54 CARYOrHYLLACE^E. (PIXK FAMILY.) 



SUBORDER III. ILLECEBREJ3. TIIE KNOT WORT FAMILY. 



Character same as of the duckweed Family, but with dry scale-like 

 stipules, the uppermost leaves rarely alternate, and the 1-celled pods some- 

 times 1 -seeded. 



Pod (capsule) many-seeded. Styles 3 -5. Petals usually conspicuous. 

 14. SPERGULAltlA. Styles 8-6. Leaves opposite. 



16. SPKRtiULA. Styles 5. Valves of the pod opposite the sepels. Leaves whorled. 

 t Pod (utricle) 1-seeded Styles 2, often united. Petals bristle-form or none. Stamens 

 plainly inserted on the base of the calyx. 



16. ANYCII1A. Petals none. Sepals flattish, unarmed. 



17. PAKONYCU1A. Petals minute or bristle-form. Sepals concave, awned. 



SUBORDER IV. SCLERANTHE^E. THE KNAWEL FAMILY. 



Characters of the preceding, but no stipules, and the sepals more united 

 below into an indurated tube surrounding the utricle; the stamens inserted 

 at the throat. 



18. SCLERANTUUS. Petals none. Stamens 5 or 10. 



SUBORDER V. MOLLUGINEJE. INDIAN-CIIICKWKED FAMILY. 



Stamens alternate with the sepals when of the same number, when fewer 

 alternate with the cells of the 3-celled ovary : otherwise as in Suborders 

 2 and 3. 



19. MO L LUGO. Petals none. Stamens 3 -6. Stigmas 3. Pod 3-celled. many-seeded. 



SUBORDER I. SI LEXEME. THE PROPER PINK FAMILY. 



1. I> I AN Til US, L. PINK. CARNATION. 



Calyx cylindrical, 5-toothed, supported at the base by 2 or more imbricated 

 bractlcts. Stamens 10. Styles 2. Pod long-stalked, 1 -colled, 4-valvcd at the 

 %]>cx. Seeds flattish : embryo scarcely curved. Ornamental plants, of well- 

 known aspect and value in cultivation, none natives of this country. (Name 

 from Aioy, of Jupiter, and ai>6os,flou-er, i. e. Jove's own flower.) 



1. I>. ARM&RIA, L. (DEI>TFORI> PINK.) Flowers in close dusters ; bract- 

 lets of the calyx and bracts lance-awl-fonn, downy, as hm<; as the tube; leaves 

 linear, hairy ; flowers small, scentless, rose-color with white dots, crcuate. 

 Fields, .(-., Pennsylvania and E. Massachusetts. July. (Adv. from Eu.) 



D- CARVOIMIVLLUS, L., is the original of the CLOVK-PIXK or CAHNATION, 

 &c. of the gardens D. BAitnXTL's is the SWEET-WILLIAM or BUNCH PINK 



ii. S A PON ARIA, L. SOAIMVORT. 



Calyx tubular, terete nnd even, 5-toothcd, naked at the base. Stamens 10 

 Styles ti. Pod short-stalked, 1-celled, or partly '2-cellcd "at the base, 4-toothed at 

 the npex. Embryo coiled into a rimr. Flowers cvmose-clustcred. (Nanifl 



