66 PINK FAMILY. 



• All over sticky-hairy : naturalized from Europe, (j) 



S. nootifldra, Night-flowehing C. Tall coarse weed in cult, or waste 

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

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

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



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



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. antirrhma. Sleepy C. Wild in sandy or gravelly soil ; stem slen- 

 der, 6' -20' high, rather simple; flowers very small, panlcled; 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 Jlowers. ' ^ 



S. Pennsylvanica, 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 ihiddle-sized flowers, in spring ; petals pink-red, wedge-shaped, 

 slightly notched. 



S. V irginiea, Virginian C. or Fike Pink. In open woods W. & S. ; 

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

 laige bright crimson-red petals 2-cleft. 



S. r6gia, Royal C. Prairies, &c., from Ohio S. ; like the last, but 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. stellkta, Staeky 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. VACCARIA, COW-HEKB. (Name from Latin vacca, a cow.) ® 

 V. vulg^is, Common C. In gai-dens or running wild near them, from 



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

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



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

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

 S. ofa.cinilis, Common S. or Bouncing Bet. A rather stout, l" - 2° 



high, nearhr 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. (From Greek words meaning lover of g)/psum or 

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

 ipled 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. 



G. paniculkta, 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. ^ 



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

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

 rosy. ® > o J 



