56 CAKYOPHYLLACEiE. (piNK FAMILY.) 



color. — Kocky or gravelly places, Eastern New England to Pennsylvania, Ken- 

 tucky, and southward. April -June. 



5. S. Virg:inica, L. (Fikb Pink. Catchflt.) Stems slender (1°- 

 2° high) ; leaves thin, spatulate, or the upper oblong-lanceolate ; flowers few and loose- 

 ly cymose, peduncled ; calyx oblong-cylindrical, soon obconical ; petals oblong, 2- 

 cUfi, deep crimson; the limb 1' long. — Open woods, W. New York (Sartwell) to 

 Illinois and southwai-d. June - Aug. 



6. S. regia, Sims. (Royal Catchflt.) Stem roughish, erect (3°-4° 

 high) ; leaves thickish, ovate-lanceolaiey acute ; flowers numerous, short-stalked, in 

 clusters, forming a strict panicle ; calyx ovoid-club-shapcd in fruit ; petals spatu- 

 late-lanceolate, mostly undivided, deep scarlet. — Prairies, Ohio, Kentucky, and 

 southward. July. 



7. S. rotunclifolia, Nutt. (Round-leaved Catohflt.) Viscid- 

 hairy; stems weak, branched, decumbent (2° long) ; leaves thin, round, abruptly 

 pointed, the lower obovate ; flowers few and loosely cymose, stalked ; calyx elon- 

 gated ; petals 2-cleft and cut-toothed, deep scarlet. — Shaded banks of the Ohio, and 

 in Kentucky. Juue-Aug. — Leaves and flowers large. This and No. 6 may 

 pass into No. 5. 



* * * Calyx not inflated, except by the enlarging pod : annual : flowers rose, flesh- 

 color, or white, opening only at night or in cloudy weather [except No, 8). 

 ^— Glabrous throughout : a portion of each joint of the stem mostly glutinous. 



8. S. AitMiEiA, L. (Sweet-William Catohflt.) Glaucous; leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate ; flowers cymosc-clustercd ; calyx club-shaped, purplish, as well as 

 the petals, which are notched, and crowned with awl-shaped scales. — Escaped 

 fron. gardens to waste places ; I'are. (Adv. from Eu.) 



9. S. antirrbina, L. (Sleepy Catchfly.) Stem slender (8'-30' 

 high); leaves lanceolate or Imo&i ; flowers small, paniculate ; calyx ovoid; petals 

 obovate, minutely crowned, inconspicuous, rarely seen expanded. — Diy soil ; 

 common in waste places. Juno - Sept. 



^- -t- Viscid-pubescent : flowers white or nearly so, sweet-scented at night. 



10. S. kocti3kna, L. (Night-Catchfly.) Leaves short, the lower spatu- 

 late, the upper linear; flowers small, alternate in a strict 1-sided spike ; petals 2- 

 parted. — Introduced sparingly in Pennsylvania, according to Schweinitz. (Adv. 

 from Eu.) 



11. S. noctifl6ea, L. (Night-flowering Catchfly.) Viscid-hairy, 

 tall (l°-3° high); lower leaves large and spatulate; the upper lanceolate, 

 taper-pointed ; flowers solitary in the forks, peduncled ; calyx cylindrical with 

 long aivl-shaped teeth; petals rather large, 2-parted, crowned. (S. noctm-na, 

 Bigelow.) — Cultivated grounds. (Nat. from Eu.) 



* * * * Dwarf tufted, smooth: perennial, I -flowered. 



12. S. acaiilis, L. (Moss Campion.) Tuftedlikeamoss (l'-2'high); 

 leaves linear, crowded to the summit of the short stems ; flowers almost sessile ; 

 calyx slightly inflated; petals puiple or rarely white, inversely heart-shaped, 

 crowned. — Alpine summits of the White Mountains, New Hampshire. July, 

 (Eu.) 



