28o FLOWERS OF FIELD, HILL, AND SWAMI' 



lo. Styles, 3, and a i -celled pod. Flowers conspicuous, near- 

 ly an inch across, in a terminal panicle. 



Stem, swollen at the joints and viscid, from which property the 

 English name catchfly is derived. Height, 2 to 3 feet. A showy 

 plant, sure to catch the eye of the stroller on hillsides, and well 

 worth our attention. 



12. Moss Campion 



S. acaiilis is a delicate, low, tufted Alpine species, found in 

 the White Mountains, N. H. It is not more than i or 2 inches 

 high, with needle-shaped leaves, crowded on the stem, like 

 moss. Flowers, small, single, almost sessile, with purple petals 

 notched at apex or entire. Sometimes white flowers appear 

 on naked peduncles. Time, July. 



13, Fire Pink. Catchfly 



S. Virglnka bears a few large, deep crimson flowers on 

 slender peduncles. Stem, i to 2 feet high. The petals are 

 deeply slit ; sepals, sticky and viscid. Leaves, thin, those be- 

 low narrowed towards their bases ; those above, oblong to 

 lance-shaped. 



New York and southward. 



14. Violet Wood-sorrel 



Oxalis violacea. — Family, Geranium. Color, violet. Leaves, 

 petioled, from the root, divided into 3 broad leaflets, which 

 are notched and rounded at apex. Time, June. 



Sepals, 5, soon withering. Stamens, 10, the alternate ones 

 short. Pistil, 1, with 5 styles. Flowers, several in umbels 

 on leafless scapes. 



This pretty little plant has no true stem. Both leaves and 



