PINK FAMILY. ( i 



* * * * Cahjx not infated ; petals croioied. Weeds or cult. (§) 



1- Smooth, a part of each of the tipper joint of stems rjlutinons ; Hovers 

 small. 



S. Armenia, Linn. Savekt William C. Stem about 1° high ; flowers 

 showy in flat-topped cymes ; calyx slender, club-shaped ; petals notched, 

 bright pink, or a white variety, opening only in sunshine ; leaves lance- 

 ovate, glaucous. Eu. Cult, and escaped. 



S. compdcta, Fischer. 12'-18' high ; flowers in dense cymes (almost 

 fascicled) ; petals with an obovate, entire, or erose limb. (§) Cult, from 

 Caucasus. 



S. antirrhina, Linn. Sleepy C. Stem slender, 8'-30' high, rather 

 simple ; flowers very small, panicled ; calyx ovoid ; petals rose-color, ob- 

 cordate, opening only at midday in sunshine ; leaves lanceolate or linear. 

 Dry soil ; common. 



-t- ■(- All over stickii-hairij ; naturalized from Eu. 



S. noctiflbra, Linu. Night-flowering C. Tall coarse weed in cult, or 

 waste grounds ; lower leaves spatulate, upper lanceolate and pointed ; 

 fliiwers single or in loose clusters terminating the branches, with awl- 

 shaped calyx-teeth and white or pale rosy 2-parted petals, opening at night- 

 fall or in cloudy weather. 



6. ARENARIA, SANDWORT. (Latin : ^-rtwrf, in which several species 

 grow.) Plants of various habit, usually low and tufted. All the follow- 

 ing are wild, also some others less common. Flowers spring and sum- 

 mer. (Lessons, Figs. 21.5, 331, 332.) 



* Petals inconspiruous, white. 



A. serpyllifblia, Linn. 2'-()' high ; stems erect, r(umliish, much branched ; 

 leaves ovate, pointed ; flowers in leafy cymes ; pit.ils scarct'ly longer than 

 the 3-5-nerved pointed sepals. Sandy or gravelly waste'places. Eu. 



A. difftisa, Ell. Spreading S. Plant soft-downy ; stems diffusely 

 branched, prostrate, 1° or more long ; leaves lanceolate ; peduncles lat- 

 eral, 1-flowered ; petals shorter than the sepals or none. 11 Shady 

 grounds S. 



* * Petals conspicuous, longer than the calyx, trhite. 21 



-1- Leaves small, rigid, aicl-sliapcd or hrislle-s/iajied ; :]'-G' high.. 



A. Carolini^na, Walt, (or A. sQiARiiosA). Pine-hakren S. Densely 

 tufted from a deep root; leaves imbricated but spreading, obscuring the 

 intei-nodes ; sepals obtuse. In sand, coast of N. J. and S. 



A. Michatixii, Hook.f . Usually diffuse from a small root ; inter- 

 nodes evident; leaves with many others, clustered in tlie axils; sepals 

 acute. Uocks and wooded banks X. and W. 



1- -1- Leaves soft and herbaceous, filiform-linear ; ptetals retuse or notched. 



A. p^tula, Miclix. Minutely pubescent, diffusely branched filiform 



stems, G'-IO' long ; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, S-o-nerved. Va., W. 



to Kansas. , , ■ , 



H- 4- -1- Leaves oval, oolong, or ovate. 



A. Iaterifl6ra, Linn. Side-ki.owering S. Plant minutely downy ; 

 .stem erect, ."J'-IO' high, s]iariuuly branching; peduncles few-flowered, 

 soim liccDiniiig lateral by tiic farther growth of the leafy stem; leaves 

 oval or ()])liiiig. (Jravelly shores and banks, N. and W. 



A. peploides, Linn. Sea S. 6'-10' high; leaves very fleshy, ovate ; 

 flowers axillarv. Sands of seashore N. 



