PINK FAMILY. Caryophyllacex. 



A species similar in all respects except 

 Claytonia ., . ., , , , , , 



Caroliniana *^at * e * eaves are broader, lance-shaped, 

 and the basal ones are quite obtuse ; the 

 flowers are also fewer and smaller. Me., south to N. 

 Car., among the mountains, and west to Minn, and Mo. 

 Named for John Clayton, an early American botanist. 



PINK FAMILY. Caryophyllacece. 



Annual or perennial herbs generally characterized by 

 smooth stems and swollen joints, opposite-growing leaves 

 without teeth, and regular, perfect flowers, with five 

 (rarely four) sepals, the same number of petals, and 

 twice as many stamens. Fertilized by bees and moths. 



An annual escaped from gardens, nat- 

 Deptford Pink 

 Dianthus urahzed from Europe, with light green 



Armeria narrow, erect leaves, hairy and small ; 



Crimson-pink and clustered crimson-pink, white-dotted 

 flowers whose five petals are toothed or 

 jagged-edged, resembling Sweet-William. 



6-18 inches high. Fields and waysides Me. to Md. , west 



to Mich. Common eastward ; found in Lexington, Mass. 



A perennial (growing from a matlike 

 Maiden Pink r 



Dianthus base) smooth or somewhat hoary, escaped 



deltoides from gardens, naturalized from Europe. 



Crimson-pink Leaves small and narrow lance-shaped, 

 June-August erect> The little crimson-pink or white- 

 pink flowers bloom singly, and have broader petals 

 which are pinked at the edge. 6-12 inches high. The 

 face of the flower more nearly resembling Sweet- 

 William. In fields and waste places. N. H., Mass., and 

 northern N. Y to Mich. Found in Campton, N. H. 



A very common perennial species, natu- 

 Bouncing Bet ra ii ze d from Europe, the flowers of which 



have an old-fashioned spicy odor ; they are 

 Saponana r * ' 



offidnalis delicate magenta-pink and white, scallop- 



Pale magenta= tipped, and grow in clusters, the single 

 P ink blossom remotely resembling a pink. 



September Leaves ovate, 3-5 ribbed, and smooth. 



Stem, thick jointed, 1-2 feet high. Com* 

 mon in waste places Found in Nantucket. 

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