﻿PINK 
  FAMILY 
  81 
  

  

  4. 
  S. 
  pennsylvanica 
  Michx. 
  WILD 
  PINK. 
  A 
  perennial 
  with 
  low, 
  

   clustered 
  stems 
  (4-8 
  in.). 
  Basal 
  leaves 
  wedge-shaped 
  or 
  spatulate, 
  

   those 
  of 
  the 
  stem 
  lanceolate. 
  Flowers 
  medium-sized, 
  clustered. 
  

   Petals 
  wedge-shaped, 
  notched, 
  pink, 
  with 
  a 
  crown 
  at 
  the 
  throat 
  of 
  

   the 
  corolla. 
  Gravelly 
  soil 
  E. 
  

  

  5. 
  S. 
  virginica 
  L. 
  FIRE 
  PINK. 
  A 
  slender 
  perennial, 
  with 
  erect 
  

   stem, 
  1-2 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Basal 
  leaves 
  spatulate, 
  the 
  upper 
  leaves 
  oblong- 
  

   lanceolate. 
  Flowers 
  few, 
  peduncled, 
  large 
  and 
  showy, 
  bright 
  crimson. 
  

   Corolla 
  crowned, 
  petals 
  deeply 
  2-cleft. 
  Woods. 
  

  

  6. 
  S. 
  latifolia 
  Britten 
  and 
  Rendle. 
  SNAPPERS, 
  RATTLEBOX. 
  A 
  

   perennial 
  branched 
  herb 
  about 
  1 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  opposite, 
  smooth, 
  

   ovate 
  or 
  ovate 
  -lanceolate. 
  Calyx 
  thin 
  and 
  bladdery, 
  beautifully 
  

   veined. 
  Petals 
  white, 
  2-cleft. 
  Capsule 
  nearly 
  globular. 
  In 
  fields 
  and 
  

   along 
  roadsides, 
  especially 
  eastward. 
  Naturalized 
  from 
  Europe. 
  

  

  VI. 
  DIANTHUS 
  L. 
  

  

  Tufted, 
  mostly 
  perennial 
  herbs, 
  often 
  shrubby 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  

   Leaves 
  narrow 
  and 
  grass-like. 
  Flowers 
  solitary 
  or 
  variously 
  

   clustered. 
  Calyx 
  tubular, 
  5-toothed, 
  with 
  overlapping 
  bracts 
  

   at 
  the 
  base. 
  Petals 
  5, 
  with 
  long 
  claws. 
  Stamens 
  10, 
  maturing 
  

   5 
  at 
  a 
  time. 
  Styles 
  2; 
  ovary 
  1-celled. 
  Capsule 
  cylindrical, 
  

   4-valved 
  at 
  the 
  top. 
  

  

  1. 
  D. 
  barbatus 
  L. 
  SWEET 
  WILLIAM. 
  Perennial, 
  often 
  in 
  large 
  

   clumps. 
  Stems 
  erect, 
  branching 
  above, 
  smooth, 
  1-2 
  ft. 
  tall. 
  Leaves 
  

   lanceolate, 
  2-3 
  in. 
  long, 
  acute. 
  Flowers 
  crimson-pink, 
  white 
  or 
  

   variegated, 
  in 
  terminal 
  clusters 
  ; 
  bracts 
  linear, 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  calyx. 
  

   Common 
  about 
  old 
  gardens; 
  from 
  Europe.* 
  

  

  2. 
  D. 
  Armeria 
  L. 
  DEPTFORD 
  PINK. 
  Rather 
  erect, 
  annual, 
  with 
  

   stiff 
  stems 
  1-2 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  very 
  dark 
  green, 
  linear, 
  1-2 
  in. 
  long, 
  

   the 
  lower 
  obtuse, 
  the 
  upper 
  acute. 
  Flowers 
  loosely 
  clustered, 
  small, 
  

   dark 
  pink. 
  Calyx 
  tube 
  |-f 
  in. 
  long, 
  nearly 
  cylindrical. 
  Petals 
  nar- 
  

   row, 
  speckled 
  with 
  very 
  small 
  whitish 
  dots. 
  In 
  sandy 
  fields 
  eastward. 
  

   Introduced 
  from 
  Europe 
  ; 
  sometimes 
  cultivated. 
  

  

  3. 
  D. 
  plumarius 
  L. 
  COMMON 
  PINK, 
  GRASS 
  PINK. 
  Leaves 
  grass- 
  

   like, 
  with 
  a 
  whitish 
  bloom. 
  Petals 
  white, 
  pink, 
  or 
  variegated, 
  with 
  

   the 
  limb 
  fringed. 
  Flowers 
  solitary, 
  fragrant. 
  Hardy 
  perennials, 
  

   cultivated 
  from 
  Europe. 
  

  

  4. 
  D. 
  Caryophyllus 
  L. 
  CARNATION, 
  CLOVE 
  PINK. 
  Much 
  like 
  the 
  

   preceding 
  species, 
  but 
  with 
  larger 
  fragrant 
  flowers 
  ; 
  the 
  broad 
  petals 
  

   merely 
  crenate. 
  Hothouse 
  perennials 
  (some 
  hardy 
  varieties), 
  culti- 
  

   vated 
  from 
  Europe. 
  

  

  