266 Order 21.— CARYOPHYLLACE^. 



inflated and netted; sty. long-exaerted ; caps, short-stiped. — y In pastures, 

 about fences, Charlestown, Mass., etc. St. erect, about 2f high. Lvs. 1 J to 3' 

 long, i: as wide, rather acuminate. Petals white, cleft half way down. Oal. with 

 pale purple veins. Jl. — The young shoots and leaves may be used as a substitute 

 for Asparagus. § Bur. 



7 S. quinquevtilnera L. Branched, villous ; lvs. oblong-spatulate, obtuse, the 

 highest linear ; spike somewhat one sided; cat very villous ; petals roundish, en- 

 tire, crowned.— CU About Charleston, S. C. A foot high. Petals pink or crim- 

 son, with the border pale-purple. Jl. § Eur. 



8 S. noot-drna L. St. branching, hairy below ; lvs. pubescent with long cilise at 

 base, lower ones spatulate, upper lance-linear; ils. appressed to the stem in a 

 dense one sided spike ; cal. cylindrical, almost glabrous, reticulated between the 

 veins; pet. narrow, i-paried.—® Near New Haven, Ct. (Eobbms) to Perm., Ya. 

 Ms. white, greenish beneath. Jl. f §Eur. 



9 S. Antlrrhina L. SNAP-DnAQON CiTCH-FLT. Nearly smooth, erect, branched 

 above ; lvs. lanceolate, acute, the upper linear ; fls. few, on slender pedicels or 

 branches ; cal. ovoid ; pet. emarginate. — (D Road sidefi and dry soils. Can. and 

 tr. S. St. slender, branching, with opposite leaves, about a foot in height. Lvs. 

 about 2' long, the upper ones very narrow, all sessile, and scabrous on the mar- 

 gin. A few of the upper internodes are viscidly pubescent above their middle. 

 Fls. small, red, in loose, erect cymes. Jl. 



f) LINARIA. Very slender ; lvs. all linear except the lowest, which arc linear- 

 spatulate ; oal. globular. G-a. and Ha. 



10 S. iiootifldra L. Viscid-pubescent; st. erect, branching; lower lvs. spatu- 

 late, upper linear ; cal. cylindrical, ventricous, the alternate veins veinleted, teeth 

 subul|te, very long ; petals 2-parted. — (D Cultivated grounds. Pis. rather large, 

 white, expanding only in thfe evening, and in cloudy weather. \ g Eur. 



11 S. Virginioa L. Viscid-pubescent; st. procumbent or erect, branching; 

 root-lvs. spatulate, cauline oblong-lanceolate ; fls. large, cymous, cal. large, clavate ; 

 pet. bifid, broad, crowned. — H Gardens and fields, Penn. to Ga. St. 1 to 2f 

 high, often procumbent at base. Lvs. a little rough at the margin. Cymes 

 dichotomous. Sta. and pistUs exserted. Petals large, red. Jn. f 



12 S. rotundifolia Nutt. Pubescent, weak, decumbent, branching; lvs. thin, 

 roundish-oval; fls. solitary, very large; cal. cylindric-campanulate ; pet. bifid, 

 crowned. — Rocks, "Western States, rare. Lvs. 1 to 3' by 1 to 2', the upper sub- 

 orbicular. Petals deep scarlet. Jn., Aug. 



13 S. Pennaylvanioa Mx. YiscH-pubescett; sts. numerous ; lvs. from the root 

 spatulate or cuneate, of the stem lanceolate ; cyme few-flowered ; pet. slightly 

 emarginate, suborenate. — 11 Dry, sandy soils, K Bng. to Ky. and Ga. St. de- 

 cumbent at base, nearly If high, with long, lanceolate leaves, and terminal, up- 

 right bunches of flowers. Cal. long, tubular, very glutinous and hairy. Pet. 

 wedge-shaped, red or purplish. Jn. 



14 S. rSgia Sims. Splendid Catch- flt. Scabrous, somewhat viscid ; st. rigid, 

 erect ; lvs. ovate-lanceolate ; cyme paniculate ; pet. oblanceolate, entire, erase at 

 the end; sta. and stig. exserted. — 2^ A large species, beautiful , in cultivation, 

 native Ohio to La. Sts. 3 to 4f high. Lvs. 2 to 3' by 8 to 1&". Pis., very large, 

 numerous. Cal. tubular, lO-striate, 1' long. Petals bright-scarlet, crowned. 

 Jn,, Jl. t 



15 S. Armaria L. Garden Catoh-plt. Very smooth, glaucous ; st. branching, 

 glutinous below each node ; lvs. ovate-lanceolate ; fls. in corymbous cymes ; pet. 

 obcordate, crowned; oal. clavate, lO-striate. — (DA popular garden flower, spar- 

 ingly naturalized St. 1 to IJf high, many-flowered. Lvs. 1} to 2J' long, | aa 

 wide ; internodes elongated. Cal. J' long, a little enlarged above. Petals purple, 

 laminse half as long as the calyx. Jl., Sept. •)■ § Eur. 



4. AGROSTEMMA, L. Corn Cockle. (Gr. dypovoTejujuo, crown 

 of the field.) Calyx bractless, tubular, coriaceous, the limb of 5 long, 

 leafy, deciduous sepals, exceeding the corolla ; petals undivided, crown- 



