88 CARYOPHYLLACE.fc. (I'INK FAMILY.) 



borne on a long terminal peduncle. (Name composed of o\os, all, and oa-reov, 

 bone, by antiphrasis, these plants being soft and tender.) 



H. r.MBELLATUM, L. Leaves oblong; peduncle and upper part of the stem 

 glandular-pubescent ; pedicels reflexed after flowering. Hills around Lancas- 

 ter, Perm., Prof. Porter, aud Morris Co., N. J., C. F. Austin. (Nat. from Eu.) 



9. CERASTIUM, L. MOUSE-EAR CHI-K\VI.I:D. 



Sepals 5, rarely 4. Petals as many, 2-lobed or cleft, rarely entire. Stamens 

 twice as manv, or fewer. Styles equal in number to the sepals aud opposite 

 them. Pod 1-celled, usually elongated, membranaceous, opening at the apex 

 by twice as many teeth as there were styles, many-seeded. Seeds rough. 

 Flowers white, in terminal cynics. ( >ur species have the petals 2 -cleft or ob- 

 cordate, the parts of the flower always in lives, and the exserted pods more or 

 less curved. (Name from Kfpas, a horn, alluding to the shape of the pod iu 

 many species.) 



C. vi-i i'i-r.M, L. (Moi SI.-KAU dm KWI:I:I>.) Annual, hairy and rather 

 clammy, nearly erect (4-9' high); l<-ar< s <n-afr <>r vlnratc to oblong-spatulatt ; 

 bracts herbaceous; jlin rx small in close clusters at first, judii; /.s <r<n in 

 fruit not lonair than the acute sepals; pitaix a/inrti-r than tin- ruli/x. (C. vul- 

 gatum, L. Herb., and Man. The names of this and the next were transposed 

 in the Liumvan herbarium, which has caused much confusion. They are here 

 applied as originally by Linmeus, and by many recent botanists. Others sub- 

 stitute for this the later name, C. glomcratuni. TlmiH.) Orassy places, east- 

 ward and southward; not common. May -July. Stamens often 5. (Nat. 

 from Eu.) 



C. vuLGXxrM, L. (LARGER M.) Perennial; stems clammy-hairy, spread- 

 ing (6-15' long); leaves u'llnna ; upper bracts >e:irioiis -margined ; jfvmrs 

 /arr/rr (sepals 2-3" long), at lirst clustered, the fruiting jut/in!* longer, the 

 earlier ones nmstlv much /<>n<!<r than tin u/itnsr sepals; petals equalling the 

 calvx. (('. viscosum, /.. //<;/<., and Man. (_'. triviale, Link.) Fields and 

 copses; common, perhaps indigenous. May -July. (Nat. from Itu.) 



1. C. nutans, Raf. Annual, very clammy-pubescent; stems erect, slen- 

 der, grooved, diffusely branched (6-20' high); cyme loose and open, inany- 



Jlowtred : h in-, > ,,',!, ,n<i-'tan<-t <>!<it< , acute, the lowest spatulate ; peduncles mostly 

 elongated ; petals longer than the calyx ; pods nodding on the stalks, curved 

 ujncard, thrice the length of the calyx. Moist places, Vt. to Minn., and south- 

 ward. May -July. 



2. C. arvense, L. (FIELD CHH-KWEEJ).) Perennial ; stems ascending 

 or erect, tufted, downy or nearly smooth, slender (4-8' high), naked andfew- 

 several-Jiowered at the summit ; lian-s linear or narrowly lanceolate; petals ob- 

 cordate, more than twice the length of the calyx ; pods scarcely longer than the 

 calyx. Dry or rocky places. May- July. (Eu.) 



Yar. oblongif61ium, lloll. & Britt. Usually taller, pubescent; leaves 

 narrowly or broadly oblong or oblong-lanceolate; pod about twice longer than 

 the calyx. (C. oblongifolium, Tun-.) Rocky places, N. Y. to Minn., and 

 southward. Var. viLi.6suM, lloll. & Britt. Similar but densely villous-pu- 

 bescent, and the leaves lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate. E. Peun. 



10. S AGIN A, L. PEARLWORT. 



Sepals 4 or 5. Petals 4 or 5, undivided, or often none. Stamens as many 

 as the sepals, rarely twice as many. Styles as many as the sepals and alter- 

 nate with them. Pod many-seeded, 4 - 5-valved to the base ; valves opposite 



