. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 5. GYPSOPHILA L. Sp. PI. 406. 1753. Annual or perennial, branching or diffuse, mostly glabrous and glaucous herbs, with nar- row leaves, and small numerous axillary or paniculate flowers. Calyx turbinate or campanu- late, 5-toothed, S-nerved, bractless. Petals 5, entire or emarginate, their claws narrow. Sta- mens 10; styles 2. Capsule dehiscent by 4 valves ext
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 5. GYPSOPHILA L. Sp. PI. 406. 1753. Annual or perennial, branching or diffuse, mostly glabrous and glaucous herbs, with nar- row leaves, and small numerous axillary or paniculate flowers. Calyx turbinate or campanu- late, 5-toothed, S-nerved, bractless. Petals 5, entire or emarginate, their claws narrow. Sta- mens 10; styles 2. Capsule dehiscent by 4 valves extending to or below the middle Seeds reniform, laterally attached; embryo coiled. [Greek, in allusion to the supposed preference of some species for gypsum soils.] About 60 species, natives of Europe, Asia and northern Africa. Type species: Gypsophila repens L. Annual, diffuse ; leaves narrowly linear; flowers axillary on filiform peduncles. i. , Erect perennial; leaves lanceolate ; flowers paniculate. 2. I. Gypsophila muralis L. Low Gypsophyll. Fig. 1825. Gypsophila muralis L. Sp. PI. 408. 1753. Annual, diffuse, slender, much branched, glabrous or slightly rough at the base, 4'-7' high. Leaves narrowly linear or subulate, attenuate at each end, 3"-io" long, i"-y wide; peduncles slender, spreading or ascending, 3"-io" long; flowers purplish, iJ"-2" broad; calyx turbi- nate, ii"-2" long, 5-toothed, the teeth rounded; petals crenate or emarginate, 2"-3" long, much exceeding the calyx; pod about 2" long, slightly longer than the calyx. In waste places, Maine and Ontario to Michigan Minnesota, Massachusetts, southern New York and New Jersey. Adventive or naturalized from Europe. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original
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