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CARYOPHYLLACEAE. 



Vol. II. 



I. Dianthus prolifer L. Proliferous or 

 Childing Pink. Fig. 1830. 



Dianthus prolifer L. Sp. PL 410. 1753. 



Annual, erect, slender, glabrous, 6'-i5' high, 

 simple, or with few erect branches. , Leaves dis- 

 tant, linear, erect, acute, i"-i" wide, 9"-i5" 

 long; flowers small, pink, clustered in terminal 

 oblong or obovoid heads, and appearing succes- 

 sively from behind the bracts, which are broad, 

 ovate, scarious, imbricated, shining, obtuse or 

 mucronate, equalling and concealing the calyx. 



In waste places and ballast, Staten Island, N. Y., 

 l^s New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania to Ohio and 

 i. South Carolina. Adventive from Europe. Summer. 

 K'-. J/l Childing sweet-william. 



2. Dianthus Armeria L. Deptford Pink. 

 Grass Pink. Fig. 1831. 



Dianthus Armeria L. Sp. PI. 410. 1753. 



Annual, erect, stifif, finely pubescent, 6'-i8' high ; 

 branches few, nearly erect. Leaves linear, erect, 

 acute or the lower obtusish, l'-3' long, i"-iY' 

 wide; flowers small, pink with whitish dots, borne 

 in terminal often dense clusters; bracts lanceolate- 

 subulate, long-pointed, erect, mostly longer than 

 the sharply-toothed calyx ; capsule sometimes 5- 

 toothed. 



In fields and along roadsides, Quebec and southern 

 Ontario to Iowa, Michigan, Virginia and Georgia. Natu- 

 ralized from Europe. Summer. 



3. Dianthus deltoides L. Maiden or Meadow 

 Pink. Fig. 1832. 



Dianthus deltoides L. Sp. PI. 411. 1753. 



Perennial, tufted, glabrous or somewhat hoary; stems 

 ascending, 6'-is' long; branches usually several, nearly 

 erect. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 6"-g" long, 1" wide, 

 those of the flowering stems erect, acutish, the lower 

 obtuse and spreading ; flowers pink or whitish, solitary 

 at the ends of the stem and branches ; petals dentate at 

 the end ; bracts ovate, pointed, about half as long as 

 the calyx or less. 



In waste places, Vermont, eastern Massachusetts and Con- 

 necticut to northern New York and Michigan. Adventive 

 from Europe. Native also of western Asia. Spink. Sum- 



