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CARYOPHYLLACEAE. 



VOL. II. 



i. Dianthus prolifer L. Proliferous or 

 Childing Pink. Fig. 1830. 



Dianthus prolifer L. Sp. PI. 410. 1753. 



Annual, erect, slender, glabrous, 6'-is' high, 

 simple, or with few erect branches. Leaves dis- 

 tant, linear, erect, acute, \"-\" wide, 9"-is" 

 long; flowers small, pink, clustered in terminal 

 oblong or obovoid heads, and appearing succes- 

 sively from behind the bracts, which are broad, 

 ovate, scarious, imbricated, shining, obtuse or 

 mucronate, equalling and concealing the calyx. 



In \vaste places and ballast, Staten Island, N. Y., 

 New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania to Ohio and 

 South Carolina. Adventive from Europe. Summer. 

 Childing sweet-william. 



2. Dianthus Armeria L. Deptford Pink. 

 Grass Pink. Fig. 1831. 



Dianthus Armeria L. Sp. PI. 410. 1753. 



Annual, erect, stiff, finely pubescent, 6'-i8' high ; 

 branches few, nearly erect. Leaves linear, erect, 

 acute or the lower obtusish, i'-3' long, i"-ii" 

 wide; flowers small, pink with whitish dots, borne 

 in terminal often dense clusters ; bracts lanceolate- 

 subulate, long-pointed, erect, mostly longer than 

 the sharply-toothed calyx ; capsule sometimes 5- 

 toothed. 



In fields and along roadsides, Quebec and southern 

 Ontario to Iowa, Michigan, Virginia and Georgia. Natu- 

 ralized from Europe. Summer. 



3. Dianthus deltoides L. Maiden or Meadow 

 Pink. Fig. 1832. 



Dianthus deltoides L. Sp. PI. 411. 1753. 



Perennial, tufted, glabrous or somewhat hoary; stems 

 ascending, 6'-i5' long; branches usually several, nearly 

 erect. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 6"-o," long, i" wide, 

 those of the flowering stems erect, acutish, the lower 

 obtuse and spreading; flowers pink or whitish, solitary 

 at the ends of the stem and branches; petals dentate at 

 the end; bracts ovate, pointed, about half as long as 

 the calyx or less. 



In waste places, Vermont, eastern Massachusetts and Con- 

 necticut to northern New York and Michigan. Adventive 

 from Europe. Native also of western Asia. Spink. Sum- 

 mer. 



