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ORDEK XX. CARYOrilYI.LACEjE I'IXK-1 A.MII.V. 



1. S. officinalia. Jioitncim/ Set. 



Plant Hnuuth, somewhat fleshy; leaves oral, or ovate-lanceolate, smooth, 

 Meeile, mucronate; flowers Urge, pale roe color, In paniculate fasddei; cajyx 

 cylindrical ; crown of the peUU linear; fluwcrs often doable. Bum 1-8 feet 

 high, square. Common In rosd-sldes and waste places. Introduced. July 

 Aug. 



4. DIANTIICS. 



Calyx tubular, fi-toothed, with 1, rarely with more pairs of 

 opposite, imbricate scales at base. Petals 6, with long claws. 

 Stamens 10. Styles 2. Capsule 1-celled. Per. 



1. D. Armeria. Wild Pink. 



Stem, smooth, erect, branched aboro; leaves linear-subulate, hairy, sessile, 

 at hue; flowers rather small, scentless, In dense fascicles; calyx 

 ibulate, as long as the tube; petals red, dotted with white. 



The only ipedes found wild In the U. 8. It grows In dry fields and 

 road-tides In Eastern N. Kng. Stem 1J feet high. June Aug. 



2. D. barbatus. Siceet William. 



Stem erect, branching; leaves lanceolate ; flowers red, often ranch varie- 

 gated. In dense fascicles, rather small ; scales of the calyx lanceolate- subulate, 

 equalling the tube. A well-known garden flower, 10' IS 1 high. MayJuly. 



3. D. Chinensis. China J'in/;. 

 Stem erect, branched ; leaves lancn-linear ; flowers large, red, solitary ; 



calee linear, leafy, spreading, as long as the tube ; petals dentate or crenato. 

 Gardens. July. 



4. D. Plumarius. Single Pink. 



Glaucous; leaves linear, scabrous on toe margin; flowers 2 8, solitary, 

 varying from purple to white ; calyx-teeth obtuse ; scales ovate, acute ; petals 

 many-cleft, hairy at the throat June Aug. Gardens. 



5. D. Caryopb^llus. Carnation. 



Glaucous; leaves llnear-mbnUte, channelled ; flowers large, solitary, fra- 

 grant scales very short, ovate ; petals very broad, beardless, crenate. Stem 

 13 ft high, branched. From this species, under the Influence of cultivation, 

 have been derived all the splendid varieties of Carnations, whose flowers are of 

 all possible colors, and combinations of colors, except blue; but the most com- 

 mon is that shade of red known as pint. 



& 8TELLABIA. 



Sepals 6, connected at the base. Petals 6, 2-cleft Stamens 10, 

 ran-ly fewer. Styles 8, sometimes 4. Capsule 1-celled, 8-valved, 

 many-seeded. 



1. S. media. Chickweed. 



Stem procumbent, marked with alternate hairy lines; leaves ovate, 

 smooth, with dilate petioles; flowers small, white; petals oblong, .!,-<]. ly- 

 cleft, a little shorter than the sepals ; stamens varying from 8 10. A common 

 weed in waste placets blooming from March to November. An. or bttn. 



2. 8. longifolia. Stitchwort. 



Stem weak, usually with rough angles, very slender and brittle; leaves 

 linear, sessile, 1-ncrvod ; Bowers larger than In the last, white. In long, terminal, 

 divaricate cymes, with lanceolate, scarious bracts ; petals deeply-cleft, becom- 

 ing longer than the acute 8-velned sepals. Grows 8' Iff high In meadows, sup- 

 porting Uself by other plants. June July. Per. 



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Sepals S, somewhat united at base. Petals 6, bifid. Stamens 

 10, rarely fewer, alternate ones shorter. Styles 6. Capsule cy- 

 lindrical, or roundish, 1-celled, 10-toothed. Seeds numerous. 



1. C. vulgdtum. Mouse-ear. 



Hairy, pale-green, growing In tufts; stems aasurgent, or spreading; leaves 

 ovate or obovate, obtuse, attenuate at base ; flowers white, in somewhat capi- 

 tate clusters, when young longer than the pedicels ; sepala green, a little shorter 

 than the petals. Fields and waste places. Introduced. April Sept. Birn. 



2. C. viscosum. Large Mouse-ear. 



Hairy, viscid, spreading ; leaves lance-oblong, rather obtuse ; flowers white, 

 la fciose cymes, when young, shorter than the peduncles ; petals scarcely equal- 

 Rait th calyx. Plant of a deeper green than th* last, with narrower leaves. 

