66 PINK FAMILY. 



» All over sticky-hairy : naturalized from Europe. ® 

 S. noctifldra, Night-flowering C. Tall coarse weed in cult, or wast? 

 grounds ; lower leaves spatulate, upper lanceolate and pointed ; flowers single 

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

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

 * » Smooth, a part of each of the upper joint of stem glutinous : flowers small, (i) 

 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-ovatc, glaucous. 



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

 der, 6' -20' high, rather simple; flowers very small, panicled ; calyx ovoid; 

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

 ceolate or linear. 



« « * Somewhat sticky-pubescent, at least the calyx, which is oblong, tubular.or 

 club-shaped : wild species, with red or pink showy flowers, 'if. 



S. Pennsylv4ni,ca, Pennstlvanian C. or Wild Pink. In gravelly 

 soil ; stems 4' - 8' high, bearing 2 or 3 pairs of lanceolate leaves and a cluster 

 of short-stalked middle-sized flowers, in spring ; petals pink-red, wedge-shaped, 

 slightlv notched. 



S. ■^irginioa, "Vieginian C. or Fire Pink. In open woods W. & S. ; 

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

 large bright crimson-red petals 2-cleft. 



S. r^gia, Royal C. Prairies, &c., from Ohio S. ; like the last, hnt 3° 

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

 panicle, and narrower scarlet-red petals scarcely cleft. 



» » * « Not sticky : calyx inflated and bladdery : petals rather small, white. % 



S. Stell&ta, 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. VACC ARIA, COW-HERB. (Name from Latin uacco, a cow.) ® 



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

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

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



5. SAPONAMA, SOAPWORT. (Latin and common names from the 

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

 S. oflB.ein^lis, Common S. or Bouncing Bet. A rather stout, l°-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, 



6. GYPSOPHILA. (Froni Gi-eek words meaning lover o{ gypsum or . 

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

 icled flowers and foliage 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. 



Gr. paniculita, Panicled G. Very smooth, pale, l°-2° high; with 

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

 cymes, bearing innumerable very small and delicate white flowers. "U 



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

 lanceolate leaves, much larger (^' broad) and fewer flowers, white or slightlv 

 rosy. (X) 



