1 90 DECANDRIA— TRIGYNIA. 



302. DIANTHUS. Pink. Caryophyllece. 



D. Armeria: flowers aggregate 5 fasciculate; scales 

 of the calyx lanceolate, villous as long as the tube. 



HAB. Sandy soils. July. 0. Afoothigh,pubcs.: 

 leav. lin. Ian. ; fl. red, punct. § ? 



302. SCLERANTHUS. Knawel. CaryophyUea. 



S. annuus: calyx of the fruit spreading, acute ; stem 



spreading. 

 HAB. Sandy fields. July. ©. Stem num.; pro- 



cumb ; fl. in axill.fasc, inconspic. §. 



TRIGYNIA, 



304. CUCUBALUS. Campion. Caryophollecc. 



1 . C. Behen : smooth and glaucous, decumbent ; leaves 



oblong-oval, acute, nerveless ;- calyx membrana- 

 ceous, with reticulated veins. 

 HAB. Rocky hills. July. y. . Stem 18 in. high, 

 panic. ; fl. large, nod. ; pet. wh. 



2. C. niveus : stem divaricate and dichotomous above ; 



leaves oblong-lanceolate, minutely and pulveru- 

 lently pubescent ; the uppermost ovate ; calyx ob- 

 tuse, campanulate, inflated, subpilose ; petals small, 

 reflexed, bifid at the extremity ; claws exserted 

 beyond the calyx, nearly naked ; flowers solitary, 

 dichotomal, terminal. 

 HAB. On an island in the Susquehanna. Fl. re- 

 mote, solit. ; pet. wh. 



3. C. stellatus : erect, pubescent; leaves verticillate, 



in fours, oval-lanceolate, long-acuminate. 

 HAB. Woods. July— Aug. H. Stem 2— 3 ft. high ; 

 pan. term. ; fl. wh. ; cal. not reticul. 



305. SILENE. Catch-fly. CaryophyUea?. 



1. S. pennsyhanica : viscidly-pubescent ; radical leave? 



cuneate ; stem leaves lanceolate ; panicles trichoto- 



mous ; petals slightly emarginate, very obtuse, sub- 



crenate. 



HAB. Rocks and sandy woods. Mav — June. U . 



