248 ORDER XXI. CARYOPIIYLLACE.E. 



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

 spike-. Sepal* very villous. Petals "With Dearly round lamina, small; 

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



-1. S. Pennstlva'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- 

 oleft, 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. 2£. April — June. Middle and low 

 country. 8 — 10 inches. 



5. S. Virgin'ica, (L.) Stem erect and generally simple, pubescent, 

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

 with ciliate petioles. Calyx slightly ventricose. Petals obovate, 

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

 July. On the coast 12 — 18 inches. 



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

 nodes approximate, swollen. Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate. Floio- 

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

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

 If. June — July. Lou. 4 — 5 feet. 



7. S. axtirriii'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. . . 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-floweretl cyme. Petals with the limb broadly 

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

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



Genus VII.— LYCH'NIS. D. C. 10—5. {Agrostema, 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.) Stan hirsute, dichotomous. Leaves opposite, 

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

 F/otrrrs -olitary, large. — Purple. £}. J""? — July. Introduced. 18 



20 inches. Corn Cockle 



<;, M> VIII.— SAPONA'IMA. L. 10— 2. 

 I Prom sap \ soap.) 



Calyx tubular, 5-toothed. Petals 5, unguiculate. Stan i 

 10. Style* 2. Capsule L-celled, 2-valved. 



1. s. Ofkicwa'lis, (I..) Stem terete, glabroua Leaves ovate-lance- 

 olate or oval, opposite, connate. :;-ncr\ .d. <_ r lal>rous. Flowers in clus- 



