90 CAEYOPHTLLACE^. (PINK FAMILY.) 



» * » Cdyx not inflited, except by the enlarging pod: annuals, 

 ■f- Olairous, a portion of each joint of the stem glutinous : Jlowers pink. , 



8. S. Abm^eia, L. (Sweet-William Catohflt.) Glsmcons ; leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate ; flowers in flat cymes, open in sunshine; calyx club-shaped; petals 

 notched, crowned with awl-shaped scales. — Escaped from gardens : rare. (Adv. 

 from Eu. ) 



9. S. antirrhina, L. (Sleepy C.) Stem slender (8' -30' high); leaves 

 lanceolate or linear; flowers small, paniculate; calyx ovoid; petals obcordate, 

 crowned, opening transiently in saaslrifie. — Dry soil : common in waste places. 

 June - Sept. 



■I--1- Viscid-pubescent: flowers white or nearly so, opening at night, sweet-scented. 



10. S. NOOTURNA, L. (Night C.) Leaves short, the lower spatulate, the 

 upper linear ; flowers small, alternate in a l-sided spike ; petals 2-parted. — Intro- 

 duced sparingly in Pennsylvania, according to Schweiniti. (Adv. ii-om Eu.) 



11. S. noohfl6ka, L. (Night-flo weeing C.) Viscid-hairy, tall (1°- 

 3° high) ; lower leaves large and spatulate ; the upper lanceolate ; flowers few, 

 peduncled; calyx-tube elongated (over 1' long), soon ovoid, with awl-shaped 

 teeth ; petals rather large, 2-parted, crowned. — CultiA'ated grounds. (Nat. 

 from Eu. ) 



* * * * Dwarf, tufted, smooth, perennial: flmvering shoots 1 -flowered. 



12. S. acatllis, L. (Moss Campion.) Tufted like a moss ( 1 '- 2' high), 

 leaves linear, crowded ; flowers almost sessile, or rarely on a naked peduncle ; 

 petals purple or rarely white, notched or entire, crowned. — Alpine summits 

 of the White Mountains, New Hampshire. July. (Eu.) 



5. LYCHNIS, Tourn. Lychnis. Cockle. 



Styles 5, rarely 4 ; and pod opening by as many or twice as many teeth : other- 

 wise nearly as in Silene. Calyx in one species with leaf-like lobes. (Ancient 

 Greek name for a scarlet or flame-colored species, from Xixms, a light or lamp. ) 



1. L. vespertIna, Sibth. (Evening L.) Biennial, usually dioecious, 

 viscid pubescent, in foliage, &c., like Silene noctifiora; but 5 styles; calyx much 

 shorter, the fertile enlarging and broadly ovoid in fruit, with lance-linear teeth ; 

 flowers white or pinkish, opening at evening. (L. dioica, L. in part.) — Cult, 

 or waste grounds : scarce. (Adv. from Eu.) 



2. L. GiTiiioo, Lam. (Corn Cockle.) Annual, clothed with long 

 soft appressed hairs ; flowers long-peduncled ; calyx-lobes similar to the long and 

 linear leaves, surpassing the broad and crownless purple-red petals, falling off in 

 fruit. (Agroste'mma Githago, L., & ed. 2.) — A weed in wheat-fields, too 

 common, the black seeds of Cockle being injurious to the appearance of the 

 flour. (Adv. from Eu. ) 



6. ARENABIA, L. Sandwort. 



Sepals 5. Petals 5, entire, sometimes barely notched, rarely wanting. Sta- 

 mens 10. Styles 3, rarely more or fewer, opposite as many sepals. Pod short, 

 splitting into as many or twice as many valves as there are styles, few - many- 



