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ORDER XX. CARYOPHYLLACE^E PINK-FAMILY. 



1. S. officinalis. Bouncing Bet. 



Plant smooth, somewhat fleshy ; leaves oval, or ovate-lanceolate, smooth, 

 eessile, inucronate; flowers large, pale rose color, in paniculate fascicles; calyx 

 cylindrical; crown of the petals linear; flowers often double. Stem 12 feet 

 high, square. Common In road-sides and waste places. Introduced. July 

 Aug. 



4. DIANTIIUS. 



Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, with 1, rarely with more pairs of 

 opposite, imbricate scales at base. Petals 5, with long claws. 

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



1. D. Armeria. Wild Pink. 



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

 clasping at base; flowers rather small, scentless, in dense fascicles; calyx 

 scales lanceolate-subulate, as long as the tube ; petals red, dotted with white, 

 crenate. The only species found wild in the U. 8. It grows in dry fields and 

 road-sides in Eastern N. Eng. Stem 12 feet high. June Aug. 



2. D. barbatus. Sweet William. 



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

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

 equalling the tube. A well-known garden flower, 10' 18' high. May July. 



3. D. Chinensis. China Pink. 



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

 scales linear, leafy, spreading, as long as the tube ; petals dentate or crenate. 

 Gardens. July. 



4. D. Plumarius. 



Single Pink. 



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

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

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



5. D. Caryophyllus. 



Carnation. 



Glaucous; leaves linear-subulate, 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 pink. 



6. 8TELLARIA. 



Sepals 5, connected at the base. Petals 5, 2-cleft. Stamens 10, 

 rarely fewer. Styles 3, sometimes 4. Capsule 1-celled, 3-valved, 

 many-seeded. 



1. S. media. Chickweed. 



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

 smooth, with ciliate petioles; flowers small, white; petals oblong, deeply- 

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

 weed in waste places, blooming from March to November. An. or bien. 



2. S. longifolia. 



Stitchwort. 



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

 linear, sessile, 1-nerved ; flowers larger than in the last, white, in long, terminal, 

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

 ing longer than the acute 3-veined sepals. Grows 8' 20' high in meadows, sup- 

 porting itself by other plants. June July. Per. 



6. CERASTIUM. 



Sepals 5, somewhat united at base. Petals 5, bifid. Stamens 

 10, rarely fewer, alternate ones shorter. Styles 5. Capsule cy- 

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



1. C. vulgatum. 



Mouse-ear. 



Hairy, pale-green, growing in tufts ; steins assurgent, or spreading ; leaves 

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

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

 than the petals. Fields and waste places. Introduced. AprilSept. Bien. 



2. C. viscosum. Large Mouse-ear. 



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

 in loose cymes, when young, shorter than the peduncles ; petals scarcely equal- 

 ling the calyx. Plant of a deeper green than the last, with narrower leaves. 

 Fields. May Sep. Per. 



7. ARENARIA. 



Sepals 5. Petals 5, entire. Stamens 10, rarely fewer. Styles 

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



1. A. serpyllifolia. Sandwort. 



Stem diffuse, dichotomous, pubescent, with reflexed hairs; leaves very 

 small, ovate, sessile, acute, somewhat ciliate; 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. In cultivated 

 grounds 3' 4' high. Introduced. May June. An. 



2. A. lateriflora. 



Starwort. 



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

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

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

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



8. HONCKENYA. 



Sepals 5, united at base. Petals 5, unguiculate, entire. 

 Stamens 10, inserted with the petals into a glandular disk. Styles 

 3 5. Capsule 3 5-valved, 1-celled, 8 10 seeded. An. 



1. H. peploides. 



Sea Sandwort. 



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

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

 white ; sepals ovate, obtuse ; petals wedge-obovate. The upright branches arc 

 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. Pearlwort. 



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

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

 sepals, sometimes wanting ; stamens sepals and petals 45. A little creeping 

 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. Forked Chickweed. 



Stem erect, smooth, or pubescent above, dichotomously branched, slender ; 

 leaves oval, or oblong, sessile ; cauline ones opposite, those of tho branches al- 

 ternate, acute or obtuse, smooth ; flowers minute, white, axillary, solitary, or in 

 terminal clusters of 8. A delicate, very branching plant, on hill sides, 4' 8' 

 high. June Aug. 



11. SPERGULA: 



Sepals 5, nearly distinct. Petals 5, entire. Stamens 5 10. 

 Styles 3 5. Capsules ovate, 3 5-valved, many-seeded. 



1. S. arvensis. Corn Spurrey. 



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

 verticillate, 10 20 in a verticil, fasciculate also in the axils, dark green ; stipules 

 minute; peduncles reflexed in fruit ; flowers in terminal, forked cymes; petals 

 white, longer than the sepals; capsule twice as long; stamens 10; styles 5; 

 seeds uniform. Introduced. About a foot high, in cultivated grounds. May 

 Aug. An. 



2. S. rubra. 



Red Corn Spurrey. 



Stem decumbent, much branched, smooth; leaves narrow-linear, some- 

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

 opposite, sessile. Stipules ovate, cleft; 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 tho barren sand which is 

 its common habitat A variety is common in salt marshes, which is more 

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

 Nov. Per. 



12. SCLERANTHUS. 



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

 Petals none. Stamens 10 or 5, inserted at the throat of the 

 calyx Styles 2. An. 



