28 CARYOPHYLLACEJE. (PINK FAMILY.) 



row claws; the blade mostly bifid or many-cleft and usually crowned with 2 scales at 

 the base. Stamens 10; styles 3, erect. Capsule dehiscent by 6, rarely 3 teeth. 



1. S. Gallica, L. Hairy; leaves spatulate, 1 to 1^ inches long; calyx oblong- 

 cylindric, becoming expanded by the growth of the ovoid capsule; flowers small, rose- 

 colored, in one-sided close racemes; petals entire, slightly twisted. 



2. S. Californica, Durand. Glandular-pubescent; stems 6 inches to 3 ft. high, 

 lax, leafy; flowers large, deep scarlet, few at the ends of the branches; calyx 7 to 10 lines 

 long; petals deeply parted with bifid segments, the lobes 2-3- toothed or entire, with 

 often a lateral one. 



3. S. Douglasii, Hook. Stems simple few-flowered; leaves narrowly oblanceolate 

 to linear, an inch or two long; calyx oblong-cylindric, often inflated, 5 to 7 lines long; 

 petals rose-color or nearly white; 8 to 10 lines long, bifid with broad obtuse lobes; claw 

 broadly auricled; capsule oblong-ovate, long stiped. 



2. CBRASTIUM, L. MOUSE-EAR CHICKWEED. 



Sepals 5. Petals 5, emarginate or bifid. Stamens 10. Styles 5, rarely less. The 

 curved capsule dehiscing by twice as many teeth as there are -styles. Flowers white. 



1. C, pilosum, Ledeb. Erect, rather stout, more or less densely pilose; leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, to an inch or more long, acute, almost sheathing at the base; flowers 

 from ^ to 1 inch in diameter. 



C. ARVENBE, L., has clowny acute leaves. 



C. VTJL.GATUM, L M hag ovate or obovato obtuse leaves; flowers clustered. 



3. STELLARIA, L. CHICKWEED. 



Sepals 5, rarely 4. Petals as many, 2-cleft. Stamens 10, or fewer by abortion. Low 

 herbs with minute white flowers and 4-angled stems. 



1. S. media, L. Weak and spreading, rooting at the lower joints; the ovate leaves 

 less than an inch long on hairy petioles, or the upper ones sessile; stamens 3 to 10. 



Introduced from Europe. 



2. S. iiitens. Nutt., has small sessile lanceolate leaves and narrow shining sepals 

 surpassing the minute petals. 



3. S. littoralis, Torr., is rather a stout hairy plant, with ovate leaves; flowers in 

 a terminal cyme. May be found on the sea-shore. 



4. ARENARIA, L. SANDWORT. 



Distinguished chiefly from Stellaria by the entire petals and usually by the tufted 

 stems and subulate rigid leaves. In our species the 3 valves of the capsule are entire; 

 bracts foliaceous. 



1. A. Douglasii, Torr. & Gr. Slender, much branched, 3 to 6 inches high; leaves 



