Order 21.— PINKWORTS. 173 



(5 Styles or stip^mas 3 or 5. Pod 1 -celled, many-seeded e 



6 Styles or stigmas 2 or united into 1. Pod 1-seeded f 



a Styles 2. Petals variously notched or fringed. PinJc. Dian'thcs. 1 



b Styles 2. Capsule 4-toothed when open. Soapwort. Sapoxa^iiia. 



b Styles 3. Capsule 6-toothed when open. Silene. Silene. 2 



b Styles 5. Calyx 5-toothcd, teeth short or long. Eose Campion. Lychnis. 8 

 c Styles 5. Pod opening at top by 10 teeth. Mouse-ear. Cerastium. 4 



Styles 3. Pod splitting into 6 valves, Chickweed. Starwort. Stella'kia. 



d Styles 3. Valves of the ripe pod 3, each 2-toothed. Sandicort. Arenv'ria. 



d Styles 3. Valves of the pod 3, entire. Grove Sandwort. Alsi'ne. 



d Styles 4 or 5, always as many as the sepals. Pearlwoit. Sagi'na. 



d Styles 3 and 5. Plant fleshy. Disk 10-lobed. Sea Sandwort. Honken^ya. 

 e Styles 5. Leaves linear, whorled. Flowers white. Spurry. Sper'gula. 



e Styles 3 and 5. Lvs. linear, opposite. Fls. red. Sand Spurry. '^vetigv-la^kw, 

 e Styles 3 in all the fls. Leaves in 4's. Stipules ovate. All-seed. Polycar^pon-. 

 e Styles 3 in all the fls. Leaves opposite. Stipules many- cleft. Stipclic'ida. 



f Sepals green, distinct or nearly so JS'ailwort. Paronych'ia. 



f Sepals white above, united into a tube below. Syphonych'ia. 



g Styles 2. Utricle inclosed in the hardened calyx tube. Knawell. Scleran'tiius. 

 h Styles 3. Stamens 3 or 5. Herb flat on the ground. Carpet-weed. Mollu'go. 5 



1. DIAN'THUS. Pink. Carnation. 



Calyx tubular, cylindrical, striate, with 2 or more pairs of opposite, im- 

 bricated scales at base. Petals 5, with long claws, limb unequally notched. 

 Stamens 10. Styles 2, with revolute stigmas. Capsule cylindrical, one- 

 celled. 



H Bracts as long as the calyx tube 2, 3, 4 



1 Bracts much shorter than the calyx 5, 6, 7 



1 D. Arme'ria. Wild Finl\ Bracts erect. Leaves linear. Flowers small, pink-red 



in cymes of about 3. Stem 18-24Miigh. In sandy fields. July. E. 



2 D. barbatus. Sweet William^ or Buncli PinTc. Bracts erect. Leaves lanceolate, 



cymes large, many-flowered. Red or variegated with white. May-July, -f 

 D. Chinen''sis. China Pink. Bracts spreading. Leaves lance-linear. Flowers 

 solitary, red, large. Plant evergreen, not glaucous, f 



4 D. caryophy-rius. Carnation Pink. Bracts rounded. Petals crenate, beard- 



less. Whole plant glaucous. Many beautiful varieties, t 



5 D, pluma^rius. PheasanVs-eye. Bracts ovate. Petals fringe-toothed, bearded. 



Plant glaucous. Flowers solitary, white and purple, t 

 6. D. super-'bus. Superb P. Bracts mucronate, ovate. Petals pinnatifidfringed^ 

 bearded, cymes level-topped. White, f 



