154 Caryophyllaceae 
FE. Leaves. lanceolate to ovate-elliptic, acuminate; flowers deep red. W. 
8. californica, Dur. 
EE. Leaves oblanceolate, acute or obtuse; flowers white or pink. W. 
S. hookeri Nutt. 
DD. Flowers 12—-25 mm. wide. 
F. Petals entire, or emarginate, or 2-lobed or -cleft, or the 2 lobes again merely 
emarginate. 
G. A part of each of the upper internodes of the stem glutinous; stem 
otherwise glabrous or merely puberulent; plant annual or biennial. 
H. Flowers 3—4 mm. wide, paniculate; calyx ovoid; leaves linear to 
lanceolate. W. C. E. 
S. antirrhina L. (Sleepy Catchfly) 
HH. Flowers 12—17 mm. wide, cymose; calyx club-shaped; leaves 
ovate-lanceolate. W. E. 
S. armeria L. (Sweet-William Catchfly) 
GG. Stem either not sticky at all, or else viscid-pubescent and thus sticky 
thruout the whole of the internodes. 
I. Leaf-blades widest below their middle. 
J. Calyx 21—31 mm. long; plant annual or biennial, viscid-pubes- 
cent or hirsute. W. E. 
S. noctiflora L. (Night-blooming Catchfly) 
JJ. Calyx 8—20 mm. long; plant perennial. 
K. Leaves ovate-lanceolate; flowers in the forks of the branches thus 
forming a leafy inflorescence; calyx 5—-8 mm. long; plants finely 
glandular-pubescent. W. E. 
S. menziesii Hook. (Menzies Pink) 
KK. Leaves narrower; flowers in cymes or spikes or panicles which 
are not leafy; calyx longer. 
L. Plant viscid-tomentose; inflorescence subspicate or cymose- 
paniculate; petal-blades scarcely exceeding the 4 appendages; 
ovary stipitate. E. 
S. spaldingii Wats. 
LL. Plant pubescent but not viscid; inflorescence 3—5-flowered 
cymes; petal-blades quite longer than the appendages; ovary 
not stipitate. W.C.E. (S. douglasti monanthe; S. monanthe; 
S. douglasti multicaulis; S. multicaulis; S. douglasii brachyca- 
lyx; S..columbiana.) 
S. douglasii Hook. 
II Leaf-blades widest at or above their middle. 
M. Inflorescence a whorled spike; flowers many; stem-hairs not joint- 
ed; petals 2-lobed, the lobes again emarginate. W. E. 
S. scouleri Hook. 
MM. Inflorescence a simple |-sided raceme, often spike-like: flowers 
several to many; stem-hairs white, jointed; petals entire to 2-lobed. 
the lobes not emarginate. W. (S. gallica; S. gallica quinque- 
vulnera. ) S. anglica, 18e (Hnglish Catchfly) 
MMM. Inflorescence a panicle, or flowers only 1—7 and scattered: 
stem-hairs not jointed; petals emarginate or 2-lobed, the lobes not 
again emarginate. 
N. Plants 1—2.5 dm. high; leaves 0.6—2.5 cm. long. 

