CARYOPHYLLAC] 



. oblong or bell shaped 

 \. Calyx oblong ; flow< i 





y. I alj \ bell shaped ; Bowers tiny 

 b. Styles 3 S 

 ( 1 ) Styles 3 

 (2) Styles A 5 

 2. Sepals nol united 



a. Styles 3 4 



b. Styles 5 



I Hanthus Pink, ( a mat ion 



(Gr. d.o-, of Juplt< r, antho*. • 

 1. Flowers in a Sat topped cluster ; pi tals toothed 



2. Flowers single or but 2-3 in a cluster 



a. Petals cut-fringed 



b. Petals merely tooth d 



(1) Flowers 3-5 cm. wide, usually double 





(2) Flowers 1 2 cm. wide, single 



Vaccaria \ accaria, I ■■ ■■ Pink 



I I. .at. vacca. cow; of doubtful a | 

 Leaves lanceolate, clasping; flowers pink 



Saponaria — Bouncing Bet, Soa] 



(Lat. snpo, Boap, from I 

 Leaves ovate to lanceolate; flowers pinkish 



( iypsophila I rypsophila 



(I !r. gypsos, chalk, ph'ilos, li 



1. Stems 3 dm. high, annual; flowers 6-8 mm. 



2. Stems 6-10 dm. high, perennial; flowers 2-3 mm. 



Silene -( atchfl) . ( tampion 



(Probably from Gr. siaios, saliva, from I 



1. Plant more or less sticky 



a. I'lant very sticky and hairy; night-flowering 



1). Plant sticky near the joints, nol hair) ring 



(1) Leaves lance-linear; flowers small, panicled 



(2) Leaves lance-ovate, glaucous; flowers show) in cyi 



2. Plant not sticky; calyx bladdery; petals white 



I .ychnis < lorn cockle, Raggi tl Robin 



(Gr. lychnos. lamp, f i om i 



1. Sepal loins long and leaf like 



2. Sepal lobes nol leaf like 



a. I'lant white-cottony 



b. Plant not \\ hite cottony 



(1) Petals heart shaped 



(2) Petals deeply lobed 



'i tals 2 lobed 

 x. Flower red, perfe< I 

 y. Flower white, dioecious 

 (b) Petals -1 lobed ; flower oft< 



Stellaria 



(Lai stellar i 



Leaves oblong to n\ ate ; petals 2 clef! 



