142 ANGIOSPERMM 



Berry; rod, turnine; black. Fls. small, white; stems trailing; Ivs. 

 ovate. Eur. 3. Sijene. Sty. 3. ©, Q|., often viscous. Boll dry, 6- 

 toothed at apex. 200 .spec, both worlds; fls. often showy. S. stellata, 

 Star Campion, Q(., 2°-3° high ; fls. white, in large panicles ; pet. 

 fringed ; calyx inflated. Lvs. in Whorls of 4, ovate-lanceolate. U.S. 

 S. infldia, Bladdke Campion, QI, 1° high; fls. white, panicled ; pet. 

 2-cleft; calyx inflated, showy. Gt. Brit. Pet. crowned, colored ; fls. 

 cymoae or clustered: S. acaulis, Moss Campion, Q|., low, tufted; fls. 

 large, purple; mts., Gt. Brit. S. pennsylvanica, 2|., low, fls. pink; S. 

 vlrginica, Fike Pink, Q|., slender, l°-2° high ; fls. deep crimson ; S. 

 regia, Q|., 3°-4° high ; fls. deep scarlet ; S. rotundifblia, Q|., fls. deep 

 scarlet ; Ivs. and fls. large ; Li . S. S. Armeria, Catchfly ; ©, 18' 

 high, vLscous ; fls. small, pink. Bng. 4. Saponaria, Soapwoet. 

 Near Silene, hut sty. 2. 30 spec, 0, QI, saponaceous. Eur., Asia. 



5. officinalis, Bouncing Bet, 21-, l°-2° high ; Ivs. green ; fls. large, 

 clustered, pale pink. Eur. Introduced U. S. 5. Gyps6phila. Sty. 

 2; fls. small, white or pink, in diffuse cymose panicles. Elegant, low, 

 slender, branching; Ivs. grass-like, small. 50 spec, rocks, Eur., Asia. 



6. Drypis spinbsa, monotypic ; Ivs. ending in spines ; fls. small, pink ; 

 pyxidium utricular, l-seeded. Low, ev., 6'-10' high. S. Eur. 7. 

 Di&nthus, Pink. Sty. 2 ; calyx bracteate ; fls. showy, often fragrant ; 

 Ivs. usually glaucous, grass-like. 200 spec, Eur., Asia, Af. A. Fl. 

 sol., tei-m. : D. Caryoph0lus, Clove P., Qj., original of all the Carna- 

 tions. 2°-3° high. D.ptoTOdrws, Grass P., Pheasant's Eye, Q|., 

 low, tufted; petals fringed; fls. pink, white, or variegated. B. Fls. 

 sessile in a cluster: D. barbatus. Sweet William; Ivs. oblong- 

 lanceolate, green ; fls, variously colored. Q)., 18' high. D. Armeria, 

 Deptford p. ; fls. pink, scentless. All European. 



Ord. 188. Frankeniacese. Sea-Heaths. — Close to Silene, in 

 Caryophyllacese ; but sty. filiform, with as many branches as placentas 

 (3-4); pet. 4^5-6, sta." 4-5-6- 00. Boll 3-4-valved. Emb. straight, 

 axile ; perisperm floury. Lovely little evergreen shrubs or Q|. herbs, 

 with the aspect of Heaths ; loving sea-coasts. Only genus Frankenia. 

 30 spec, widely distributed, both worlds. Els. ^ , sol. or cymose. F. 

 grandiflbra, fls. pink ; stems prostrate, 6'-12' long. Cal., S. Nevada. 

 F. Jamesii, Col., Tex. P. laevis, fls. flesh-color; Essex ; F. pulveru- 

 lenta, fls. red ; Sussex, Eng. F. hirsuta, fls. lilac ; Siberia. F. inter- 

 media, fls. white ; S. Eur. F. corymbbsa, fls. red ; Barbary. F. nodi- 

 flbra, fls. flesh-color; Cape G. H. F. ericifblia, fls. red; Canaries. 

 F. mollis, fls. red ; Caucasus. F. pauciflbra, fls. pink ; New Holl. 



Milkwort Alliance. — ^Pls. § . Sep. and pet. 5 each, rarely 4-3-1. 

 Sta. as many or twice as many as pet. Stj'. simple, rarely lobed. Ova. 

 2-1-more-celled ; placentation usually parietal. Emb. straight. Peri- 

 sperm fleshy, rarely 0. Lvs. exstip., or sometimes with small stip. in 

 vochysi^cese. 139. Vochysiaceae. 140. Tremandraceae. 141. Poly- 

 galacese. 142. Pittosporaceae. 



Ord. 139. Vochysiaceae. — Pis. in-eg., often large; pet. 1-3-5; 

 infl. various ; often racemed or panicled ; sep. 5-4 ; 1 sep. often large 

 and spurred. Sta. 1-3-5, usually only 1 fertile. Ova. sometimes adh. 

 Sty. simple. Boll 3-valved; or samara. Sds. 1, few or oo, often 

 winged, hairy or cottony. Perisperm 0, or fleshy. Lvs. simple, opp., 

 whorled, rarely alt. JVees, ev., often gigantic; resinous; rarely erect 

 or climhing Shmbs ; wood valuable. 7 gen., 100 spec, trop. Am. 



