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calyx tubular, 3-4 lines in length, 10-nerved: petals white, the blade 
dichotomously cleft into linear segments. — FI, i. 316; Torr. & Gray, 
Fl. i. 190; Chapm. Fl. 51. Cucubalus polypetalus, Walt.? Car. 141. 
= Alluvial woods, uplands, North Carolina to Georgia and Alabama. 
S. Baldwinii, Nurr. Villous: stems low, wouk, decumbent, 
throwing out runners: lower leaves spatulate obtuse, with an attenuate 
base; the upper oblanceolate or lanceolate, acute: flowers few, very 
large, 1} inches or more in diameter, pedicellate, aggregated at the 
ends of the stems: calyx clavate, pubescent, 10 lines in length; the 
teeth ovate-lanceolate, acuminate: petals white or pink, the large 
obovate blade fringed, unappendaged. — Gen. i. 288; Torr. & Gray, 
Fl. i. 193; Chapman, Fl. 51. S. fimbriata, Bald. in Ell. Sk. i. 515, 
not of Sims. Melandryum Baldwini, Rohrb. 1. c. 231; Wats. Bot. 
King Exp. 431. — Georgia and Florida, March to May. 
S. nutans, L. Stems slender, a foot or more in height, leaves 
mostly at the base, spatulate; the cauline small, lanceolate: flowers in 
a slender, little branched panicle, nodding, 6-7 lines in diameter: calyx 
cylindrical in anthesis, not exceeding 5 lines in length: petals white 
or rose-colored, bifid (rarely 4-fid), segments narrow: capsule large 
ovate-conical. — Spec. 417 ; Reichb. 1. c. vi. t. 295. — Introduced on 
Mt. Desert, Miss Minot. (Europe and Siberia.) 
S. Pennsylvanica, Mrcux. (Witp Pink.) Viscid-pubescent : 
stems few or many, 6-9 inches high, from a strong tap-root: leaves 
mostly at the base, spatulate or oblanceolate, usually acutish at the 
apex, tapering below to long ciliated petioles ; the two or three pairs 
of cauline leaves much shorter, lanceolate or narrowly oblong, acute: 
cymes small, terminal, dense, rarely more open: calyx clavate, purplish ; 
the teeth short: petals white or pink, appendaged ; the blade obo- 
vate, erose, 4-6 lines in length: the ovary long-stiped. — FI. i. 272; 
Bot. Reg. iii. t. 247; Hook. Fl. Bor.-Am. i. 90; Gray, Gen. ii. 42, 
t. 115. 8. cheiranthoides, Poir. Dict. vii. 176. S. incarnata, Lodd. 
Cab. t. 41. 8S. platypetala, Otth in DC. Prodr. i. 383. Melandryum 
P ennsylvanicum, Rohrb. |. c. 233, & Linnea, xxxvi. 251. S. Carolint- 
ana, Walt. Car. 142, with scarlet or crimson petals, and S. rubicunda, 
Dietr. Allg. Gartenzeit. iii. 196, with divided petals, are doubtful 
synonyms. — Open rocky woods, E. New England to S. Carolina and 
Kentucky. 
= = Flowers crimson or scarlet, large. 
S. Virginica, L. (Fre Prvx, Carcurry.) Viscid-pubescent : 
stem striate, single, simple, 1-2 feet high: leaves spatulate or oblan- 
ceolate ; the lower ones narrowed to — petioles ; the upper 
