DiANTHDS. CARYOPHYLLACEiE. 195 



10. SAPONARIA. Linn. ; DC. prodr. 1. p. 365. 



Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, without scales at the base. Petals 5 ; claws as 

 long as the calyx. Stamens 10. Styles 2. Capsule 1-celIed. 



^ 1. S. officinalis (hian.) : fascicles panicled ; calyx cylindrical; crown of 

 the petal's linear ; leaves oval or oval-lanceolate.— /'w/^Vt, Ji. 1. p. 311 ; DC. 

 prodr. I. c. 



In waste places, New- York ! to Georgia. July-Aug. Introduced.— 

 ')i Flowers large : petals often doubled, rose-color. 



-/- 2. S. Vaccaria (Linn.) : flowers in paniculate cymes; calyx pyramidal, 



5-angled, glabrous ; bracts membranaceous, acute ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, 



sessile.— trceW;i. fr. t. 130; DC. prodr. 1. p. 365. Gypsophila Vaccaria, 



Smith. 



In cultivated places ; hardly naturalized. July-Aug.— (1) Petals pale red. 



11. DIANTHUS. Linn. J DC. prodr. 1. p. 355. 



Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, with 2-4 opposite imbricate scales at the base. 

 Petals 5, with long cliws. Stamens 10. Styles 2. Capsule 1-celled. Em- 

 bryo slightly curved. 



1. D. repens (WiM.) : stem l-flowered; calycine scales 2, ovate-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, a little shorter than the calyx ; petals toothed ; leaves linear, 

 glabrous. Hook.— Willd. sp. 2. p. 681; DC. prodr. 1. p. 358; Cham. ^ 

 Scklecht. in LinncBa, 1. p. 37; Hook. fi. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 87. 



N. W. Coast; also a native of Siberia.— The specific name is not well 

 chosen, as the root is perpendicular, not creeping. Cham. & Schlecht. 



-^ 2. D. Armeria (Linn.): flowers fascicled; calycine scales lanceolate-subu- 

 late, about the length of the tube; leaves linear-subulate, hirsute. — Eng. bot. 

 t. 317; Pursk, Jl. 1. p. 314; DC. I. c. D. armerioides, Raf. in Desv. 

 jour. bot. 2. p. 569. 



In fi-4ds and pine woods, Massachusetts! to Maryland. July. Introdu- 

 ced.— (T) Stem a foot high. Lower leaves spatjlate-lanceolate. Flowers 

 inodorous : petals red, with white dots, crenate. 



3. D. Carol ini ana (WaXt): flowers aggregated, on long peduncles ; caly- 

 cine scales half as long as the tube. Walt. Car. p. 140. 



South Carolina, Walter.— D. prolifer was some time since cultivated at 

 Bariram's garden under this name. 



Order XXV. PORTULACACEtE. Juss. 



Sepals 2 (rarely 3), mostly united at the base, free or (in some For. 

 tulacas) cohering with the base of the ovary. Petals 5, or very rarely 

 3, 4, or 6, imbricated in aestivation. Stamens variable in number, 

 opposite the petals when of the same number, inserted with the petals 

 into the base of the calyx, or hypogynous : filaments all fertile, dis- 

 tinct : anthers fixed by the middle, versatile or introrse. Ovary 

 ' l-celled by the obliteration of the dissepiments: styles 2-6, usually 

 more or less combined, stigmatose along the inner surface. Capsule 

 l-celled, dehiscing transversely (a pyxidium), or lociilicidal with as 



