 2-5 cm. long. 1. A. aquatica. 



Styles 3, rarely 4. 



Leaves broad, ovate; or ovate-oblong or oblong. 



Plants glabrous, or with a few scattered hairs. 2. A. uliginosa. 

 Stems with 1 or 2 pubescent lines; petioles often ciliate. 

 Petals shorter than the calyx, lower leaves petioled. 



3. A. media. 

 Petals longer than the calyx; lower leaves rarely petioled. 



A. A. pubera. 

 Leaves narrow, linear, oblong, oblanceolate or spatulate. 



Leaves linear, acute at each end; seeds smooth. 5. A. longifolia. 

 Leaves lanceolate, broadest below; seeds rough. 6. A. graminea. 



1. Alsine aquatica (L.) Britton. M. p. 395. Ballast. Summer. 



Philadelphia— Ballast, C. A. Boice (B. C), Fainnount Park (P.). 



2. Alsine uliginosa (Murr.) Britton. Bog Starwort. M. p. 395. Cold 



brooks and springs. Summer. 



3. Alsine media L. Common Chickweed. M. p. 395. Cultivated grounds, 



meadows and woods. All year. 



