ORDER 21.—PINKWORTS. 1738 
6 Styles or stigmas 8 or 5. Pod 1-celled, many-seeded....e 
6 Styles or stigmas 2 or united into 1. Pod 1-seeded....f 
a Styles 2. Petals variously notched or fringed. Pink. Dian’tuvs. 1 
b Styles 2. Capsule 4-toothed when open. Soapwort. Sapona’RI. 
b Styles 8. Capsule 6-toothed when open. Silene. SILENE, 2 
b Styles 5. Calyx 5-toothed, teeth short orlong. Rose Campion. Lyrounis. 3 
e Styles 5. Pod opening at top by 10 teeth. Mouse-car. CerastTium. 4 
Styles 3. Pod splitting into 6 valves. Chickweed. Starwort, STELLA’RIA. 
d Styles 3. Valves of the ripe pod 3, each 2-toothed. Sandwort. ARENA/RIA. 
d Styles 3. Valves of the pod 8, entire. Grove Sandwort. ALst’NE. 
d Styles 4 or 5, always as many as the sepals. Pearlwort. Saci’Na, 
a Styles 3 and 5. Plant fleshy. Disk 10-lobed. Sea Sandwort. Hongxn’ya. 
e Styles 5. Leaves linear, whorled. Flowers white. Spurry. SPER’GULA. 
e Styles 3and 5. Lvs. linear, opposite. Fls. red. Sand Spurry. SpeRGuLa’RIA. 
e Styles 3 in all the fls. Leaves in 4’s. Stipules ovate. Ad/-seed. PotycaRr’pon. 
e Styles 8 in allthe fls. Leaves opposite. Stipules many-cleft. STiPULIO’IpA. 
f Sepals green, distinct or nearly so.... Nailwort. Paronyou’1i. 
f Sepals white above, united into a tube below. Sypaonyou’1. 
g Styles 2. Utricle inclosed in the hardened calyx tube. Knawejl. ScLeRan’THUs. 
h Styles 8. Stamens-3 or 5. Herb flat onthe ground. Carpet-weed. Mouiv’ao. 5 
1. DIAN‘THUS. Pink. Carnation. 
Calyx tubular, cylindrical, striate, with 2 or more pairs of opposite, im- 
bricated scales at base. Petals 5, with long claws, limb unequally notched. 
Stamens 10. Styles 2, with revolute stigmas. Capsule cylindrical, one- 
celled. 
J Bracts as long as the calyx tube....2, 8, 4 
{| Bracts much shorter than the calyx....5, 6,7 
1D, Arme’ria. Wild Pink. Bracts erect. Leaveslinear. Flowers small, pink-red 
in cymes of about 3. Stem 18-24’ high. In sandy fields, July. E, 
2D. barbatus. Sweet William, or Bunch Pink. Bracts erect. Leaves lanceolate, 
cymes large, many-flowered. Red or variegated with white. May-July. + 
D. Chinen’sis. China Pink. Bracts spreading. Leaves lance-linear. Flowers 
solitary, red, large. Plant evergreen, not glaucous. t+ 
4 D. caryophyl/lus. Carnation Pink. Bracts rounded. Petals crenate, beard- 
less. Whole plant glaucous. Many beautiful varieties. + 
5 D. pluma’rins. Pheasant’s-eye. Bracts ovate. Petals fringe-toothed, bearded. 
Plant glaucous. Flowers solitary, white and purple. + 
6. D.super’bus. Superb P,” Bracts mucronate, ovate. Petals pinnatifid fringed, 
bearded, cymes level-topped. White. + 
