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CARYOPHYLLACE^E. 



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Observe, also, the somewhat berried fruit of Cucubahis. 

 A capsule is the characteristic form of fruit in the Order. 



Several species of the Order are common in gardens, 

 as Clove-pinks, Piccotees, and Carnations, derived from 

 Dianthus Caryophyllus (from the specific name of which 

 species the name of the Natural Order is derived), Sweet 

 William (D. barbatus), Pinks (various species of Dian- 

 thus], species of Lychnis, and Soapwort (Saponaria). 

 The last-named and some others of the Family contain 

 a considerable quantity of carbonate of soda or of potash, 

 and may be used in washing linen ; hence the name 

 " Soap wort." 



Tufts of a Sand wort (Arenarici) are in the Kew 

 Museum, brought from an elevation of 14,000 to 18,000 

 feet in the Himalaya, by Drs. Hooker and Thomson. 



II. Natural Order Hypericineas. The St. John's- 

 wort Family. 



DISTRIBUTION. Dispersed through tropical and tem- 

 perate regions of both hemispheres. One British genus, 

 species n. 



Shrubs or herbs. Leaves [opposite. Flowers regular. Sepals 

 imbricate. Stamens indefinite, polyadelphous. 



FIG. 86. Vertical section of a flower of Hypericum perforatum. 



Type Common St. John's- wort (Hypericum perfora- 

 tion}. 



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