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ing to about a foot in height. Upper leaves are thin bracts. May 

 to July. 



In dooryards and fields, a weed. 



C7. nutans, — Petals, often small or wanting; when present, longer 

 than the calyx. Leaves, lance-shaped to oblong. Pods, promi- 

 nent, nodding on the stalks, curving upward at the apex. The 

 plant sends up straight, slender stems, much branched, 18 inches 

 high or less. May to July. 



Moist, rich soil. New England States and westward. 



White Campion. Evening Lychnis 



Lychnis alba.. — Family, Pink. Color, white, sometimes with 

 a pink tinge. Calyx, tubular, rough, hairy, with 5 teeth. Petals 

 on claws, with crowns at base, 2-cleft. Leaves, ovate to lance- 

 shaped, sessile above, with margined petioles below. Biennial, 

 branching from a stem 1 to 2 feet high. Flowers slightly fragrant, 

 opening in the evening, closing with daylight. Pod opening by 

 ten teeth. Summer. 



Waste places. 



Starry Campion 



Silene stellkta. — Family, Pink. Calyx, bell - shaped, swollen, 

 5-pointed, often brownish or reddish, sticky. Petals, fringed, on 

 claws. Stamens, 10. Styles, 3. Pod, 1 -celled. Leaves, in whorls 

 of fours, smaller toward the top, pointed, somewhat toothed. 

 Flowers, conspicuous, large, 1 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. June 

 and July. 



A showy plant, sure to catch the eye of the stroller on 

 hillsides, and well worth our attention. Hills and rocky 

 banks. (See illustration, p. 67.) 



Bladder Campion 



S. latifolia. — Calyx, 5 -toothed, prettily veined, much swollen. 

 Petals, 5, so deeply divided as to seem like 10. Stamens, 10. 

 Styles, 3. Flowers, in loose panicles. Leaves, ovate to lance- 

 shaped, opposite. 



A smooth plant, 1 foot high, easily known by its inflated 

 calyx and good-sized flowers. An imported species, now 

 common in some parts of New England and New York, ex- 

 tending westward to Illinois. Dry fields, waste places. 



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