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4. S. VlRGHNlCA, Linn. Virginia Catch fly. 



T7.W /-pubescent; stem mostly erect, branching; leaves lanceolate; lower ones on 

 lon ? I Ions cilia3 at base ; Jlowcrs in panicles, petals wi:h long claws, 



broad bifid crown d. 



Open \> May, June. Stem 1 to 2 feet high, jingle. Flowers few and 



loose!; ' yx ob'ong-cylindrical, soonobconieal. 



large, red, i ad pistils exserted. 



5. S. Catesbah, Walt. Catesby's Catchfly. 



Bra: bro:.d lanceolate ; flowers in panicles; calyx clavate, colored; 



pztals with lon : : claws : limb bifid with t~o later lobes acute. 



Southern part of the State, rot common. June. Sfem v. frot hi:h. Flowers 

 crimson, eb f some Vot.au Both 



De Candolle and Ho r it distinct. B 



crowned: annuals. 



6. S. AnterrHINA, L. Snap-dragon Catchfly. 



'y smooth: Desolate, acute, snbciliate, uppero .c; linear; 



flowers smal . calyx ovoid, smooth; petals small, obcordate, slightly 



crow 



Dry hills. June, July. Stem 1 to 2 smooth with seme of the 



npper intervals - : or branching aboTe, somewhat leafy. Flcroer* 



small towards evei 



7. S. NOCTURNA, L. Nocturnal Catchfly. 



r or.es 

 spatulat?: v_ ■ the stem in a dense 1-sided 



spike: ical, nearly smooth, reticulate.! between the veins ; petals nar- 



row 2-r 



Introduced and sparingly naturalized. July. i~ r.oath, 



small. 



8. S. noctiflora, L. Night flowering Catchfly. 



Viscid pnl : : jpper 



ones linear-lanceolate, acuminate; calyx cylindrical ventriccsj wi:h leng sut-ap- 

 pressed I 



Cultivated grounds. Introduced and naturalized. July. Stem tall, 1 to 3 feet 

 high. 1 dte or purplish, expanding only in the ev 'ning and 



hi Cloudy weather, solitary in the forks, ; inflated, the 



alternate vein 



9. S. Armeria, L. Sweet- William Catchfly. 



Smooth, gl branching glutinous below each joint; leaves ovate- 



lanceolate : Jlcwcrs in corymbose cymes; petals ob-cordat?, crowned with the awl- 

 shapo;! scales. 



of Europe. July — Sept. A popular garden flower. 

 Stem 1 to 114 »ect high. Flowers numerous crimson and purple. Calyx elongated 

 «lub-shaped." 



2 SAPONAMA. Linn. SoAPWORT. 



Lat. sapo, soap ; the mucilaginous juice has been used as a substitute for soap. 



Calyx tubular, 2 to 5, toothed, naked at base. Petals 

 onguiuulate, claws equalling the calyx. Stamens 10. Styles 

 2. Capsule oblong, 1-celled, 4-toothed at the apex. — 

 Flowers cymose clustered. Petals sometimes croi 



