﻿PINK 
  FAMILY 
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  1. 
  C. 
  virginica 
  L. 
  SPRING 
  BEAUTY. 
  Stem 
  simple, 
  erect 
  from 
  a 
  deep, 
  

   tuberous 
  root. 
  The 
  2 
  stem 
  leaves 
  narrowly 
  elliptical, 
  3-6 
  in. 
  long, 
  

   smooth, 
  fleshy 
  ; 
  basal 
  leaves 
  occasionally 
  produced. 
  Flowers 
  on 
  short 
  

   pedicels. 
  Petals 
  white 
  or 
  pink, 
  with 
  darker 
  veins, 
  |-f 
  in. 
  long, 
  notched. 
  

   Capsules 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  persistent 
  sepals. 
  Common 
  in 
  rich 
  woods.* 
  

  

  2. 
  C. 
  caroliniana 
  Michx. 
  NORTHERN 
  SPRING 
  BEAUTY. 
  Flowers 
  

   fewer, 
  smaller, 
  and 
  whiter 
  than 
  in 
  No. 
  1, 
  fragrant. 
  Leaves 
  1-2 
  in. 
  

   long, 
  ovate-lanceolate 
  or 
  spatulate, 
  rather 
  distinctly 
  petioled. 
  Moist 
  

   woods, 
  especially 
  N. 
  

  

  H. 
  PORTULACA 
  L. 
  

  

  Annual. 
  Stems 
  low, 
  diffuse, 
  and 
  spreading, 
  fleshy. 
  Leaves 
  

   entire, 
  mostly 
  alternate. 
  Flowers 
  terminal, 
  perigynous. 
  Sepals 
  

   2, 
  united 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Petals 
  usually 
  5, 
  quickly 
  withering. 
  

   Stamens 
  8-20. 
  Style 
  3-8-parted. 
  Capsules 
  globose, 
  opening 
  by 
  

   the 
  upper 
  portion 
  coming 
  off 
  like 
  a 
  lid, 
  1 
  -celled, 
  many-seeded.* 
  

  

  1. 
  P. 
  oleracea 
  L. 
  PURSLANE. 
  Stems 
  prostrate, 
  diffuse, 
  fleshy. 
  

   Leaves 
  alternate, 
  flat, 
  obovate 
  or 
  wedge-shaped. 
  Flowers 
  solitary, 
  

   sessile, 
  opening 
  in 
  bright 
  sunshine 
  in 
  the 
  morning 
  and 
  usually 
  

   withering 
  before 
  noon. 
  Sepals 
  broad, 
  acute. 
  Petals 
  yellow. 
  Sta- 
  

   mens 
  10-12. 
  Capsule 
  very 
  many-seeded, 
  seeds 
  small, 
  wrinkled. 
  A 
  

   common 
  garden 
  weed.* 
  

  

  2. 
  P. 
  grandiflora 
  Hook. 
  GARDEN 
  PORTULACA. 
  Stems 
  fleshy, 
  erect 
  

   .or 
  ascending, 
  densely 
  hairy 
  or 
  nearly 
  smooth, 
  3-6 
  in. 
  long. 
  Leaves 
  

   alternate, 
  cylindrical, 
  fleshy, 
  i-1 
  in. 
  long. 
  Flowers 
  1-2 
  in. 
  wide, 
  

   white, 
  yellow, 
  or 
  red, 
  showy, 
  opening 
  only 
  in 
  sunlight. 
  Common 
  in 
  

   cultivation 
  and 
  often 
  growing 
  spontaneously.* 
  

  

  31. 
  CARYOPHYLLACEJE. 
  PINK 
  FAMILY 
  

  

  Herbs 
  sometimes 
  woody 
  below, 
  with 
  thickened 
  nodes. 
  

   Leaves 
  opposite, 
  entire 
  ; 
  stipules 
  small 
  and 
  dry 
  or 
  none. 
  

   Sepals 
  4-5. 
  Petals 
  4-5 
  (rarely 
  0), 
  usually 
  hypogynous. 
  Sta- 
  

   mens 
  usually 
  8-10, 
  hypogynous 
  or 
  perigynous. 
  Styles 
  2-5 
  

   (rarely 
  1). 
  Ovules 
  1-many. 
  Fruit 
  usually 
  a 
  capsule. 
  

  

  A 
  

  

  Sepals 
  distinct 
  or 
  nearly 
  so. 
  Petals 
  (if 
  any) 
  without 
  claws. 
  Capsules 
  

  

  several-many-seede.d. 
  

  

  Styles 
  usually 
  8. 
  Capsule 
  ovoid. 
  Stellaria, 
  I 
  

  

  Styles 
  5 
  or 
  4. 
  Capsule 
  cylindrical. 
  Cerastium, 
  II 
  

  

  