Genus 4. 



PINK FAMILY. 



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8. Lychnis Coronaria (L.) Desr. 



Agrostemma Coronaria L. Sp. PI. 436. 1753. 



Lychnis Coronaria Desr. in Lam. Encycl. 3 : 643. 

 1789. 



Perennial, densely w hite-wooUy all over ; 

 stem stout, erect or ascending, simple or 

 branched, l°-3° tall. Lower leaves spatulate, 

 2'-4' long, 6"-i5" wide, narrowed into mar- 

 gined petioles ; upper leaves oblong or lanceo- 

 late, sessile, acute or acuminate at the apex, 

 narrowed or rounded at the base, the upper- 

 most (bracts) usually small; flowers few, i' 

 broad or more, long-pedicelled in open termi- 

 nal panicles ; calyx oblong-campanulate, its 

 teeth filiform-subulate, twisted, shorter than 

 the tube; petals crimson. 



Escaped from gardens to roadsides and waste- 

 places, Maine to southern New York and Mich- 

 igan and in Washington and Oregon. Native of 

 Europe. Also called Rose-campion. Gardener's- 

 eye. Gardener's-delight. June-Aug. 



Mullein Pink. Fig. 1824. 



5. GYPSOPHILA L. Sp. PI. 406. 1753. 



Annual or perennial, branching or diffuse, mostly glabrous and glaucous herbs, with nar- 

 row leaves, and small numerous axillary or paniculate flowers. Calyx turbinate or campanu- 

 late, 5-toothed, S-nerved, bractless. Petals 5, entire or emarginate, their claws narrow. Sta- 

 mens 10; styles 2. Capsule dehiscent by 4 valves extending to or below the middle Seeds 

 reniform, laterally attached; embryo coiled. [Greek, in allusion to the supposed preference 

 of some species for gypsum soils.] 



About 60 species, natives of Europe, Asia and northern Africa. Type species: Gypsophila 

 repens L. 



Annual, diffuse ; leaves narrowly linear; flowers axillary on filiform peduncles. i. G.mnralis, 

 Erect perennial ; leaves lanceolate ; flowers paniculate. 2. G.paniculata. 



I. Gypsophila muralis L. Low Gypsophyll. 

 Fig. 1825. 



Gypsophila muralis L. Sp. PI. 408. 1753. 



Annual, diffuse, slender, much branched, glabrous or 

 slightly rough at the base, 4'-7' high. Leaves narrowly 

 linear or subulate, attenuate at each end, 3"-io" long, 

 i"-y wide ; peduncles slender, spreading or ascending, 

 3"-io" long; flowers purplish, iJ"-2" broad; calyx turbi- 

 nate, ii"-2" long, 5-toothed, the teeth rounded; petals 

 crenate or emarginate, 2"-3" long, much exceeding the 

 calyx; pod about 2" long, slightly longer than the calyx. 



In waste places, Maine and Ontario to Michigan Minnesota, 

 Massachusetts, southern New York and New Jersey. Adventive 

 or naturalized from Europe. June-Sept. 



