54 CARYOPHYLLACE.E. (PINK FAMILY.) 



Subokder III. ILLECEBRE2E. The Knotwort Family. 



Character same as of the Chiekweed Family, but with dry scale-like 

 stipules, the uppermost leaves rarely alternate, and the 1-celled pods some- 

 times 1 -seeded. 



# Pod (capsule) many-seeded. Styles 3-5. Petals usually conspicuous. 



14. SPERGULARIA. Styles 3-5. Leaves opposite. 



15. SPERGULA. Styles 5. Valves of the pod opposite the sepals. Leaves whorled. 



• • Pod (utricle) 1-seeded Styles 2, often united. Petals bristle-form or none. Stamens 

 plainly inserted on the base of the calyx. 



16. ANYCII1A. Petals none. Sepals flattish, unarmed. 



17. PARONYCHIA. Petals minute or bristle-form. Sepals concave, awned. 



Suborder IV. SCLERANTHE^E. The Knawel Family. 



Characters of the preceding, but no stipules, and the sepals more united 

 below into an indurated tube surrounding the utricle ; the stamens inserted 

 at the throat. 



18. SCLEIIANTIIUS. Petals none. Stamens 6 or 10. 



Suborder V. MOLLUGINEiE. Indian-Chickweed Family. 



Stamens alternate with the sepals when of the same number, when fewer 

 alternate with the cells of the 3-celled ovary : — otherwise as in Suborders 

 2 and 3. 



19. MOLLUGO. Petals none. Stamens 3-6. Stigmas 3. Pod 3-celled, many-seeded. 



Suborder I. SILENEiE. The Proper Pink Family. 



1. DIANTHIS, L. Pink. Carnation. 



Calyx cylindrical, 5-toothed, supported at the base by 2 or more imbricated 

 bractlcts. Stamens 10. Styles 2. Pod long-stalked, 1-celled, 4-valved at the 

 apex. Seeds flattish : embryo scarcely curved. — Ornamental plants, of well- 

 known aspect and value in cultivation, none natives of this country. (Name 

 from Aws, of Jupiter, and avdos, flower, i. c. Jove's own flower.) 



1. I>. Armeria, L. (Deptford Pink.) Flowers in close clusters; bract- 

 lets of the calyx and bracts lance-awl-fonn, downy, as long as the tube ; leaves 

 linear, hairy ; flowers small, scentless, rose-color with white dots, crenate. ® 

 — Fields, &c., Pennsylvania and E. Massachusetts. July. — (Adv. from Eu.) 



D. Caryofhyllus, L., is the original of the Clove-Pink or Carnation, 

 &c. of the gardens D. barbAtus is the Sweet-William or Bunch Pink. 



2. S A PON ARIA, L. Soapwort. 



Calyx tubular, terete and even, 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. — Flowers cymose-clustered. (Name 



