248 OKDER XXI. CARYOPHYLLACE.E. 



sute. Leaves cuneate-oblong, obtuse, upper ones linear. Flowers in 

 spikes. Sepals very villous. Petals with nearly round lamina, small; 

 crown bind. — Pink color. 0. July. On the coast. 8 — 12 inches. 



4. S. Pennsylva'nica, (Mich.) Stem viscidly pubescent, numerous 

 from the same root. Leaves lanceolate-acute, radical ones cuneate. 

 Flowers in trichotomous panicles, terminal. Calyx tubular, viscid, 5- 

 cleft, slightly ventricose. Claws of the petals a little longer than the 

 calyx, crowned with a 2-lobed leaflet. Limb erosely crenulate, emar- 

 ginate. — White or rose-color. 11. April — June. Middle and low 

 country. 8 — 10 inches. 



6. S. Virgin'ica, (L.) Stern erect and generally simple, pubescent, 

 viscid. Leaves of the stem oblong-lanceolate; radical ones spatulate, 

 with ciliate petioles. Calyx slightly veutricose. Petals obovate, 

 deeply 2-cleft. Stamens exserted. — Bright crimson. 2£. June — 

 July. On the coast 12 — 18 inches. 



6. S. re'gia, (Sims.) Stem large, rigid, viscid, branched above, the lower 

 nodes approx mate, swollen. Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate. Flow- 

 ers many, in cymes. Calyx tubular, long, 10-striate. Petals usually 

 entire, broad-lanceolate. Stamens and styles exserted. — Bright scarlet. 

 %. June — July. Lou. 4 — 5 feet. 



7. S. antirrhi'na, (L.) Stem pubescent near the base, occasionally 

 spotted. Lower leaves spatulate, pubescent along the midrib. 

 Flowers in dichotomous panicles, with a flower in each division. Calyx 

 10-nerved. Petals sometimes wanting, small, 2-cleft. Stamens nearly 

 as long as calyx, sometimes 5, abortive. — White. 0. March — April. 

 Moist soil. Common along rivers in middle and lower Georgia. 1 — 2 

 feet. 



8. S. fimbria 'ta, (Bald.) Stem weak, pilose ; lower leaves obovate 

 or spatulate, ciliate, obtuse ; upper leaves small, lanceolate, pubes- 

 cent. Flowers in a 3— 5-flowered cyme. Petals with the limb broadly 

 cuneiform, fimbriate. — White. If. April. Common about Macon, 

 Geo. 6 — 8 inches. S. Baldwinii, Nutt. 



Genus VII.— LYCHNIS. D. C. 10— 5. ( Agrostemma, L.) 

 (From luchnos, a lamp.) 



Calyx tubular, 5-sided. Petals 5, unguiculate ; limb entire. 

 Stamens 10. Styles 5. Capsule usually 1-celled, or partly 5- 

 celled, at the base. 



1. L. Githa'go, (Lam.) Stem hirsute, dichotomous. Leaves opposite, 



linear-lanceolate. Segments of the calyx longer than the corolla. 



Flowers solitary, large. — Purple. 0. June — July. Introduced. 18 



—20 inches. Corn Cockle 



Genus VIII.— SAPONA'RIA. L. 10—2. 



(From sapo, soap.) 



Calyx tubular, 5-toothed. Petals 5, unguiculate. Stamens 

 10. Styles 2. Capsule 1-celled, 2-valved. 



1. S. Officinalis, (L.) Stem terete, glabrous. Leaves ovate-lance- 

 olate or oval, opposite, connate, 3-nerved, glabrous. Flowers in clus- 



