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ginous juice is said to make soap.) Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, without 

 scales; petals 5, unguiculate ; stamens 10; styles 2; capsule oblong, 

 1-celled. Petals often crowned, 



1 S. officinalis L. Bouncino Bet. Lvs. lanceolate, inclining to elliptical ; fls. 

 in paniculate fasoiolei; cat cylindrical; crown of the petals linear. — If. By 

 roadsides, N. E. to Ga. A shady, smooth, succulent plant, with handsome; pink- 

 like flowers. St. 1 — 2f high. Lvs. 2 — 3' long, J or more as wide, very acute. 

 Fls. many, flesh-colored, often double. The plant has a bitter taste, and makes 

 lather with water. Jl., Aug. § Eur. 



2 S. (VaocSria) vulgaris Mdik. Lvs. ovate, lanceolate, sessile ; fls. in pan- 

 niculate cymes ; ccU. pyram,idal, 5-angled, smooth ; bracts membranous, acute. — 

 ® Gardens and cultivated grounds. 'Whole plant smooth, a _foot or more high. 

 Lvs. broadest at base, 1 — 2' long, J as wide, tapering to an acute apex. Fls. on 

 long stalks, pale-red. Caps. 4-toothed. Sds. globous, black. July, Aug. 

 §t Eur. 



3. SILIINE, L. Campion. {Silenus was a drunken divinity of the 

 Greeks, covered with slaver, as these plants are with a viscid secretion.) 

 Calyx tubular, swelling, without scales at the base, 5-toothed ; petals 5, 

 unguiculate, often crowned with scales at the mouth, 2 or many-cleft, 

 or entire ; stamens 10 ; styles 3 ; capsule 3-celled, opening at top by 6 

 teeth, many-seeded. 



§ Acaulescent, low, tnfted. Ferennial y. No. 1 



§ Caalcscent, — Petals fringe-cleft, white or rose-color. Perennial Nos. 2 — 4 



— Petals bifid or entire. — Calyx inflated, veiny. Perennial -.Nos. 5, 6 



— Calyx close on tiie pod. (*) 



* Flowers spicate, alternate. Annual Nos. 7, 8 



* Flowers not spicate. — Petals wliito, closed in sunshine Nos. 9, 10 



— Petals red, purple, etc., — bifid Nos. 11, 12 



— entire Nos. 13--15 



1 S. acai^ilis L. Low and densely ciespitous ; lvs. linear, ciliate at base ; ped. 

 solitary, short, 1-flowered; cal. campanulate, slightly inflated; pet. obcordate, 

 crowned. — If A little turfy plant, 1 — 3' high, on the "White Mts., N". H., and 

 throughout Arctic Am. Sts. scarcely any. Leaves numerous, J' long. Fls. 

 purple. 



2 S. ■ stellata Ait. Erect, pubescent ; lvs. in wfiorls of is, oval-lanceolate, acumin- 

 ate ; cal. loose and inflated ; petftls fimbriate. — 1( An elegant plant, woods and 

 prairies. Can. to Car., W. to 111. and Ark. St. 2 — 3f high, panioulately cymous. 

 Lvs. 2 — 3' long, J- as wide, tapering to a long point, sessile. Cal. pale green, 

 with more deeply colored veins. Petals white, lacerately fringed, claws webbed 

 at base. Jl. 



3 S. ovdta Ph. Erect, puberulent ; lvs. opposite, lance-ovate, acuminate ; cal. 

 ovate, not inflated; pet. many-cleft, crownless. — Virg. to Ga., rare. Sts. stout, 

 2 — tf high, branched from the base. Lvs. 4—5' long, broadest at base. Claws 

 of the white petals exserted from the short calyx, the limb deeply and repeatedly 

 forked, with linear segments. Fil. long, exserted. 



4 S. Bald-winii Nutt. Weak hairy; lvs. dbnvate-spatiMate ; calyx not inflated; 

 pet. cuneiform, divaricately fimbriate. — River banks near Quincy, Fla. Sts. de- 

 cumbent at base, 1 to 2f high. Lvs. few, much shorter than the mternodes, 1 to 



' 2' long, the upper elliptical, acute. Cyme of 3 to 5 largo (2' broad), pale rose- 

 colored flowers. Apr. 



5 S. nivea DO. Minutely puberulent, erect, subsimple ; lvs. oblong-lanceolate, 

 acuminate; fls. few, solitary, leafy; cal. inflated; pet. 2-oleft, with a small bifid 

 crown ; caps, shorter than its stipe. — H In moist places, Penn., Ohio, 111., rare. St. 

 slender, leafy, IJ to 3f high, generally forked near the top. Lvs. 2 to 3' by 6 to 

 9", tapering to a very slender point, floral ones lance-ovate. Fls. 1 to 3. Cal. 

 reticulated; Petals white. 



6 S. inflata Smith. Bladder Campion. Glabrous and glamcous; lvs. ovate- 

 lanceolate ; fls. in cymous, leafless panicles, drooping ; oaL ovoid-globular, much 



