66 PINK FAMILY. 



* AU over sticky-hairy : naturalixed from Europe. ® 

 S. nootifldra, NieHT-FLOWERiNO C. TaU coarse weed in cult, or waste 

 grounds ; lower leaves spatulate, upper lanceolate and pointed ; flowers "nglB 

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

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



» * Smooth, a paH of each of the upper joint of stem glutinous : flowers small. ® 



S. Armaria, Sweet-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 sunshine ; leaves lance-ovate, glaucous. 



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

 der, 6' - 20' high, rather simple ; flowers very smaU, pamcled ; caJyx ovoid ; 

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

 ceolate or linear. 



« # * Someivhai sticky-pubescent, at least the calyx, which is oblong, tviular, or 

 club-sliaped : wild species, with red or pink showy flowers. 11 



S. PennsylvAmca, Pennstlvanian C. or Wild Pink. In gravelly 

 soil ; stems 4' - 8' high, hearing 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. a ,Tr o o 



S. Virginica, Vikoinian C. or Pike Pink. In open woods W. & S. ; 

 1° - 2° high ; leaves spatulate or lanceolate ; flowers few, peduucled ; the pretty 

 large bright crimson-red petals 2-cleft. 



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

 high, with lance-ovate leaves, numerous short-peduncled flowers in a nan-ow 

 panicle, and narrower scarlet-red petals scarcely cleft. 



» » * # Not sticky : calyx inflated and bladdery : petals rather small, white, y. 



S. Stellita, 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. infl&ta, 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. VACCABIA, COW-HERB. (Name from Latin wacca, a cow.) ® 



V. vulg^is, Common C. In gardens or running wild near them, from 

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

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



6. SAPONARIA, SOAPWORT. (Latin and common names from the 



mucilaginous juice of the stem and root forming a lather.) Prom Europe. 



S. offlcta^is. Common S. or Bouncing Bet. A rather stout, 1° - 2° 



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



3 - 5-ribbed, 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, y. 



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6. GYPSOPHILA. (From Greek words meaning lover of gypsum or 

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

 icled flowers and fohage 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, &c. 

 Fl. all summer. 



G. paniculkta, 'Panicled G. Very smooth, pale, l°-2° high; with 

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

 cymes, bearing innumerable very small and delicate white flowers, y 



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

 lanceolate leaves, much larger (J' broad) and fewer flo\yers, ^hi^e or slightly 

 rosy. (D 



