Vor. II.] PINK FAMILY. 19 
1. Dianthus prolifer IL. Proliferous 
Pink. (Fig. 1468.) 
Dianthus prolifer 1,. Sp. Pl. 410. 1753. 
Annual, erect, slender, glabrous, 6/-15’ high, 
simple, or with few erect branches. Leaves dis- 
tant, linear, erect, acute, 14//-1/’ wide, 9’/-15’’ 
long; flowers small, pink, clustered in terminal 
oblong or obovoid heads, and appearing suc- 
cessively from behind the bracts, which are 
broad, ovate, scarious, imbricated, shining, ob- 
tuse or mucronate, equalling and concealing 
the calyx. 
In waste places and ballast, Staten Island, N. Y., 
New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. Fugitive 
from Europe. Summer. 
2. Dianthus Arméria Ll. Deptford Pink. 
(Fig. 1469.) 
Dianthus Armeria IV, Sp. Pl. 410. 1753. 
Anuual, erect, stiff, finely pubescent, 6/-18/ high; 
branches few, nearly erect. Leaves linear, erect, 
acute or the lower obtusish, 1/-3’ long, 1//-114/’ 
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, southern Ontario and 
Maine to Maryland, west to Michigan; rather common 
in the Eastern and Middle States. Naturalized from 
Europe. Summer. 
3. Dianthus deltoides L. Maiden Pink. 
(Fig. 1470.) 
Dianthus deltoides \,. Sp. Pl. 411. 1753. 
Perennial, tufted, glabrous or somewhat hoary; stems 
ascending, 6/-15’/ long; branches usually several, 
nearly erect. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 6/’-9’’ long, 
1’/’ wide, those of the flowering stems erect, acutish, 
the lower obtuse and spreading; flowers pink or whit- 
ish, 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, eastern Massachusetts to northern New 
York and Michigan. Adventive from Europe. Native 
also of western Asia. Summer. 
