Vol.. II.] PINK FAMILY. 



i. Dianthus prolifer L,. Proliferous 

 Pink. (Fig. 1468.) 



Dianthus prolifer L,. Sp. PI. 410. 1753. 



Annual, erect, slender, glabrous, 6 / -i5 / high, 

 simple, or with few erect branches. Leaves dis- 

 tant, linear, erect, acute, y z "-\" wide, 9"-i5" 

 long; flowers small, pink, clustered in^terminal 

 oblong or obovoid heads, and appearing suc- 

 cessively from behind the bracts, which are 

 broad, ovate, scarious, imbricated, shining, ob- 

 tuse or mucronate, equalling and concealing 

 the calyx. 



In waste places and ballast, Staten Island, N. Y., 

 New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. Fugitive 

 from Europe. Summer. 



Dianthus deltoides L,. 

 (Fig. 1470.) 



2. Dianthus Armeria L,. Deptford Pink. 

 (Fig. 1469.) 



Dianthus Armeria I,. Sp. PI. 410. 1753- 



Annual, erect, stiff, finely pubescent, S'-iS'liigh; 

 branches few, nearly erect. Leaves linear, erect, 

 acute or the lower obtusish, i'-3' long, i"-!^" 

 wide; flowers small, pink with whitish dots, borne 

 in terminal often dense clusters; bracts lanceolate- 

 subulate, long-pointed, erect, mostly longer than 

 the sharply-toothed calyx; capsule sometimes 5- 

 toothed. 



In fields and along roadsides, southern Ontario and 

 Maine to Maryland, west to Michigan; rather common 

 in the Eastern and Middle States. Naturalized from 

 Europe. Summer. 



Maiden Pink. 



Dianthus deltoides L,. Sp. PI. 411. 1753. 



Perennial, tufted, glabrous or somewhat hoary ; stems 

 ascending, 6 / -i5 // long; branches usually several, 

 nearly erect. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 6 // -9 // long, 

 \" wide, those of the flowering stems erect, acutish, 

 the lower obtuse and spreading; flowers pink or whit- 

 ish, solitary at the ends of the stem and branches; 

 petals dentate at the end; bracts ovate, pointed, about 

 half as long as the calyx or less. 



In waste places, eastern Massachusetts to northern New 

 York and Michigan. Adventive from Europe. Native 

 also of western Asia. Summer. 



