CAKYOPHTLLACBiE. (piNK FAMILY.) 65 



from sapo, soap, the mucilaginous juice of the common species forming a lathei 



with water.) 



I. S. ornciifALis, L. (Common Soapwokt. Bouncing Bet.) CIus 

 tors corymbed ; calyx cylindrical, slightly downy ; petals crowned with an ap 

 pendage at the top of the claw; leaves oval-lanceolate. 1|. — Eoad-sides, &e 

 July -Sept. — A stout plant with laige rose-colored flowers, which are com 

 monly double. (Adv. from Eu.) 



S. VAC CAR I A, Medik. Cow-Hehb. 



Calyx naked at the base, ovoid-pyi-amidal, 5-angled, 5-toothed, enlarged and 

 wing-angled In fruit. Petals not crowned. Stamens 10. Styles 2. Pod in 

 completely 4-celled at the base. — A smooth annual herb, with pale red flowers 

 in corymbed cymes, and ovate-lanceolate leaves. (Name from Vacca, a cow.) 



1. V. vulgXris, Host. (Saponaria Vaccaria, £.) — Escaped from gardens 

 and becoming spontuaeous in some places. (Adv. from Eu.) 



4. SIIiillVE, L. Catchplt. Campion. 



Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, naked at the base. Stamens 10. Styles 3, rarely 4. 

 ■Pod 1-celled, or partly 3-cellcd at the base, opening by 6 teeth at the apex. 

 Embryo coiled. — Flowers solitaiy or in clustered cymes. Petals mostly 

 crowned with a, scale at the base of the blade. (Name from alaXov, saliva, 

 in allusion to the viscid secretion on the stems and calyx of many species. 

 The English name Catchfly alludes to the same peculiarity.) 



* Calyx bladdery-inflated : perennial : flowers panicled, white. 



1. S. Stellsita, Ait. (Staeet Campion.) Leaves in whorls of 4, ovate- 

 lanceolate, taper-pointed ; calyx bell-shaped ; petals cut into a fringe, crownless. — 

 Wooded banks, Rhode Island to Wisconsin, Kentucky, and southward. July. 

 — Stem 3° high, minutely pubescent, with a large and open pyi'amidal panicle. 

 Corolla I' broad. (Cucubalus stellat~'s, L.) 



2. S. nivea, DC. Leaves opposite, lanceolate or oJforej', taper-pointed ; ca- 

 lyx oblong; petals wedge-form, 2-cleJl, minutely crowned. — Columbia, Pennsyl- 

 vania, to Ohio and Illinois: raie. July. — Stem 1°- 2° high, almost smooth. 

 Flowers few, larger than in No. 1 . 



3. S. inflXta, Smith. (Bladder Campion.) Glaucous; leaves opposite, 

 ovate-lanceolate ; calyx ghbular, much inflated, elegantly veined ; petals 2-cleft, 

 nearly crownless. — Fields and road-sides, E. New England. July. — A foot 

 high. Flowers loosely cymose. (Nat. from Eu.) 



* * Calyx elongated or club-shaped, not inflated except by the enlarging pod : flowers 

 cymose or clustered : perennial, pubescent with viscid hairs, especially the calyx : 

 petals crowned, red or rose-color. 



4. S. PcmnsylvSisica, Michx. (Wild Pink.) Stems low (4' -8' 

 high) ; root-leaves nanowly spatulate, nearly glabrous, tapering into hairy jieti- 

 oles; stem-leaves (2-3 pairs) lanceolate; flowers clustered, short-stalked; calyx 

 club-shaped ; petals wedge-flmn, slightly notched and eroded at the end, purple rose- 



