Caryophyllaceae. 



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I.— POL VGA LA, 



POLYG'ALA VULGA'RIS (59). Milkwort. 5-9. Petals adhering 

 (177 to the tube of the stamens, flowers blue purple pink or white in ler- 

 -179) minal racemes, leaves lanceolate opposite or alternate. Heaths. 



Polyg'ala calca'rea (15). 6 — 7. Radical leaves obovate in a rosette, 

 (180) flowering shoots axillary from the lower leaves. [M. W. 



ORDER 1 1. — Carophyllaceae. 



Calyx inferior polysepalous or gamosepalous. Sepals 5. Petals 5 rarely 

 wanting. Stamens 5 or 10 hypogynous. Ovary I -celled, placenta free 

 central, seeds numerous. Styles 2 — 5. Herbaceous plants with opposite 

 entire leaves and swollen nodes. 



\.— DIANTHUS. 



Calyx tubular 5-toothed with bracteoles at the base, petals 5, usually 

 crenate or jagged, stamens 10, ovary i-celled, styles 2. 



Dian'thus Arme'ria (45). Deptford Pink. 7 — 8. Stem i — 2 ft. Erect, 

 (184) leaves linear, bracts lanceolate downy as long as the calyx, petal- 

 narrow pink, flowers in terminal clusters. [\V. Tb. C. Cl. 