 May-top. Per 



1. ABENABIA 



Sepals 5. Pel*ls6,p< MDS. 10, ran Stylg 



3. Capsule 3-valved ; valves usually 2-parted. 



1. A. scrpyllitV'lia. Sandwort. 



Stem diffuse, dlch . vent, with reflexed hairs; leaves very 



small, ovate, sessile, scut*, somewhat dilate; flowers small, white, axillary and 

 terminal, numerous; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, hairy, striate, twice as long 

 as the oval petals ; capsule ovate, 6-toothed, equalling the sepals. IneulUvated 

 grounds 8' 4' high. Introduced. May June. An. 



\. latcriflora. Staritort. 



Slightly pubescent; stem erect, slender, nearly simple; leaves oblong or 

 oval, obtuse; peduncles lateral and terminal, 23 flowered; flowers Urge, 

 white; petals more than twice the length of the calyx. An elegant spades, 

 4' 10' high In meadows and damp grounds. June. Per. 



a HOXCKfeNYA. 



Sepals 6, united at base. Petals f>. unpiiicu: 

 Stamens 10, in-, rt.-.l \\ithtlic petals into a glandular 

 8 5. Capsule 8 5-valved, 1-celled, 8 10 seeded. An. 



1. H. peploides. Sea Sandwort. 



Very fleshy ; Hem creeping, sending up erect, mostly simple branches; 

 leaves ovate, abruptly acute, vein less; flowers pedicellate, axillary, small, 

 white ; sepals ovate, obtuse ; petals wedgo-obovate. The upright branches are 

 8' 12' high. Atlantic coast July. 



9. SAGlNA. 



Sepals 4 5, united at base. Petals 4 5, entire, or none. 

 Stamens 4 5. Capsules 4 5 valved, many-seeded. An. 



1. S. procumbens. Pearl wort. 



Glabrous; stem slender, procumbent; leaves linear, mucronate; flowers 

 small, white or green, axillary, on long peduncles ; petals half as long as the 

 sepals, sometimes wanting ; stamens sepals and petals 4 5, A little > 

 plant, In wet springy grounds. May July. 



10. ANfCHIA. 



Sepals 5, ovate-oblong, connivent, subsaccate at the apex. 

 Petals none. Stamens 2 5, inserted on the base of the sepals. 

 Utricle inclosed in the sepals. An. 



1. A. dichotoma. Forkxl ( 'liickn-n tl . 



Stem erect, smooth, or pubescent above, dichotomously bra- 

 leaves oval, or oblong, sessile; caullne ones opposite, those of the. branches al* 

 tcrnate, acute or obtuse, smooth ; flow, r- minuu-, while, axillary, solitary, or in 

 terminal clusters of a A delicate, very branching plant, on hill aides, 4' 8' 

 high. June Aug. 



11. SP^RGfl.A: 



Sepals 5, nearly distinct. Petals 5, cntitv. Stamens 6 10. 

 Styles 3 6. Capsules ovate, 8 5-valvc.l. ni:iiiy-T<li'.l. 



1. S. arvensis. Corn Spurrey. 



Stem erect, terete, branching, somewhat viscid; leaves linear-subulate, 

 vertldllate, 1020 In a verticil, fasciculate also In the axils, dark green ; stipules 

 minute ; peduncles roflexed In fruit; flowers In terminal, forked cymes ; petals 

 i.an the sepals; capsule twice as long; stamens 10; styles 5; 

 seeds uniform. Introduced. About afoot high, In cultivated jroomK Hay 

 Aug. An. 



2. S. rubra. Bed Corn Spurrr;/. 



Stem decumbent, much branch- leaves narrow-linear, some- 



what fleshy, acute, or mucronate, with tufts of leaves or branchlets In the axils, 

 opposite, sessile. Stipules ovate, deft; flowers small, solitary, axillary, red, or 

 rose-color, on hairy peduncles. A variable little plant, In dry soils and road 

 sides, Its delicate flowers furnishing a happy contrast to the barren sand which Is 

 its common habitat A variety Is common In salt marshes, which is more 

 fleshy, with larger loaves and stems; often erect with paler flowers. May 

 Not. Per. 



It SCLEBANTHUS. 



Sepals 5, united at base and inclosing the 1 -seeded utrid. . 

 Petals i inens 10 or C, inserted at the throat of th 



calyx Styles 2. An. 



