PINK FAMILY. Caryophyllaceae. 
Indian Pink This has handsome conspicuous flowers, 
Siléne lacinidta ane eis ; 
moe clear vermilion or pinkish-scarlet in 
Garnier color, about an inch and a half across, with 
California the five petals prettily slashed at the ends 
into four long divisions. Each petal has 
two little crests, which form a pretty ‘‘crown”’ in the throat 
of the corolla. The roughish, slender stems, from one to 
over two feet high, have several branches, the flowers 
growing two or three at the ends. The leaves are long, 
narrow, and rather rough and the whole plant is hairy and 
sticky. This is common around Pasadena and other 
places in southern California and is beautiful on Point 
Loma, where the brilliant flowers gleam among the under- 
brush like bits of flame. S. lacinidta var. Gréggit is common 
in Arizonia and New Mexico. 
Rather pretty, with a slender stem 
ks about a foot tall, smooth, bluish-green 
White 
He leaves, and flowers about three-quarters of 
Northwest an inch across; the calyx much inflated, 
. yellowish-white and papery, with brownish 
veins, and the petals cream-color, with two lobes and a 
“crown.” 
There are a few kinds of Vaccaria, of Europe and Asia, 
smooth annuals, with clasping leaves and red or pink 
flowers in terminal clusters; calyx five-angled and inflated 
in fruit, five-toothed, without bracts; petals longer than the 
calyx, without appendages; stamens ten; styles two. 
Both the Latin and common names allude to the value of 
some kinds for fodder. 
Quite pretty, with a leafy, branching 
Silene Lyalli 
eo es stem, from one to three feet tall, bluish- 
(Saponaria) green leaves, and flowers less than an inch 
Pink long, with a ribbed, yellowish-green 
—— calyx, with reddish teeth, and the petals 
Across the conti- 
nant a very pretty and unusual shade of deep, 
warm reddish-pink, veined with deeper 
color. This is a European “weed,’’ common in waste 
places and cultivated fields. 
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