25 S Order 21.— OARTOPHTLLACE^ 



inflated and netted; sty. long-exserted ; caps, short-stiped. — H In pastures, 

 about fences, Charlestown, Mass., etc. St. erect, about 2f high. Lva. IJ to 3* 

 long, i as wide, rather acuminate. Petals white, cleft half ■way down. Cal. with 

 pale purple veins. Jl. — The young shoots and leaves may bo used as a substitute 

 for Asparagus. § Eur. 



7 S. quinqtieviilnera L. Branched, villous ; Ivs. oblong-spatulate, obtuse, the 

 highest linear ; spiko somewhat one sided ; cal. very villous ; petals roundish, en- 

 tire, crowned. — ClJ About Charleston, S. C. A foot high. Petals pink or crim- 

 son, with the border pale-purple. Jl. § Eur. 



8 S. nootdrna L. St. branching, hairy below; Ivs. pubescent witli' long cilias at 

 base, lower ones spatulate, upper lance-linear; fls. appressed to the stem in a 

 dense one sided spike; cal. cylindrical, almost glabrous, reticulated between the 

 veins; pet. narrovj, 'l-parled. — ® Near New Haven, Ct. (Bobbins) to Penn., Va. 

 Fls. white, greenish beneath. Jl. f §Eur. 



9 S. Antirrhina L. Snap-dragon Catch-fly. Nearly smooth, erect, branched 

 above ; Ivs. lanceolate, acute, the upper linear ; fls. few, on slender pedicels or 

 branches ; cal. ovoid ; pet. emargiiiate. — ® Road sides and dry soils. Can. and 

 TJ. S. St. slender, branching, with opposite loaves, about a foot in height. Lvs. 

 about 2' long, the upper ones very narrow, all sessile, and scabrous on the mar- 

 gin. A few of the upper iuternodes are viscidly pubescent above their middle. 

 ITs. small, red, in loose, erect cymes. Jl. 



l3 LINARIA. Very slender ; lvs. all linear except the lowest, which are linear- 

 spatulate ; oal. globular. Gr.a. and Fla. 



10 S. nootiflora L. Viseid-pubi'scent ; st erect, branching; lower lva. spatu- 

 late, upper linear ; cal. cylindrical, ventricous, the alternate veins veinleted, teeth 

 subulate, very long ; petals 'i-parted. — Qj Cultivated grounds. Fls. rather large, 

 white, expanding only in the evening, and in cloudy weather. \ § Eur. 



11 S. Virginioa L. Viscid-pubescent ; st. procumbent or erect, branching ; 

 root-lvs. spatulate, caulino oblong-lanceolate ; jUs. large, cymous, cal. large, clavate ; 

 pet. bifid, broad, crowned. — !(. Gardens and fields, Penn. to Ga. St. 1 to 2f 

 high, often procumbent at base. Lva. a little rough at the margin. Cymes 

 diohotomous. Sta. and pistUs exserted. Petals large, red. Jn. \ 



12 S, rotundifolia Nutt. Pubescent, weak, decumbent, branching; lvs. thin, 

 roundish -oval; yjs. solHary, very large; cal. cylindric-campanulale ; pet. bifid, 

 crowned. — Rocks, "Western States, rare. Lvs. 1 to 3' by 1 to 2', the upper sub- 

 orbicular. Petals deep scarlet. Jn., Aug. 



13 3. Penusylvdnica Mx. \\sc\i-pubescent; sts. numerous ; lvs. from the root 

 spatulate or cuueate, of the stem lanceolate; cyme fevj-flowered ; pet. slightly 

 emarginate, subcrenate.— -2f Dry, sandy soils, N. Eng. to Ky. and Ga. St. de- 

 cumbent at base, nearly If high, with long, lanceolate leaves, and terminal, up- 

 right bunches of flowers. Cal. long, tubular, very glutinous and hairy. PeL 

 wedge-shaped, red or purplish. Jn. 



14 S. rdgia Sims. Splexdtd Catoh-flt. Scafrrou-s, somev.' hat viscid ; st. rigid, 

 erect ; lvs. ovate-lanceolate ; cyme paniculate ; pet. oblanceolate, entire, erose at 

 the end; sta. and stig. exsorted. — H A large species, beautiful in cultivation, 

 native Ohio to La. Sts. 3 to 4f high: Lvs. 2 to 3' by 8 to 15". Fla. very large, 

 numerous. Cal. tubular, 10-striate, 1' long. Petals bright-scarlet, crowned. 

 Jn., Jl. t 



15 S. Armaria L. Gar7jen Catoh-flt. Very smooth, glaucous ; st. branching, ' 

 glutinous below each node ; lvs. ovate-lanceolate ; fls. in corymbous cymes ; pet. 

 obcordate, crowned; cal. clavate, 10-striate, — ®A popular garden flower, spar- 

 ingly naturaUzed. St. 1 to lif high, many-flowered. Lva. IJ to 2V long, ^ as 

 wide ; iuternodes elongated. Cal. J' long, a little enlarged above. Petals purple, 

 laminas half as long as. the calyx. Jl., Sept. •)• § Eur. 



4. AGROSTEMMA, L. Corn Cockle. (Gr. aypoixTre/j/ja, crown 

 of tho field.) C.ilj'x bractless, tubular, coriaccouB, the limb of 5 long, 

 leafy, deciduous sepals, exceeding the corolla ; petals undivided, crown- 



