52 OIIDEU 19. CAllYOPIIYLLACE^E. 



ORDER XIX. CAUYOPHYLLACE^E. PINKWORTS. 



Herbs with swollen joints, opposite, entire leaves, and regular $/ (rarely 

 y) flowers. Sepals persistent. Petals often uuguiculute, or bifkl, or 0. 

 Stamens distinct, twice as many as the sepals, or fewer. Torus often soino 

 developed, separating the whorls. Style* 2 5, ovary 1. Fruit a 1-5-celled, 

 1 - oo-seeded pod. opening by teeth or valves. Embryo curved around the 

 albumen. Figs. 0, 41, 44, 45, 56, 131, 276, 330, 456. 



g Stipules present, dry (0 in No. 17). Calyx opeu. Petals sessile, minute, or 0. TRIBE III... (A) 

 g Stipules 0. a Calyx a tul>e including the long claws of the petals. Pod 00-seeded. TRIBKI...(C) 

 a Calyx open. Petals sessile (rarely in No. 10). Pod 3 - GO -seeded. TRIBE II. ..(e) 

 a. Calyx open, icfnte. Petals 0. Styles 3. Pod 3-celled. TKIBK I V. ..MOLLUGO. 18 



I. SILE>'E^E. c Calyx with scale-like braetlets at base. Styles 2 DIANTHUS. I 



-c Calyx bractless. d Styles 2 SAPONARIA, 2, or GYPSOFHILA, 2^ 



d Styles 3. Pod C-toothed when open SILENK. 3 



d Styles 5. Pod 10-toolhed or 5-valved LYCH.NIS. \ 



II. ALSlXEyE. e Petals erose-denticulate sit the end. Styles 3 HOLOSTKUM. 5 



s Petals 2-parted (sometimes \vauting in No. 7'. ..(/') 



/ Styles 5. Capsule opening at the top by 10 teeth CKKASTIUM. 6 



/ Styles 3. Capsule opening to the base by aalf-vaives STKLLAKIA. 7 



e Petals entire (often wanting in No. 10). .(g) 



</ Styles 3, or if 5, opposite to the sepals. (No. 7 or) ARKNAKIA. 8 



</ Styles 4, opposite to the 4 sepals. Stamens 4 M<ENCHIA. 9 



y Styles 4 or 5, and alternate with the sepals S AGIN A. JO 



III. ILLECEBRE<.-/4 Styles or stigmas 35. Pod several-seeded. Pet. colored. ..(/.-) 



A - Leaves opposite. /Flowers axillary, solitary SPKKGULAB'.A. II 



I Flowers in terminal clusters STIPUUCIDA. 12 



7.- Leaves whorled. i Styles 5, pod 5-valved SPKKGULA. 13 



HI Styles 3, pod 3-valved POLVCARPO.N. 14 



A Styles or stigmas 2 or 1. Utricle 1 -seeded... () 



n Sepals distinct or nearly so, greenish PAKONYCHIA. lo 



TI Sepals united into a tube below, white above SYPHONYCUIA. Hi 



n Sepals united into an urn below, green above SCLKRANTHTS 17 



1. DIANTHUS, L. PINK. Calyx tube cylindrical, striated, with 2 or 

 more pairs of imbricated scales or bracteoles at base. Pet. 5, with long 

 claws, limb irregularly notched. Stam. 10, styles 2, recurved. Capsule 

 cylindrical, 1-celled, 4-valved at top. Beautiful Oriental plants, every- 

 where cultivated. Figs. 6, 131, 276. 



Bracts long-pointed, equalling the calyx tube (dry, obtuse, No. 2) Nos. 14 



Bracts much shorter than the calyx tube .Nos. 57 



1 1>. Armcria L. Wild Pink. Loaves linear-subulate, hairy ; flowers aggregated, 



fascicled; bracteoles erect, lance-subuhite. (I) Sandy fields, E. 1 2f. Flower* 

 email (" broad), pink-red sprinkled with white. August. Europe. 



2 39. proliier L. Slender, strict, smooth; Ivs. linear, erect, 1 2' ; bracts dry, ovate, 



covering the calyx and pod ; pet. small, pink ; tl. mostly but 1. Perm. (Porter)-. Eur. 



3 D. BARBATUS. Sweet- William, or Bunch P. Loaves lanceolate : flowers in dense 



cymes ; bracteoles erect, ovate-subulate, li Europe. 14-f. Red-white. May July. 



4 D. CHINENSIS. Leaves lance-linear ; flowers solitary ; bracteoles spreading, linear. 



(|) China. If. Evergreen, not glaucous. Flowers large, variegated. 

 & 1). CAKYOPHYLLUS. Caniattoii P. Glaucous ; loaves linear ; flowers solitary : bract- 

 lets very short, ovate ; petals very broad, crenate. U England. 2 3f. Fragrant. 



6 I>. ri-UMARitrs. Pheasant's Eye. Glaucous; flowers solitary; bracts ovate, acute; 



petals many-cleft, hairy at throat. 2j Europe. White-purple. June August. 



7 D. SUPEKBUS. Loaves linear-subulate, green ; cymes fastigiate ; bracts ovate, mu- 



croiiato ; petals pinuatilid-fnnged. if Europe. White-roseate. July, August. 



