ft' XXIII. CARYOPHYLLACE./E. DIANTHUS. 



'J. L. CHALCEDONICA. Scarlet Lychnis or Sweet William. Smoolhish ; fls. fas- 

 ciculate; ctiL cylindric, clavate, ribbed; pet. 2-lobed. 1|_ A fine garden-flower, 

 native of Russia. Stem 1 2f high, with dark-green, ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate leaves, and large, terminal, convex, dense fascicles of deep-scarlet flowers. 

 It has varieties with white flowers, and also with double. Jn. Jl. f 



3. L. FLOSCUCULI. Ragged Bobbin. Smoothish ; st. ascending, dichotomous 

 at summit ; fls. fascicled ; cal. campanulate, 10-ribbed ; pet. in i deep, linear 

 segments. % Native of Europe. Stem 1 2f high, rough-angled, viscic above. 

 JJeaves lanceolate, smooth. Flowers pink, very beautiful, with a brown, angu- 

 lar, smooth calyx. Capsule roundish, 1-celled. Jl. Sept. f 



4. L. CORONATA. Chinese Lychnis. Smooth ; fls. terminal and axillary, 1 3 ; 

 cal. rounded, clavate, ribbed ; pet. laciniate. Native of China. Stem I 2f 

 high. Petals of lively red, remarkable lor their large size. There are varieties 

 with double red, and double white flowers, f 



5. L. DIURNA. St. dichotomous-paniculate ; fls. $ 9 > P 6 *" half-bind, lobes 

 narrow, diverging ; caps, ovoid-globose. Native of Britain, almost naturalized ! 

 Stems about 2f high, pubescent. Leaves 1 3' long, elliptic-ovate, acute. 

 Flowers light-purple, middle size. Jl. Sep.f 



6. L. CORONARIA. DC. (Agrostemma coronaria. Linn.) Muttein Pink. 

 Rose Campion. Villose ; st. dichotomous ; peel, long, 1-flowered ; cal. campanu- 

 late, veined. \ Native of Italy. Whole plant covered with dense woA Stem 

 2f high. Flowers purple, large. Varieties are whUe-flowered, red-d iible-flow* 

 eredj &c. f 



Obi. Other species rarely found in collections are L. fulgtns with scarlet flowers j L. acarla, with 

 pink flowers ; L. alpina, low, with pink flowers, &c. 



9. SAPONAR1A. 



" t Lat. sapo, soap ; the mucilaginous juice is said to make soap. 



Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, without scales ; petals 5, ungui* uiate ; sta- 

 mens 10 ; styles 2 ; capsule oblong, 1-celled. Petals often crowned. 



1. S. OFFICINALIS. Common Soap-wort. 



Lvs. lanceolote, inclining to elliptical ; fls. in paniculate fasicles ; cal. 

 cylindrical ; crown of the petals linear. 7J. By roadsides, New Eng. to Ga. A 

 hardy, smooth, succulent plant, with handsome, pink-like flowers. Stem 1 2f 

 high. Leaves 2 3' long, i or more as wide, very acute. Flowers many, flesh- 

 colored, often double. The plant has a bitter taste, with a saponaceous juice. 

 Jl. Aug. \ 



2. S. VACCARIA. Fly-trap. 



Lvs. ovate-lanceolate, sessile; fls. in paniculate cymes; cal. pyramidal, 

 5-angled, smooth ; bracts membranaceous, aeut- . (i) Gardens and cultivated 

 grounds. Whole plant smooth, a foot or more high. Leaves broadest at base. 

 | 2' long, i as wide, tapering to an acute apex. Flowers on long stalk, , pale- 

 rod. Capsule 4-toothed. Seeds globose, black. Jl. Aug. f 



10. DIANTHUS. 



Gr. Aiof avbos , the flower of Jove, alluding to its preeminent beauty and fragrance. 



Calyx cylindrical, tubular, striate, with 2 or more pairs of opposite, 

 imbricated scales at base ; petals 5, with long claws, limb unequally 

 notched ; stamens 1 ; styles 2, tapering, with tapering, revolute 

 stigmas; capsule cylindric, 1-celled. 



1. D. ARMERIA. Wild Pink. 



Lvs. linear-subulate, hairy ; fls. aggregate, fascicled ; scales of the calyx 

 lanceolate, subulate, as long as the tube. Our only native species of the 

 pink, found in fields and pine woods, Mass, to N. J. ! Stem erect, 1 2f high, 

 branching. Leaves erect, 1 2' long, 1 3" wide at the clasping base, taper- 

 ing to a subulate point. Flowers inodorous, in dense fascicles of 3 or more. 



