88 OAUYOrHYLLACK.E. (I'lN'K FAMILY.) 



scale-like etipnlcs (except in Sclerantlius), tlic uppermost sometimes alternate. Flowers 

 mostly small. 



» I'od (capsule) many-sei'deil. Styhs 3-6. Petals usually conspicuous. 



11. Spergiilnrin. Styles 3-5. Leaves opposite. 



12. !!<|>ei'gula. Styles 5. Valves of the po J opposite the sepals. Leaves whorlcd. 



• • Potl (utricle) l-seeiled. Styles 2, often united. Petals none or minute. 



13. Aiiyt-Iiiii. Sumieus on the base of the 5 parted awnless caly.x. Style hai-dly any. 



14. Paroiij«l»ln. Stamens on the base of the 6-parted calyx; the sepals bristle-pointed. 



Stylo 1, two-cleft at the top. 



15. Scleiiiiillkiis. Stamens borne on the throat of the indurated 5-cleft and pointless calyx. 



Styles 2. Stipules none. 

 Tribe IV. B10l.L.i;GlNE.E. Stamens alternalo wilh the sepals when of the same 

 number, when fewer alternate with the cells of the 3-celled ovary. Partitions of the pod 

 per.-istent on the valves. Leaves not truly opposite, otherwise as in Tribe IL 



16. AIollu^o. Petals none. Stamens 3 -5. Stijjmas 3. Pod many-seeded. 



1. DIANTHUS, L. Pimv. Cakxation. 



Calyx cylindrical, nerved or striate, 5-toothcd, subtended by 2 or more imbri- 

 cated bractiets. Stamens 10. Styles 2. Pod 1 -celled, 4-valved at tlie ape.x. 

 Seeds fluttish on the back: embryo scarcely curved. — Ornamental plants, of 

 ■well-known aspect and value in cultivation. (Name from Aior, nfjuiiiter, and 

 av6os, flower, i. c. Jove's own flower.) Two insignificant annual species are 

 rarely sjiontancous. 



1. D. Armkria, L. (Deptford Pink.) Flowers in close clusters ; bract- 

 lets of the calyx and bracts lance-awl -form, herbaceous, downy, as long as the 

 tube; leaves linear, hani/ ; petals small, rose-color with white dots, crcnate. — 

 Fields, &c., Virginia to E. Massachusetts. July. — (Adv. from Eu.) 



2. D. pkolifer, L. (Proliferous Pi.nk.) Smooth, slender; flowers 

 clustered ; bractiets ovate, dry, concealing the calyx ; leaves few, narrow, linear, 

 erect; petals small, pink. — Near Philadelphia, C. E. Smith. (Adv. from Eu.) 



2. SAPONARIA, L. Soapwort. 



Calyx tubular, terete, nerveless, ."i-toothed, naked at the base. Stamens 10. 

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

 at the apex. — Flowers clustered. (Name from s(//;o, soap, the mucilaginous 

 juice forming a lather with water.) 



1. S. officinXlis, L. (C0M.MON Soapwort. Bouncing Bet.) Clii.s- 

 ters corymbcd; petals crowned with an appendage at the top of the claw; 

 leaves oval-laneeolatc. — Roadsides, &c. July - Sept. — A stout perennial, 

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



3. VACCARIA, Medik. Cow-Herb. 



Calyx naked at the base, ovoid-pyramidal, 5-anglcd, 5-toothed, enlarged and 

 wing-angled in fruit. Petals not crowned. Stamens 10. Styles 2. Pod in- 

 completely 4-celled at the base. — A smooth annual, with pale red flowers in 

 corymbcd cymes, and ovate-lanceolate leaves. (Name from vacca, a cow.) 



1. V. vulo.\ris, Host. (Saponaria Vaccaria, L.) — Escaped from gardens 

 and becoming spontaneous in some places. (Adv. from Eu.) 



