CARYOPHYLLACEAE 



(b) Calyx oblong or bell shaped 

 l il> \ oblong ; flowers large 

 ilj \ bell shaped ; flow era tiny 

 b. Stylei 3 ; 

 (I) Styli 



2. Sepals no( united 

 ;i. Styles I I 

 b. Styles S 



Dianthus — I 'ink. Carnation 



(Or, dio-, of Jupiter, anthos, tl 

 I, Flowers in a flat-topped cluster; petal-, toothed 



2 I lowers single or but 2-3 in a cluster 



a. Petals cut-fringed 



b. Petals merely toothed 



(1) Flowers 3-5 cm. wide, usually double 



(2) Flowers 1-2 cm. wide, -.ingle 



Vaccaria — Vaccaria, Cow Pink 



(Lat. vacca, cow; ot doubtful application) 

 Leaves lanceolate, clasping; flowers pink 



Saponaria — Bouncing 1 >et . Soapwort 



(I. at. sapo, soap, from the aoapy juice) 

 - ovate to lanceolate; flowers pinkish 



Gypsophila — Gypsophila 



(Or. gypsos, chalk, philos, loving) 

 1. Stems .? dm. high, annual ; flowers 6-8 mm. wide 

 J Stems 0-10 dm. high, perennial; flowers 2-3 mm. wide 



Silene — Catchfly, Campion 



(Probably from c.r. siaios, saliva, from the sticky 



1. Plant more or less sticky 



a. Plant very sticky and hairy; night-flowering 



b. Plant sticky near the joints, not hairy ; day-flowering 

 (1) Leaves lance linear ; flowers small, panicled 



Leaves lance-ovate, glaucous; flowers showy in cymes, pink 



2. Plant not sticky; calyx bladdery; petals white 



Lychnis — Corn-cockle, Ragged Robin 



(Gr. lychnos. lamp, from the use if one species for 

 1. Sepal lobes long and leaf-like 

 2 Sepal lobes not leaf-like 



a. Plant white-cottony 



b. Plant not white-cottony 

 (1) Petals heart-shaped 



Petals deeply lobed 

 (a) Petals 2 lobed 



\. Flower red, perfect 



y. Flower white, dioecious 

 (bl Petals 4 -lobed; flower often double 



Stellaria — Starwort-chickweed 



i I. at. stellaria, star-like, from the He 

 Leaves oblong to ovate ; petals 2-cleft 



Saponaria 

 Gypsophila 



Silene 



tiis 



Stellaria 

 Hum 



I), barbdius: sweet-wil- 

 liam 



IK plumdrius: ^rass [>i>il; 



/>. faryopkyllu 



tion, clove pink 

 I), deltoldes: maiden 



pink 



('. : utgdris 



S. officinalis 



(i. ilegans 

 G. paniculdta 



stems) 



S. noctifi 



S. antirrhina 

 S. armeria 

 S. infidta 



wi eking) 



L. githdgo 



/-. corondria 

 I . fios-jdvis 



L. chalceddnica 



I., alba 



/. . flos-cuculi 



S. media 



