CARYOPI I YI.I .ACEAE. 



Vol. II. 



I. Dianthus prolifer L. Proliferous or 

 Childiiij; Pink. Fig. 1830. 



Dianthus prolifer L. Sp. PI. 



410. I75J. 



Annual, erect, slender, glabrous, 6-15' high, 

 simple, or with few erect branches. Leaves dis- 

 tant, linear, erect, acute, i"-i" 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. 



i\ In waste places and ballast. Stafen Island. N. Y.. 



V^ 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. 17 



53- 



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

 branches few, nearly erect. Leaves linear, erect, 

 acute or the lower obtusish, i'-t,' 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. ]\Iaiden or I\Ieadow 

 Pink. Fig. 1832. 



Dianthus deitoides L. Sp. PI. 411. 1753. 



Perennial, tufted, glabrous or somewhat hoary; stems 

 ascending, 6-15' long; branches usually several, nearly 

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

 those of the flowering stems erect, acutisli, the lower 

 obtuse and spreading; flowers pink or wdiitish, 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 .-Vsia^ Spink. Sum- 

 mer. 



