PINK FAMILY 79 
forking cymes. Sepals 4-5. Petals 4—5, notched or 2cleft. 
Stamens 10. Styles 5 or less. Capsules cylindrical, 1-celled, 
many-seeded.* 
1. C. arvense L. Firtp Cuickweep. Perennial. Stems tufted, 
erect or ascending, 4-10 in. high. Basal leaves and those of flower- 
less branches linear-oblong, crowded ; those of flowering stems linear 
or lance-linear. Flowers }—? in. in diameter, in cymes. Petals obeor- 
date, much longer than the sepals. Pods hardly longer than the 
calyx. In dry or rocky soil. 
2. C. vulgatum L. Mousr-Ear Catckwrep. Annual or some- 
times perennial. Stems diffuse, tufted, clammy-downy, 6-12 in. 
high. Lower leaves spatulate, the upper oblong, acute, or obtuse ; 
bracts thin and dry. Flowers in loose cymes, pedicels becoming 
much longer than the calyx. Sepals lanceolate, acute, about as long 
as the 2-cleft petals. Slender capsule becoming twice as long as the 
calyx and curved upward. A common garden weed.* 
3. C. brachypodum Robinson. Annual. Stems 3-10 in. high, 
clammy-downy. Lower leaves oblanceolate or spatulate, the upper 
ones linear to lanceolate. Pedicels shorter or not much longer than 
the calyx. Petals longer than the sepals. Capsule straight or slightly 
curved upwards. In dry soil. 
Tl. AGROSTEMMA L. 
Annual. Stem pubescent, branching above. Leaves linear- 
lanceolate or linear, pubescent, sessile. Flowers showy, on 
long and naked peduncles in terminal corymbs. Calyx tubu- 
lar, the tube oblong, 10-ribbed; lobes elongated, leaf-like, 
deciduous. Petals 5, shorter than the calyx lobes, entire. 
Stamens 10. Styles 5, capsules 1-celled.* 
1. A. Githago L. Corn Cock ie. Stem erect, rather slender, 1-3 
ft. tall, gray, with long, appressed hairs. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 
acuminate, erect, 2-4 in. long. Petals obovate, notched, purple. 
Capsule 5-toothed, many-seeded; seeds black. An introduced weed, 
common in grain fields.* 
IV. LYCHNIS L. 
Plants with nearly the same characteristics as Silene, but 
usually with 5 styles. 
1. L. Coronaria Desr. Mutiern Pink. A forking perennial plant, 
2 ft. high, covered with white, cottony down, Leaves very wavy, 
