210 



Armeria. 



aiinuus. 



DECANDRIA, TRIGYNIA. 



1. D. flowers aggregated and fasciculate; cali- 

 cine scales lanceolate, villous, as long as the 

 tube. — Willd. 



Icon. Fl. Dan. 230. Engl. Bot. 317. 



Wild Pink. 



Along the margins of sandy fields of Jersey, near Kaighn's 

 point, and Cooper's ferry. Flowers deep-red. This plant ap- 

 pears in these localities to be quite at home; and Dr. Bigelow 

 has found it on the rocky hills in Roxbury and Salem. Yet it 

 is not improbable that it was originally introduced from Eu- 

 rope. Annual. July. 



211. SCLERANTHUS. Gen. pi. 767. (Portulacea.) 



Calix 1 -leaved, border 5-cleft. Stamina in- 

 serted upon the calix. Corolla none. Seeds 

 1 or % included in the calix. — Nutt. 



1. S. calix of the ripe fruit with sharp spreading 

 teeth ; stems spreading. — Smith, 



Icon. Fl. Dan. 504. Engl. Bot. 351. 



Know el. 



German Knot-grass. 



A procumbent blue-green little plant, with flowers so incon- 

 spicuous as to escape observation without close attention. In 

 the sandy cultivated fields of Jersey, very common; near the 

 grave yard on the Schuylkill, close to Mai'ket-street bridge, 

 sparingly. Annual. May to July. 



ORDER III. TRIGYNIA. 



212. CUCUBALUS. Gen. pi. 771. (Caryophylle*.) 



Calix inflated or campannlate, 5 -toothed, 

 Petals 5, unguiculate, naked, or partly 

 crowned at the orifice. Capsule 3 -celled. 

 — Nutt. 



