CARYOPHYLLACE^:. (I'INK FAMILY.) 83 



1. D I ANT HITS, L. ]>ink. rAusATiox. 



Calyx cvliiubical, nerved or striate, Tj-toothed, .subtended hy 2 or more im- 

 bricated Lrattlets. Stamens 10. Styles 2. Pod 1 -celled, 4-varve(l at the apex. 

 Seeds flattish on tlie l)ack ; embryo scarcely curved. — Ornamental plants, of 

 well-known aspect and value in cultivation. (Name from Ai6i, <>/ Jupiter, aud 

 &vdos,JI(jircr, i. c., .Jove's own flower.) 



D. AKMicKiA, L. (I)i:i'Ti-oRi) Pink.) Annual; flowers clustered; bract- 

 lets of tlie calyx and hracts htnce-airl-Jhnn, herbaceous, downy, as long as the 

 tube ; leaves linear, hairii ; petals small, rose-color with white' dots, creuate. — 

 Fields, etc., eastward. July. (Adv. from Ya\.) 



D. rndLiFEK, L. Annual, smoofli, .slender; flowers clustered; hrartlets 

 ovate, dri/, concealino; the calyx; leaves few, narrow, linear, erect; petals 

 small, pink. — N. J. and E. Pcnn. (Adv. from En.) 



D. DELTOiDES, L. (Maiden PixK.) Porouiiial ; leaves short, narrowly 

 lanceolate, downy and rougliish ; flowers solitary; l)racts ovate, half as long 

 as the tube ; petals rose-color or white, toothed. — Mich., L. H. Jjdilei/. (Nat. 

 from Eu.) 



D. BARBATUS, L. (SwKKT WiM.iAM.) ]'ercnnial ; flowers fascicled ; leaves 

 large, lanceolate ; bracts filiform-attenuate, equalling the calyx. — Sparingly 

 spontaneous. (Adv. from Eu.) 



2. GYPSOPHILA, L. 



Calyx narroAvly top-shaped or campanulate, 5-nerved, 5-toothed, naked at 

 base. Petals not croAvned. Stamens 10. Styles 2. I'od 1 -celled, 4-valved 

 at the apex, sessile. — Slender glaucous annuals or pereimials, Avith numerous 

 small flowers. (Name from yvxpos, gi/jisiim, and <piKdv, to love.) 



G. ml'rXlis, L. Annual, much branclied ; leaves very narrowly linear; 

 flowers on slender pedicels, solitary in the forks ; calyx turbinate, the teeth 

 short, obtuse ; petals purplish, crenate or emargiuate. — Sparingly natural- 

 ized. (Nat. from Eu.) 



3. SAPONAHIA, L. 



Calyx narrowly ovoid or oMong, .'i-toothod, obscurely nerved, naked. Sta- 

 mens 10. Styles 2. I'od 1-celled, or incompletely 2- 4-celled at l)ase,4-toothed 

 at the apex. — Coarse annuals or perennial, with large flowers. (Name from 

 sajjo, soap, the mucilaginous juice forming a lather with water.) 



S. OFFICINALIS, L. (SoAPWOKT. l^oi NCiNG Bet.) Elowers in corvmbcd 

 clusters ; calyx terete ; petals crowned with an appendage at the top of the 

 claw; leaves oval-lanceolate. — Koadsides, etc. July -Sept. — A stout peren- 

 nial, with large rose-colored flowers, commonly double. (Adv. from Eu.) 



S. VaccA.ria, L. Annual, glal)rous; flowers in corymbed cymes; calyx 

 5-angled, enlarged and wing-angled in fruit; petals pale red, not crowned; 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate. ( V'accaria vulgaris, Host.) — Occasionally sponta- 

 neous. (Adv. from Eu.) 



4. SILENE, E. C\\TriiFLY. Cami'iox. 



Calyx 5-toothed, 10- many-nerved, naked at the base. Stamens 10. Styles 

 3, rarely 4. Pod 1-celled, sometimes ."J-celled at least at the base, opening by 

 3 or 6 teeth at the apex. — Flowers solitary or in cymes. Petals mostly 

 crowned with a scale at the l)ase of the blade. (Name from alaXov, saliva, 

 from the viscid exudation on the stems and calyx of many species. The 

 English name Catchjlj alludes to the same peculiarity.) 



*- Dirarf, alpine, tufted, smooth, perennial ; flowerinrj shoots l-floivercd. 



1. S. acatlliR, E. (Mos.«i Campion.) Tufted like a moss (1 -2' high) ; 

 leaves linear, crowded ; flowers almost sessile, or rarely on a naked ])eduncle ; 



