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CARYOPHYLLACEJE. (PINK FAMILY.) 
* * Pod (utricle) 1-seeded. Styles 2, often united. Petals bristle- 
form or none. Stamens plainly inserted on the base of the calyx. 
12. Anychia. Petals none. Sepals flattish, unarmed. 
. 13. Paronychia. Petals minute or bristle-form. Sepals concave 
awned. 
Suborder IV. SCL.ERANTHE.iE. The Knawel Family. 
Characters of the preceding, but no stipules, and the sepals more 
united below into an indurated tube surrounding the utricle * the sta¬ 
mens inserted at the throat. 
14. Scleranthus. Petals none. Stamens 5 or 10. 
Suborder V. MOLLUGINE^E. Indian Chickweeds. 
Characters as in suborders II. and III, but the stamens opposite the 
sepals, and the pod completely 3-celled. Stipules obsolete. 
15. Mollugo. Petals none. Stamens 3-5. Styles 3. 
Suborder I. SILENE/E. The proper Pink Family. 
1. DlIlKTHrS, L. Pink. 
Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, supported at the base by 2 or more 
unbneated bractlets. Stamens 10. Styles 2. Pod long-stalked, 
1-celled, 4-valved at the apex. Seeds horizontal : embryo barely 
curved.-Ornamental plants, of well-known aspect and value in 
cultivation, none natives of this country. (Name from A 10 V of 
Jupiter, and auSos, flower, i. e. Jove’s own flower.) ’ J 
1- B. Armeria, L. (Deptford Pink.) Flowers in 
2. SAPONAbIA, L. Soapwort. 
Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, naked at the base. Stamens 10. 
styles 2. Pod short-stalked, 1-celled, or partly 2-celled at the 
base, 4-toothed at the apex. Embryo coiled into a ring — Flow 
ers cymose-clustered. (Name from sapo, soap, the mucilaginous 
juice in the subjoined species forming a lather with water.) ° 
1. S. Officinalis, L. (Common Soapwort. Bouncing Rvt t 
