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DECANDRIA, TRIGYNIA. 
Armeria. 
aiuiuus. 
1. D. flowers aggregated and fasciculate; call- 
cine scales lanceolate, villous, as long as the 
tnhe.—Willd^ 
Icon. FI. 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. (Portidacece.) 
Calix 1 -leaved, border 5-cleft. Stamina in- 
serted upon the calix. Corolla none. Seed§ 
1 or 3 included in the calix. — JSTutt. 
1. S. calix of the ripe fruit with sharp spreading 
teeth •, stems spreading. — Smith. 
Icon. FI. Dan. 504. Engl. Bot. S51. 
Knawel. 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 Market-street bridge, 
sparingly. Annual. May to July. 
ORDER III. TRIGYNIA. 
212. CUCUBALUS. Gen. pi. m. {CaryophyUea.) 
Calix inflated or campanulate, 5-toothed, 
Petals 5, unguiculate, naked, or partly 
crowned at the orifice. Capsule 3-celled. 
— JWtt. 
