Alliance CAEYOPHYLLIN.E. 



Order CARYOPHYLLEJE. 



(Pink Family.) 

 No marked properties belong to this order. Some are favourite flowers, but for the most part 

 the plants are mere weeds. 



Tribe Sileneje. 

 DIAOTHUS, Linn. 



barbatus, Linn. ; Sweetwilliam ; Iter. per. ; Europe. A.B. 

 caryophyllus, Linn. ; the parent of Carnation, Picotee, and Clove ; her. 

 per. ; Mediterranean. A.B. 



Garden Varieties of Carnation and Picotees — 

 Dreadnought. B. Leonidas. B. 



Duke of Grafton. B. Linda. B. 



Fanny Gardener. B. Lord EanclifHe. B. 



Lady of the Lake. B. Mercury. B. 



Lauretta. B. Mrs. Fredk. Burnaby. B. 



chinensis, Linn. ; Chinese Pink ; her. per. ; China. A.B. 



SAPOKARIA, Linn. 



officinalis, Linn. ; Soapwort ; her. per. ; Europe. A.B. 

 vaecaria, Linn. ; an. ; Europe. A.B. 



SILEKE, Linn. ; Catchfly. 



gallica, Linn. ; an. ; Europe. A.B. 



LYCHNIS, Linn. 



chalcedonica, Linn. ; her. per. ; Europe. A.B. 



Tribe Alsine.zg. 

 CEEASTIUM, Linn. 



vulgatum, Linn. ; Mouse-ear Chickweed ; an. ; Europe. A.B. 



STELLAEIA, Linn. 



media, Linn. ; Common Chickweed ; an. ; Australia. A.B. 



Tribe Polycarpe.e. 

 POLYCAEPON, Linn. 



tetraphyllum, Linn. f. ; an. ; Australia. A.B. 



POLYCAEP.EA, Lour. 



corymbosa, Lour. ; an. ; Australia. B. 



for food. 



Order PORTULACE^. 





[Purslane Family.) 



Some plants of this order are useful pot-herbs. The seed is also 



IETULACA, Linn. 





grandiflora, Hook. ; an. ; 



Brazil. A.B. 



var. Bedmanni. B. 





fl. pleno. B. 





alba. B. 





caryophylloide s 



. B. 



coccinea. B. 





Isabellina. B. 





kermesina. B. 





rosea. B. 





splendens. B. 





rubro-purpurea 



. B. 



sulphurea. B. 





