CARYOPHYLLE^E. 47 



Herbs, occasionally becoming sufrutescent. Stems tumid 

 nt (he articulations. Leaves always opposite and entire, of- 

 ten connate at the base. 



1. DIANTHUS, Linn. 



Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, with 2 4 opposite imbricate 



scales at base. Petals 5, with long claws. Stamens 10. 



Styles 2. Capsule 1-celled. Decandria. Digynia. 



D. armeria Linn. : flowers in terminal crowded clusters ; scales of 



the calyx lanceolate, villous, as long as the tube. 



HAB, Sandy fields. N. J. July. >.Stem 18 inches high. 

 Flowers red, inodorous, small. Introduced. Pink. 



2. SILENE. Linn. 



Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, naked. Petals 5, unguiculate, 

 mostly crowned at the orifice ; limb bifid. Stamens 10. 

 Styles 3. Capsule 3 celled at base, dehiscent at the top into 

 6 teeth. Decandria. Trigynia. 



* Caulescent. Flowers solitary or panicled. Calyx inflated. 



1. 8. stellata Ait. : stem erect, branching, pubescent ; leaves verti- 

 cillate in fours, lanceolate, long-acuminate, smooth ; flowers in panicles ; 

 calyx vesiculose, pubescent ; limb of the petals fringed. Cucubalus 

 stdlatus Linn. ^ 



HAB. Hill sides. Can. to Car. July, Aug. !. Stew 2 4 feet 

 high. Flowers white ; petals about 4-cleft. Calyx inflated. 



Star Campion. 



2. S. inflata Smith : stem branching, smooth and glaucous, decum- 

 bent ; leaves oblong-oval, acute, nerveless, ; flowers paniculate ; calyx 

 vesiculate-ovate ; petals bifid, naked ; claws wedge-form ; styles larger 

 than the stamens. Cucubalus behen Linn. 



HAB. Rocky hills. Can. andN. S. July. y. Stem 1 2 feet 

 high. Flowers white ; petals bifid. Calyx bladder like and beau- 

 tifully veined. Bladder Campion. 



3. <S. nivea Mufd. : stem divaricate and dichotomous above ; leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, minutely and puberulently pubescent, the upper- 

 most ovate ; calyx obtuse, bell-shaped, inflated, subpilose ; petals 

 small, reflexed, bifid at the extremity ; claws exserted beyond the calyx, 

 nearly naked ; flowers solitary, dichotomal, terminal. Cucubalus 

 niveus Nutt. 



HAB. " Upon an Island in the Susquehannah near to Columbia. 

 Penn. Muhlenberg/' Nutt. June, July. If. Stem smooth 

 and slender. Leaves opposite, 2 inches long, and 1-2 an inch 

 wide. Flowers white, remote, solitary, dichotomal and terminal. 

 Nuttall quotes the above name from Muhlenberg as a synonym 

 for his Cucubalus niveus, but I cannot find it in his catalogue. 

 It may be the S. alba of Muhlenberg, and is perhaps only a 

 variety of *Su inflate* 



