CARYOPHYLLACE.E. (PINK FAMILY.) 83 



1. DIANTHUS, L. PINK. CARNATION. 



Calyx cylindrical, nerved or striate, 5-toothed, subtended by 2 or more im- 

 bricated bractlets. Stamens 10. Styles 2. Pod 1 -celled, 4-valved at the apex. 

 Seeds flattish on the back ; embryo 'scarcely curved. Ornamental plants, of 

 well-known aspect and value in cultivation. (Name from Aios, of Jupiter, and 

 &vQos, flower, i. e., Jove's own flower.) 



D. ARMERIA, L. (DEPTFORD PINK.) Annual; flowers clustered; bract- 

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

 tube ; leaves linear, hairy ; petals small, rose-color with white dots, crenate. 

 Fields, etc., eastward. July. (Adv. from Eu.) 



D. Pii6 LIFER, L. Annual, smooth, slender; flowers clustered; bractlets 

 ovate, dry, concealing the calyx; leaves few, narrow, linear, erect; petals 

 small, pink. N. J. and E. Penn. (Adv. from Eu.) 



D. DELTOIDES, L. (MAIDEN PINK.) Perennial; leaves short, narrowly 

 lanceolate, downy and roughish ; flowers solitary ; bracts ovate, half as long 

 as the tube ; petals rose-color or white, toothed. Mich., L. H. Bailey. (Nat. 

 from Eu.) 



D. BARBATUS, L. (SWEET WILLIAM.) Perennial ; flowers fascicled ; leaves 

 large, lanceolate ; bracts filiform-attenuate, equalling the calyx. Sparingly 

 spontaneous. (Adv. from Eu.) 



2. GYPSOPHILA, L. 



Calyx narrowly top-shaped or campanulate, 5-nerved, 5-toothed, naked at 

 base. Petals not crowned. Stamens 10. Styles 2. Pod 1 -celled, 4-valved 

 at the apex, sessile. Slender glaucous annuals or perennials, with numerous 

 small flowers. (Name from yvtyos, gypsum, and Qi\siv, to love.) 



G. MURALIS, L. Annual, much branched; leaves very narrowly linear; 

 flowers on slender pedicels, solitary in the forks ; calyx turbinate, the teetli 

 short, obtuse ; petals purplish, crenate or emarginate. Sparingly natural- 

 ized. (Nat. from Eu.) 



3. SAPONARIA, L. 



Calyx narrowly ovoid or oblong, 5-toothed, obscurely nerved, naked. Sta- 

 mens 10. Styles 2. Pod 1 -celled, or incompletely 2 - 4-celled at base, 4-toothed 

 at the apex. Coarse annuals or perennial, with large flowers. (Name from 

 sapo, soap, the mucilaginous juice forming a lather with water.) 



S. OFFICIN\LIS, L. (SOAPWORT. BOUNCING BET.) Flowers in corymbed 

 clusters ; calyx terete ; petals crowned with an appendage at the top of the 

 claw ; leaves oval-lanceolate. Roadsides, etc. July - Sept. A stout peren- 

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



S. VACCARIA, L. Annual, glabrous ; flowers in corymbed cymes ; calyx 

 5-angled, enlarged and wing-angled in fruit; petals pale red, not crowned; 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate. (Vaccaria vulgaris, Host.) Occasionally sponta* 

 neous. (Adv. from Eu.) 



4. SILENE, L. CATCHFLY. CAMPION. 



Calyx 5-toothed, 10 -many-nerved, naked at the base. Stamens 10. Styles 

 3, rarely 4. Pod 1-celled, sometimes 3-celled at least at the base, opening by 

 3 or 6 teeth at the apex. Flowers solitary or in cymes. Petals mostly 

 crowned with a scale at the base of the blade. (Name from <rta\ov, saliva, 

 from the viscid exudation on the stems and calyx of many species. The 

 English name Catchfly alludes to the same peculiarity.) 



* Dwarf, alpine, tufted, smooth, perennial ; flowering shoots \-flowered. 



1. S. acatllis, L. (Moss CAMPION.) Tufted like a moss (1 - V high) ; 

 leaves linear, crowded ; flowers almost sessile, or rarely on a naked peduncle ; 



