pink ifamil^. 



Sand Spurrey. 



Buda rubra. 



Found on sandy barrens in blossom during June. 



This very modest little plant is seldom more than 2 or 3 inches 

 high, with its single, round, slender, and smooth stalk of a light green 

 color, with red rings at the leaf-joints. 



The small narrow leaf is entire, flat, a trifle thick in texture, and 

 dusty green in color. The leaves occur in pairs that box the compass 

 around the stalk in little groups, and sit very close together ; a dry 

 sheath encircles the stalk at their junction. 



The very small flower has 5 scoop-shaped petals, fine in quality, 

 and pale lilac inclining to pink in color, and several pale yellow stamens ; 

 its 5 calyx-parts are sometimes longer than its petals and are hairy, and 

 gray-green, with pinkish tips. Two or three flowers occur on the top 

 of the stalk. 



Only one flower opens at a time, but the calyx splits apart and 

 shows the color of the petals a day before the bud opens. This 

 smallest of the Pinks grows in such sociable crowds in sandy spots as 

 to form a thick carpet, very pretty to discover when its close green is 

 starred with its tiny flowers. 



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