CARYOPHYLLACEAE 87 



1. AGROSTBMMA L. 



Calyx lobes long and foliaceous, its tube lO-ribbed. Petals emarginate. 

 Stamens 10. 



1. A. Gitbago L. Corn Cockle. Annual, 1°-3° high, densely hairy: 

 leaves linear-lanceolate : petals red. — Along railroads and in wheat fields. 

 Rather rare. July-September. 



2. SILENE L. 



Calyx 5-toothed, 10-many-nerved. Stamens 10. Petals clawed. Pod 

 opening by 3 or 6 apical teeth. 



Leaves in fours. 1. S. dellata. 

 Leaves opposite. 



Petals pink. 2. 8. antirrhina. 



Petals white. 3. S. noctiflora. 



1. S. atellata ( L. ) Ait. Staeey Campion. 1J°-3J° high, minutely 

 pubescent : leaves ovate-lanceolate : flowers in large terminal panicles : 

 petals white, fringed : flowers 9" broad. — Rather common in dry woods 

 throughout. June-July. 



2. S. antirrhina L. Sleepy Catch-fly. 6'-30' high, glabrous, but 

 glutinous between the joints : leaves linear-lanceolate : flowers small, in 

 a terminal panicle : petals obcordate, opening in sunshine. — Common on 

 open rocky hillsides. April-June. 



Var. divaricata Robinson. Very slender and weak : leaves linear : 

 branches filiform : petals none. — In moist rocky woods throughout but 

 less common than the species. 



3. S. noctiflora L. Night-flowering Catch-fly. 2°-3° high, 

 viscid hairy : leaves oblanceolate : flowers large : petals two-cleft. — 

 Waste places in Kansas City and Independence and near Wayne City. 



Rare. 



3. LYCHNIS L. 



Calyx 5-toothed, lO-nerved. Stamens 10. Pod opening by about 10 

 apical teeth. 



1. L. alba Mill. White Campion. 1°-2° high, viscid-pubescent : 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate : flowers loosely paniculate : petals white, 2-cle£t. 

 — Waste places in Kansas City. Rare. .Tune-October. 



4. SAPONARIA L. 



Calyx 5-toothed, obscurely nerved. Stamens 10. Petals appendaged 

 at base of blade. Capsule opening by four apical teeth. 



1. S. officinalis L. BOUNCING Bet. A glabrous perennial, l°-2° 

 high : leaves ovate-lanceolate : flowers pinkish, in dense corymbed leafy 

 clusters. — Locally common along streets and railroads. 



5. VACCARIA Medic. 

 Calyx sharply 5-angled in fruit : petals not appendaged at base of 

 blade. Otherwise as in Saponaria. 



