PINK FAMILY 



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alluding, as does the English name, to the viscidity of some 

 species. This propert)- protects the honey in the flowers from 

 "unbidden guests," insects that crawl up the stem and would 

 not cross-pollinate the flowers ; but these plants are apparently 

 not insectivorous, the captured insects not being digested or 

 absorbed.) 



I. S. latifi'lia (Bladder Campion, 'White Boctle). — Generally 

 glabrous and glaucous ; but a downy variety (var. puberula) is 

 occasionally found. Stciii erect, from r to 2 feelt high ; leaves oblong, 

 acute; Jloivers many, drooping, panicled, scented at night; 

 calyx inflated, bladder-like, with a network of veins, often tinged 



srLEXE _\Mn:vA {Sen Cnri/J^i'^fi). 



with purple ; petals white, deeply cloven, seldom with any ligule. 

 A common weed. — Y\. June — August. Perennial. 



2. .i'. aiiuina (Sea Campion). — Steins numerous from the same 

 root, prostrate, spreading ; leaves oblong, acute ; foivers few or 

 solitary, larger than those of the last : petals slightly cleft into two 

 broad segments, each with a ligule at the base of the blade. — 

 Common lui the sea-shore, less so by mountain streams. ~B1. all 

 the summer. Perennial. 



\* S. -Irmeria, with a 'liscid stem, smooth leaves, a many- 

 flowered corymbose eyine, and notched white /c/rt/.v with ligules, 

 occurs as a casual, but is not indigenous. — Fl. July. Annual. 



4. S- eliniea (Striated Corn Catchfly). — Stem erect, forked, 

 hairv, 6- 12 in. high; leaves narrow, do^vny ; floivers small 



