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12. gyps6phila L. 



Calyx narrowly top-shaped or cauipanulate, 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 yvxpos, gypsum, and cptXeiv, to love.) 



1. G. murXlis L. Annual, much branched; leaves very narrowly linear: 

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

 obtuse; petals purplish, crenate or emarginate. — Pields, roadsides, etc.. Me. to 

 N. J., Ont., and Minn. (Nat. from Eu.) 



13. TtNICA [Rupp.] Scop. 



Calyx 5-ribbed, bluntly toothed. Petals 5. Styles 2. — Slender wiry-stemmed 

 herbs with small terminal flowers and linear leaves. (Name from tunica,, a tunic, 

 referring probably to the close-fitting calyx.) 



1. T. Saxifraga (L.) Scop. Low, many-stemmed ; leaves less than 1 mm. 

 broad ; bractlets 2 pairs, scarious except in the middle ; small petals purplish, 

 notched. — Roadsides, etc.. Flushing, L. L (^J. Schrenk) ; London, Ont. (^Bur- 

 gess). (Adv. from Eu.) 



14. 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 Aids, of Jupiter, and 

 dvdos, flowe)', i.e. Jove's own flower.) 



1. D. PROLiFER L. Annual, smooth, slender; flowers clustered; bractlets 

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

 pink. — Roadsides and fields, s. e. N. Y. to Del.; also Cleveland, O. {Beardslee). 

 (Nat. from Eu.) 



2. D. DELToiDES L. (Maiden P.) Perennial; leaves short, narrowly 

 lanceolate, glabrous or roughish ; flowers solitary ; bracts ovate, half as long as 

 the tube ; petals rose-color or white, toothed. — Dry open places, e. N. E. to 

 Mich., becoming more frequent. (Nat. from Eu.) 



3. D. BARBATus L. (SwEET WiLLiAM.) Perennial; flowers fascicled; 

 leaves large, lanceolate; bracts filiform-attenuate, equaling the calyx. — Culti- 

 vated, and sparingly spontaneous. (Introd. from Eu.) 



4. D. Armeria L. (Deptford P.) Annual; flowers clustered; bractlets 

 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., Mass. to Va., w. to s. Ont., Mich., and la. July. (Adv. from Eu.) 



PORTULACACEAE (Purslane Family) 



Herbs, with succulent leaves, and essentially regular but unsymmetricat 

 flowers, viz., sepals fewer than the petals; the stamens opposite the petals tchen 

 of the same number, but often indefinite ; otherwise nearly as Chickweeds. — 

 Sepals 2. Petals 5, or sometimes none. Stamens mostly 5-20. Styles 2-8, 

 united below, or distinct, stigmatic along the inside. Pod 1-celled, with few or 

 many campylotropous seeds rising on stalks from the base. Embryo curved 

 around mealy albumen. —Insipid and innocent herbs, with entire leaves. Co- 

 rolla opening only in sunshine, mostly ephemeral, then shriveling. 



* Calyx free, persistent. 



1. Montia. Petals 3-5, usually unequal, sometimes slightly connate at the base. Stamens M 

 many. Ovules 2 or 3. Roots fibrous. 



