CARYOPHYLLACE.E. (PINK FAMILY.) 83 



1. DI AW THUS, L. PINK. CARNATION. 



Calyx cylindrical, nerved or striate, 5-toothed, subtended by 2 or more im- 

 bricated bractlets. Stamens 10. Styles 2. Pod 1 -celled, 4-valved at the apex. 

 Seeds flattisli on tlie back; embryo scarcely curved. Ornamental plants, of 

 well-known aspect and value in cultivation. (Name from Aids, of Jupiter, and 

 avdos, flower, i. e., Jove's own flower.) 



D. ARMERIA, L. (DEPTFORD PINK.) Annual; flowers clustered; bract- 

 lets of the calyx and bracts lance-awl-form, herbaceous, downy, as long as the 

 tube; leaves linear, hairy ; petals small, rose-color with white dots, crenate. 

 Fields, etc., eastward. July. (Adv. from Eu.) 



D. rudLiFEK, L. Annual, smooth, slender; flowers clustered; bractlets 

 ovate, dry, concealing the calyx ; leaves few, narrow, linear, erect ; petals 

 small, pink. N. J. and E. Penn. (Adv. from Eu.) 



D. DELTOIUES, L. (MAIDEN PINK.) Perennial; leaves short, narrowly 

 lanceolate, downy and roughish ; flowers solitary ; bracts ovate, half as long 

 as the tube ; petals rose-color or white, toothed. Mich., L. II. Bailey. (Nat. 

 from Eu.) 



D. BARBATUS, L. (SWEET WILLIAM.) Perennial ; flowers fascicled ; leaves 

 large, lanceolate ; bracts filiform-attenuate, equalling the calyx. Sparingly 

 spontaneous. (Adv. from Eu.) 



2. GYPSOPHILA, L. 



Calyx narrowly top-shaped or campanulate, 5-nerved, 5-toothed, naked at 

 base. Petals not crowned. Stamens 10. Styles 2. Pod 1 -celled, 4-valved 

 at the apex, sessile. Slender glaucous annuals or perennials, with numerous 

 small flowers. (Name from yv\f/os, gypsum, and (piXely, to love.) 



G. MTRALIS, L. Annual, much branched; leaves very narrowly linear; 

 flowers on slender pedicels, solitary in the forks ; calyx turbinate, the teeth 

 short, obtuse ; petals purplish, crenate or emarginate. Sparingly natural- 

 ized. (Nat. from Eu.) 



3. SAPONARIA, L. 



Calyx narrowly ovoid or oblong, 5-toothed, obscurely nerved, naked. Sta- 

 mens 10. Styles 2. Pod 1 -celled, or incompletely 2 - 4-celled at base, 4-toothed 

 at the apex. Coarse annuals or perennial, with large flowers. (Name from 

 s<7/>r>, soap, the mucilaginous juice forming a lather with water.) 



S. OFFICINALIS, L. (SOAPWORT. BOUNCING BET.) Flowers in corymbed 

 clusters ; calyx terete ; petals crowned with an appendage at the top of the 

 claw; leaves oval-lanceolate. Roadsides, etc. July -Sept. A stout peren- 

 nial, with large rose-colored flowers, commonly double. (Adv. from Eu.) 



S. VACCARIA, L. Annual, glabrous ; flowers in corymbed cymes ; calyx 

 5-angled, enlarged and wing-angled in fruit ; petals pale red, not crowned ; 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate. (Vaccaria vulgaris, Host.) Occasionally sponta- 

 neous. (Adv. from Eu.) 



4. SILENE, L. CATCHFLY. CAMPION. 



Calyx 5-toothed, 10 -many-nerved, naked at the base. Stamens 10. Styles 

 3, rarely 4. Pod 1-celled, sometimes 3-celled at least at the base, opening by 

 3 or 6 teeth at the apex. Flowers solitary or in cymes. Petals mostly 

 crowned with a scale at the base of the blade. (Name from aiaXov, saliva, 

 from the viscid exudation on the stems and calyx of many species. The 

 English name Catcltfly alludes to the same peculiarity.) 



* Dwarf, alpine, tufted, smooth, perennial ; flowering shoots \-flowered. 



1. S. acaulis, L. (Moss CAMPION.) Tufted like a moss (1 - 2' high) ; 

 leaves linear, crowded ; flowers almost sessile, or rarely on a naked peduncle; 



