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ginous juice is said to make soap.) Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, without 

 scales ; petals 5, unguiculate ; stamens 10 ; styles 2 ; capsule oblong, 

 1 -celled. Petals often crowned. 



1 S. oflaoinalis L. Bouncing Bet. Lvs. lanceolate, incliniag to elliptical ; ite. 

 in paniculate fasoiolei; cai. cylindrical; crown of the petals linear. — !(. By 

 roadsides, N. E. to Ga. A shady, smooth, succulent plant, with handsome, pink- 

 like flowers. St. 1 — 2f high. Lvs. 2 — 3' long, ^ or more as wide, very acute. 

 FIs. many, flesh-colored, often double. The plant has a bitter taste, and makes 

 lather with water. Jl., Aug. g Eur. 



2 S. (Vaocaria) vulgaris Mdit. Lvs. ovate, lanceolate, sessile ; fls. in pan- 

 niculate cymes ; cat. pyramidal, 5-angled, smooth ; bracts membranous, acute. — 

 ® Gardens and cultivated grounds. Whole plant smooth, a foot or more high. 

 Lvs. broadest at base, 1 — 2' long, J as wide, tapering to an acute apex. Ms. on 

 long stalks, pale-red. Caps. 4-toothed. Sds. globous, black. July, Aug. 

 gt Eur. 



3. SILENE, L. Campion. [Silenus was a drunken divinity of the 

 Greeks, covered with slaver, as these plants are with a viscid secretion.) 

 Calyx tubular, swelling, without scales ai the base, 5-toothed ; petals 5, 

 unguiculate, often crowned with scales at the mouth, 2 or many-cleft, 

 or entire ; stamens 10 ; styles 3 ; capsule 3-celled, opening at top by 6 

 teeth, many-seeded. 



S Acaulescent, low, tufted. PerennLil No. 1 



§ Caulcficent. — Petals frinste-cleft, white or rose-color. i'croDiiial Nos. 2 — 4 



— Petals biflfi or entire. — Calyx inilated, veiny. Perennial Nos, 5, 6 



— Caly.x close on the pod. (*) 



* Flowers spicate, alternate. Annual Nos. 7, 9 



♦ Flower.s not spicate. — Petals white, closed in sunshine Nos. 9, 10 



— Petals red, purple, etc, — biftcl Nos. 11, 12 



—entire Nos. IS— 15 



1 S. acaillis L. Low and densely ciespitous ; lvs. linear, ciliate at base ; ped. 

 solitary, short, 1-flowered ; cal. campauulate, slightly inflated ; pet. obcordate, 

 crowned. — 2f A little turfy plant, 1 — 3' high, on the AVhite Mts., N. H,, and 

 throughout Arctic Am. Sts. scarcely any. Leaves numerous, J' long. Fls. 

 purple. 



2 S. stell^ta Ait. Erect, pubescent ; lvs. in whorls of 4s, oval-lanceolate, acumin- 

 ate j cal. loose and inflated ; petals fimbriate. — 1i An elegant plant, woods and 

 prairies. Can. to Car., "W. to 111. and Ark. St. 2 — 3f high, panjculately cymous. 

 Lvs. 2 — 3' long, J- as wide, tapering to a long point, sessile. Cal. pale green, 

 with more deeply colored veins. Petals white, lacerately fringed, claws webbed 

 at base. Jl. 



3 S. ovata Ph. Erect, puberulent; lvs. opposite, lanoe-ovate, acuminate; cal. 

 ovate, not inflated; pet. many-clefl;, crownless. — Virg. to Ga., rare. Sts. stout, 

 2 — tf high, branched from the base. Lvs. 4-— 5' long, broadest at base. Claws 

 of the white petals exserted from the short calyx, the limb deeply and repeatedly 

 forked, with linear segments. Ml. long, exserted. 



4 S. Bald-winii Nutt. Weak hairy; lvs. obrwate-spaiidaie ; calyx not inflated; 

 pet. cuneiform, divaricately fimbriate. — River banks near Quincy, Fla. Sts. de- 

 cumbent at base, 1 to 2f high. Lvs. few, much shorter than the mternodes, 1 to 

 2' long, the upper elliptical, acute. Cyme of 3 to 5 largo (2' broad), pale rose- 

 colored flowers. Apr. 



5 S. nfvea DO. Minutely puberulent, erect, subsimple; lvs. oblong-lanceolate, 

 acuminate ; fls. few, solitary, leafy ; caJ. inflated ; pet. 2-cleft, with a small bifld 

 crown ; caps, shorter than its stipe. — H In moist places, Penn., Ohio, III, rare. St. 

 slender, leafy, IJ to 3f high, generally forked near the top Lvs. 2 to 3' by 6 to 

 9", tapering to a very slender point, floral ones lanoe-ovate. Fls. 1 to 3. CaL 

 reticulated. Petals white. 



6 S. inilata Smith. Bladbeb C.iMPioN. Glabrous and glaucous; lvs. ovate- 

 Isacsolate ; fl^s. in cymous, leafless panicles, drooping ; cal. ovoid-globular, much 



