CARYOPHYLLACE^. (I'INK FAMILY.) 83 



1, D I ANT H US, L. Pink. Carnation. 



Calyx cylindi-ical, nerved or striate, 5-toothed, subtended by 2 or more im- 

 bricated bractlets. [Stamens 10. Styles 2. I'od 1-celled, 4-varved at tlie a[)ex. 

 Seeds liattisli on tbe back; embryo scarcely curved. — Ornamental plants, of 

 well-known aspect and value in cultivation. (Name from Aio's, of Jupiter, T^nd 

 &udos,Jfotrer, i. e., Jove's own flower.) 



D. Akmekia, L. (Deptford Pink.) Annual; flowers clustered; bract- 

 lets of tbe calyx and bracts lance-awl -form, lierbaceous, downv, as long as tbe 

 tube; leaves linear, /ia/r//; petals small, rose-color witb white dots, crenate. — 

 Fields, etc., eastward. July. (Adv. from Eu.) 



D. pr6lifer, L. Annu.al, smooth, slender; flowers clustered; bractlefs 

 ovate, drij, concealing tbe calyx ; leaves few, narrow, linear, erect ; petals 

 small, pink. — N. J. and E. Penn. (Adv. from Eu.) 



D. DELTOiDES, L. (Maidex Pixk.) Perennial; leaves sbort, narrowly 

 lanceolate, downy and rougbisb ; flowers solitary ; bracts ovate, half as long 

 ,as the tube ; petals rose-color or white, toothed. — Mich., L. H. Bailey . (Nat. 

 from Eu.) 



D. baRbatus, L. (Sweet William.) Perennial; flowers fascicled ; leaves 

 large, lanceolate ; bracts filiform-attenuate, equalling the calyx. — Sparingly 

 spontaneous. (Adv. from Eu.) 



2. GYPSOPHILA, L. 



Calyx narrowly top-shaped or campanulate, 5-nerved, 5-toothed, naked at 

 base. Petals not crowned. Stamens 10. Styles 2. Pod 1 -celled, 4-valved 

 at the apex, sessile. — Slender glaucous annuals or perennials, with numerous 

 small flowers. (Name from yv^^/os, g)/]>sum, and (pt\e7y, to love.) 



G. MURALis, L. Annual, mucli l)rancbed ; leaves very narrowly linear; 

 flowers on slender pedicels, solitary in the forks ; calyx turbinate, the teeth 

 short, obtuse ; petals purplish, crenate or emarginate. — Sparingly natural- 

 ized. (Nat. from Eu.) 



3. SAPONARIA, L. 



Calyx narrowly ovoid or oblong, 5-toothed, obscurely nerved, naked. Sta- 

 mens 1 0. Styles 2. Pod 1-celled, or incompletely 2 - 4-celled at base, 4-toothed 

 at tlie apex. — Coarse annuals or perennial, with large flowers. (Name from 

 sapo, soap, the mucilaginous juice forming a lather with water.) 



S. officinalis, L. (SoAPWOKT. BorxcixG Bet.) Flowers in corymbed 

 clusters ; calyx terete ; petals crowned with an appendage at the top of the 

 claw; leaA'es oval-lanceolate. — Roadsides, etc. July -Sept. — A stout peren- 

 nial, with large rose-colored flowers, commonly double. (Adv. from Eu.) 



S. A^accAria, L. Annual, glabrous; flowers in corymbed cymes; calyx 

 5-angled, enlarged and wing-angled in fruit; petals pale red, not crowned; 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate. (Vaccaria vulgaris, Host.) — Occasionally sponta- 

 neous. (Adv. from Eu.) 



4. SILENE, L. Catchflv. Campion. 



Calyx 5-toothed, 10 -many -nerved, naked at the base. Stamens 10. Styles 

 3, rarely 4. Pod 1-celled, sometimes 3-celled at least at the base, opening by 

 3 or 6 teeth at the apex. — Flowers solitary or in cymes. Petals mostly 

 crowned with a scale at the base of the blade. (Name from aiaXov, saliva, 

 from the viscid exudation on tbe stems and calyx of many species. The 

 English name Catchfi/ alludes to the same peculiarity.) 



* Dwarf, alpine, tufted, smooth , perennial ; floicering shoots X-flou-ered. 



1. S. acatllis, L. (Moss Campion.) Tufted like a moss (1 -2' high) ; 

 leaves linear, crowded ; flowers almost sessile, or rarely on a naked peduncle . 



