PINK FAMILY 717 
1. C. virginica L. Sprrnc Beauty. Stem simple, erect from a deep, 
tuberous root. The 2 stem leaves narrowly elliptical, 3-6 in. long, 
smooth, fleshy ; basal leaves occasionally produced. Flowers on short 
pedicels. Petals white or pink, with darker veins, 1-3 in. long, notched. 
Capsules shorter than the persistent sepals. Common in rich woods.* 
2. C. caroliniana Michx. Nortuern Spring Beauty. Flowers 
fewer, smaller, and whiter than in No.1, fragrant. Leaves 1-2 in. 
long, ovate-lanceolaté or spatulate, rather distinctly petioled. Moist 
woods, especially N. : 
Il. PORTULACA L. 
Annual. Stems low, diffuse, and spreading, fleshy. Leaves 
entire, mostly alternate. Flowers terminal, perigynous. Sepals 
2, united at the base. Petals usually 5, quickly withering. 
Stamens 8-20. Style 3-8-parted. Capsules globose, opening by 
the upper portion coming off like a lid, 1-celled, many-seeded.* 
1. P. oleracea L. Purstane. Stems prostrate, diffuse, fleshy. 
Leaves alternate, flat, obovate or wedge-shaped. Flowers solitary, 
sessile, opening in bright sunshine in the morning and usually 
withering before noon. Sepals broad, acute. Petals yellow. Sta- 
mens 10-12. Capsule very many-seeded, seeds small, wrinkled. A 
common garden weed.* ‘ 
2. P. grandiflora Hook. GArpEen PortuLaca. Stems fleshy, erect 
or ascending, densely hairy or nearly smooth, 3-6 in. long. Leaves 
alternate, cylindrical, fleshy, 4-1 in. long. Flowers 1-2 in. wide, 
white, yellow, or red, showy, opening only in sunlight. Common in 
cultivation and often growing spontaneously.* ; 
31. CARYOPHYLLACEZ. Pink Famity 
Herbs sometimes woody below, with thickened nodes. 
Leaves opposite, entire; stipules small and dry or none. 
Sepals 4-5. Petals 4-5 (rarely 0), usually hypogynous. Sta- 
mens usually 8-10, hypogynous or perigynous. Styles 2-5 
(rarely 1). Ovules 1-many. Fruit usually a capsule. 
A 
Sepals distinct or nearly so. Petals (if any) without claws. Capsules 
several_many-seeded. 
Styles usually 3. Capsule ovoid. Stellaria, I 
Styles & or 4. Capsule cylindrical. Cerastium, IT 
