286 DECANDRIA. DIGYNIA. 
Species. 1. M. a a 2. cordifolia. 3. veniformis 
4. prostrata. 5. 
A North American genus with the exception of. M. nuda 
Of Northen Asia. 
“ 408. SAPONARIA. EL. (Soapwort.) 
~ Calix tubulous 5-toothed, naked at the base. 
Petals 5; unguiculate. Capsule 1-celled. 
Flowers emery commonly corymbose, calix in some 
ies an, 
SPECIES. L 8. officinalis. Introduced, but now abun- 
‘amas naturalized. This species occurs. aometimes mo- 
_ Hopetalous. — 
409. DIANTHUS. :% (Pink) 4 
Cali cylindric, coriaceous, 5-toothed, the 
base surrounded by 4 to 8 scales. Petals 5, 
unguiculate. Capsule cylindric, 1-celled, burst- 
ing at the summit. ’ 
Flowers aggregate, fastigiate; or dis upon a 
_ branching stem. Some of the species suffruticose- 
Leaves opposite as in the preceding genus to which this 
isnearly aif narrow, linear or subulate. 
Beacixs. » dD. Ry ght gumeseness 3 now natura- 
yeni e. in the aerthof E See where several of the 
species are rather naturalized than indigenous, we ob- 
serve the genus to accumulate towards the south, and } 
passing into Barbary, the Levant, and Greece, at length — 
partly terminates in Arabia Felix, Palestine and Persia; 
4 few species are eae bow ores in Siberia, in ag bed 
apan, and even at the Cape of Good Hope. 
hardy and odorous species have been cultivated from the 
5 Umaelicas snes, ond are. amongst thadt ntiann Comrous of 
= jum] gardens which bid defiance to the _— 
foreigners. 
or? oe uded in the calix. 
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