PINK FAMILY. Caryophyllaccac. 



Indian Pink This has handsome conspicuous flowers, 



Sillne lacini&ta dear verm iH on or pinkish-scarlet in 

 Summer color, about an inch and a half across, with 



California the five petals prettily slashed at the ends 



into four long divisions. Each petal has 

 two little crests, which form a pretty "crown " in the throat 

 of the corolla. The roughish, slender stems, from one to 

 over two feet high, have several branches, the flowers 

 growing two or three at the ends. The leaves are long, 

 narrow, and rather rough and the whole plant is hairy and 

 sticky. This is common around Pasadena and other 

 places in southern California and is beautiful on Point 

 Loma, where the brilliant flowers gleam among the under- 

 brush like bits of flame. S. laciniata var. Greggii is common 

 in Arizonia and New Mexico. 



Rather pretty, with a slender stem 



White Lya// * about a foot tall> smooth bluish-green 

 Summer leaves, and flowers about three-quarters of 



Northwest an inch across; the calyx much inflated, 



yellowish-white and papery, with brownish 

 veins, and the petals cream-color, with two lobes and a 

 "crown." 



There are a few kinds of Vaccaria, of Europe and Asia, . 

 smooth annuals, with clasping leaves and red or pink 

 flowers in terminal clusters; calyx five-angled and inflated 

 in fruit, five- toothed, without bracts; petals longer than the 

 calyx, without appendages; stamens ten; styles two. 

 Both the Latin and common names allude to the value of 

 some kinds for fodder. 



. Quite pretty, with a leafy, branching 



V Q ac~caria vacc&ria stem > from one to three feet tall bluish- 

 (Saponaria) green leaves, and flowers less than an inch 



Pink long, with a ribbed, yellowish-green 



Summer calyx, with reddish teeth, and the petals 



Across the conti- , .*", 



nent a very pretty and unusual shade 01 deep, 



warm reddish-pink, veined with deeper 

 color. This is a European "weed," common in waste 

 places and cultivated fields. 



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