CARYOPIIYLLACE.i:. 47 



Order 20. C ARY0PHYLLACE2E,— The Pink Family. 



Herbaceous plants with opposite entire leaves, stems with Swelled joints, and symme* 

 trical 4 to bmcrous flowers. Sepals 4 to 5 cither distinct cr cohering in a tube, 

 persistent. Petals 4 to 5 unguiculate, inserted upen the pedicel of the ovary, or 

 without claws inserted on the outside of a lleshy disk, sometimes none. Styles 2 

 to 5. Seeds attached to the base or central column of the 1-cclled, or 2 to 5-celled 

 capsule, numerous, rarely five, the embryo coiled round mealy albumen. 



Sub-order I. SILENEJE. The proper Pink Family. 



Sepals united in a tubular calyx. Petals with long 

 claws. Stamens 10, and with the petals borne on the stalk 

 of the many-seeded capsule. Stipules none. — Flower* 

 mostly showy. 



1. SILENE. Linn. 



Gr. sialon, saliva; in allusion to the viscid secretion on the stems and calyx Of 

 many species. 



Calyx tubular, 5-toothcd, naked at the base. Petals 5 

 unguiculate, mostly crowned at the orifice; limb bifid. Sta- 

 mens 10. Styles 3. Capsule 3-celled at base, opening by 

 6 teeth at the top. Embryo coiled. — Flowers solitary or in 

 clustered cymes. 



■■■ Cdyx inflated ; flowers panicked, while. Fercmial. 



1. S. STELLATA, Ait. Starry Campion. 



Stem erect, branching, pubescent; leaves in whorls of 4, ovate-lanceolate tape*- 

 pointed, smooth; flowers in panicles; calyx bladder-like, pubescent, bell-shaped. 



Shaded banks and woods. July, August. Stem 2 to 4 feet high, slender scme- 

 what 4-sided. Leaves 2 to 3 inches long. l /. as wide, tapering to a long point sessile. 

 Calyx pale-green with mere deeply colored veins. Flowers white, borne en a large 

 open pyrimidal panicle. Petals cut into a fringe at the apex, crownless. 



2. S. NIVEA, Muhl. White Catch fly. Snowy Campion. 



Stem divaricate and dichotomous above; leaves opposite, lanceolate or oblong, 

 acuminate, minutely pubcrulent; calyx obtuse, bcll-shapcd, inflated, reticulated, 

 Bnbpilose; petals 2-cleft with a small bifid crown, reflexed; claws exscrted beyond 

 the calyx, nearly naked; capzules stiped. 



'•Islands in the Susquehanna, near Columbia; Muhl." June, July. Stem 1 to 

 2 fjet high, smooth and slender. Leaves opposite, 2 inches long, and ]/ 2 an inch 

 wide. Flowers white, remote, solitary, dichotomal and terminal. 



•* Calyx not inflated, elongated or club-shaped. Petals crowned, red or rose<olored : 

 perennials. 



3. S. Pennsylvania, Michx. Pennsylvania Catch fly. 



Ft ciZ'y-vaYyrvn 1 : 5'.' ns num3rous; rad'cxl lezves somewhat cuneate; those of 

 the stem long linear; jjetioles hairy: flowers in somewhat 3-forked panicles; calym 

 long, tubular; pet (Is slightly emargiu it •, subcreaate. 



Gravelly hillsides. May, June. Per. Stems numerous, tufted, 6 to 10 inch* 

 high. Calyx club-shaped. Petals wedge-form, bright purple or nearly white. 



