66 PINK FAMILY. 



* All over stichj-hceiry : naturalized frbm Europe. ® 



S. noctifl6ra, Night-flowkring C. Tall coarse weed in cult, or waste 

 grounds ; lower leaves spatulate, upper lanceolate and pointed ; flowers single 

 or in loose clusters tcrminatinfr the branches, with awl-shaped calyx-teeth and- 

 white or pale rosy 2-parted petals, opening at nightfall or in cloudy weather. 



« * Sinooth,apait of each of the upper joint of stem glutinous: flowers smaU. ® 



S. Armaria, Swekt-William C. In old gardens or running wild, from 

 Europe; stem about 1° high, branching into flat-topped cymes of many flowers, 

 which are rather showy ; calyx club-shaped ; petals notched, bright pink, or a 

 white variety, opening only in sunsliine ; leaves lance-ovate, glaucous. 



S. antirrhina, Sluepy C. Wild in sandy or gravelly soil; stem slen- 

 der, 6' -20' high, rather simple; flowers very small, panicled ; calyx ovoid; 

 petals rose-color, obcordate, opening only at midday in sunshine ; leaves lan- 

 ceolate or linear. 



* * * Soiiieivltat slickii-rmbescent, at least the cahjx, which is oUoncj, tubular, or 

 club-shaped: wild species, with red or pin/c showi/ flowers. JJ. 



S. Pennsylv^nica, Pennsylvanian C. or Wild Pink. In gravelly 

 soil ; stems 4' - 8' higli, bearing 2 or 3 pairs of lanceolate leaves and a cluster 

 of short-stalked middle-sized flowers, in spring ; petals pink-red, wedge-shaped, 

 slightly notched. 



S. XTjrginica, Virginian C. or Fire Pink. In open woods W. & S. ; 

 1° - 2° iiigh ; leaves spatulate or lanceolate ; flowers few, peduncled ; the pretty 

 large bright crimson-red petals 2-cleft. 



S. rfegia, lioYAL C. Prairies, &c., from Ohio S. ; like the last, but 3° 

 high, with lance-ovate leaves, numerous short-peduneled flowers in a narrow 

 panicle, and narrower scarlet-red petals scarcely cleft. 



» * * » Not sticki/ : cali/x inflated and bladder)/ : petals ratlier small, white. ^ 



S. stell&ta, Starry Campion. Wild on wooded banks ; stem slender, 

 2° -3° high ; leaves in whorls of 4, lance-ovate, pointed; flowers in a long and 

 narrow panicle ; petals cut into a fringe. 



S. inflclta, Bladder Campion. Wild in fields E., but nat. from Eu., 

 glaucous or pale and very smooth, 1° high, with ovate-lanceolate or oblong 

 leaves, and an open cyme of flowers ; the bladdery calyx veiny ; petals 2-cleft. 



4. VACCARIA, COW-HERB. (Name from Latin uocca, a cow.) ® 

 V. vulgaris, Common C. In gardens or running wild near them, from 



Eu. ; smooth, 1° - 2° high, with pale lanceolate partly clasping leaves, and a 

 loose open cyme of flowers ; petals pale red, naked, not notched ; fl. summer. 



5. SAPONAKIA, SOAPWORT. (Latin and common names from the 

 mucilaginous juice of the stem and root forming a latlier. ) From Europe. 



S. of9.cin^lis. Common S. or Bouncing Bet. A rather stout, l°-2° 

 high, nearly smooth herb, in gardens, and running wild by roadsides ; loaves 

 3 - 5-ribbcd, the lower ovate or oval, upper lanceolate ; flowers rather large, 

 clustered ; petals pale rose-color or almost white, notched at the end. The 

 double-flowered is most common. 2/ 



6. GYPSOPHILA. (From Greek words meaning lover of gi/psum or 

 chaik, growing on calcareous rocks.) Plants with the small and often pan- 

 icled flowers and foliage of Arenaria or Stellaria, but the sepals united into 

 a cup as in the true Pink Family, usually by their thin white edges, however, 

 so that to a casual glance they may appear distinct. Cult, in choicer gardens, 

 from Eu. and the East, ornamental, especially for dressing cut flowers, &e. 

 Fl. all summer. 



G. panieulkta, Panicled G. Very smooth, pale, l°-20 high; with 

 lance-linear leaves, and branches repeated forking into very loose and light 

 cymes, bearing innumerable very small and delicate white flowers. ^ 



G. ^legaus, Elegant G. Less tall or low, loosely spreading; with 

 lanceolate leaves, much larger (J' hroad) and fewer flowers, white or slightly 

 rosy. ® 



