. Contributions to the flora of Iowa; a catalogue of the phaenogamous plants. Plants. 20 CARYOPHYLLACEAE. pie or some branched; leaves opposite, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate: petals white, cuneate, 3-cleft or 2-lobed. Low prairies and woods; June-July: infrequent: Winneshiek. Allamakee, Fayette, and John- son counties. (S. alba Muhl.) S. cucubalus Wibel. Bladder campion. Glaucous; stem 14-1% feet high, branched from the base, usually glabrous; flowers numerous, in leafless cymes; calyx globular, much inflated. Reported from Ames, Story county. (S. vulgaris (Moench) Garcke.) * * A
. Contributions to the flora of Iowa; a catalogue of the phaenogamous plants. Plants. 20 CARYOPHYLLACEAE. pie or some branched; leaves opposite, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate: petals white, cuneate, 3-cleft or 2-lobed. Low prairies and woods; June-July: infrequent: Winneshiek. Allamakee, Fayette, and John- son counties. (S. alba Muhl.) S. cucubalus Wibel. Bladder campion. Glaucous; stem 14-1% feet high, branched from the base, usually glabrous; flowers numerous, in leafless cymes; calyx globular, much inflated. Reported from Ames, Story county. (S. vulgaris (Moench) Garcke.) * * Annuals; calyx uoi inflated. S. antirrhina L. Sleepy Catchfly. Stem 1-3 feet high, pubescent or glabrous, simple or branched, slender, a portion of the internodes glutinous: leaves linear or narrowly lanceolate, sessile, the upper passing- into bracts, the lower spatulate, tapering into a petiole: flowers small, paniculate, pink, transient in the sunshine; calyx ovoid, petals obcordate. Dry soil; June- September; common. S. noctiflora L. Stem 1-3 feet high, viscid hairy; lower leaves large, spatulate or oblanceolate, narrowed into a broad petiole, upper leaves lanceo- late, acute: flowers fragrant, opening in the evening-, closing next morning: calyx tubular, becoming ovoid, teeth linear; petals 2-parted. Waste places: July-September; infrequent; Fayette, Scott, Story. Emmet, Lyon, Calhoun, and Fremont counties. LYCHNIS L. Ours a biennial herb. Petals 5, narrowly clawed, 2-cleft. Stamens 10. Styles 5, opposite the calyx lobes. Ovary 1-celled, many-ovuled. Capsule dehiscing by 10 or fewer apical teeth. L. vespertina Sibth. Plant viscid pubescent, often dioecious, much the aspect of Silene noctiflora L.; stem 1-2 feet high, branched; leaves cvate- oblong or lanceolate, acute, lower with margined petioles; flowers paniculate, white or pinkish, opening at dusk and closing next morning; calyx tubular, ovoid in fruit, petals crowned. Waste places; June-August; rare; reported from Winn
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