CARYOPHYLLACEAE (PINK FAMILY) 



7 a Flowers in loose panicles, usually fragrant 



NIGHT-FLOWERING CATCHFLY. (S. noctiflbra.) 

 b Flowers in forked, i -sided spikes, not fragrant 



FORKED CATCHFLY. (S. dichdtoma.) 



4 VACCARIA COW-HERB. (V. vaccaria.) 



5 SAPONARIA BOUNCING BET. (S. officinalis.) 



6 GYPS6PHILA BABY'S BREATH. (G. paniculata*) 



7 DIANTHUS. 



1 a Plant clothed with fine hairs; flowers pink; wild species 



DEPTFORD PINK. (D. armhia.) 

 b Plants not hairy; cultivated species 2 



2 a Flowers several in a terminal cluster ; plant not 



covered with bloom .... SWEET WILLIAM. (D. barbatus*) 

 b Flowers solitary or 2 or 3 together; plants usually 



covered with bloom 3 



3 a Bracts subtending calyx linear, as long as calyx-tube 



CHINA PINK. (D. chinensis*) 

 b Bracts subtending calyx usually ovate, not longer than 



calyx-tube 4 



4 a Flowers usually less than 2 in. broad ; petals fringed 



COMMON PINK. (D. plumarius*) 

 b Flowers usually 2 in. or more broad; petals usually 



toothed CARNATION. (D. caryophyllus*) 



8 ALSlNE. 



1 a Plant cultivated in gardens .. EASTER BELL. (A. holostea*) 

 b Plants not cultivated in gardens 2 



2 a Leaves ovate; stem hairy in lines 



COMMON CHICKWEED. (A. media.) 

 b Leaves oblong to linear 3 



3 a Leaves linear ^-3 in. long; sepals shorter than petals 



LONG-LEAVED STITCHWORT. (A. longifblia.) 

 b Leaves oblong to lanceolate; sepals about the length 



of petals .. 4 



4 a Stem 4-angled; leaves broadest at the hairy base 



STARWORT. (A. graminea.) 

 b Stem nearly cylindric; leaves not usually broadest at 



base MARSH CHICKWEED. (A. uliginbsa.) 



9 CERASTIUM. 



1 a Leaves white-woolly; plant prostrate, cultivated in gar- 



dens COTTONY CHICKWEED. (C. tomentbsum*) 



b Leaves not white-woolly 2 



2 a Stem with numerous sticky hairs; leaves oblong 



MOUSE-EAR CHICKWEED. (C. vulgatum.) 

 b Stem with few hairs, not sticky ; leaves linear 



FIELD CHICKWEED. (C. arvense.) 

 10 AMMODfiNIA SEA-BEACH SANDWORT. (A. peploides.) 



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