Part 33 (1/2)
1. DIaNTHUS, L. PINK. CARNATION.
Calyx cylindrical, nerved or striate, 5-toothed, subtended by 2 or more imbricated bractlets. Stamens 10. Styles 2. Pod 1-celled, 4-valved at the apex. Seeds flattish on the back; embryo scarcely curved.--Ornamental plants, of well-known aspect and value in cultivation. (Name from ????, _of Jupiter_, and ????? _flower_, i.e., Jove's own flower.)
D. ARMeRIA, L. (DEPTFORD PINK.) Annual; flowers cl.u.s.tered; bractlets of the calyx and _bracts lance-awl-form_, herbaceous, downy, as long as the tube; leaves linear, _hairy_; petals small, rose-color with white dots, crenate.--Fields, etc., eastward. July. (Adv. from Eu.)
D. PRLIFER, L. Annual, _smooth_, slender; flowers cl.u.s.tered; _bractlets ovate, dry_, concealing the calyx; leaves few, narrow, linear, erect; petals small, pink.--N. J. and E. Penn. (Adv. from Eu.)
D. DELTODES, L. (MAIDEN PINK.) Perennial; leaves short, narrowly lanceolate, downy and roughish; flowers solitary; bracts ovate, half as long as the tube; petals rose-color or white, toothed.--Mich., _L. H.
Bailey_. (Nat. from Eu.)
D. BARBaTUS, L. (SWEET WILLIAM.) Perennial; flowers fascicled; leaves large, lanceolate; bracts filiform-attenuate, equalling the calyx.--Sparingly spontaneous. (Adv. from Eu.)
2. GYPSoPHILA, L.
Calyx narrowly top shaped or campanulate, 5-nerved, 5-toothed, naked at base. Petals not crowned. Stamens 10. Styles 2. Pod 1-celled, 4-valved at the apex, sessile.--Slender glaucous annuals or perennials, with numerous small flowers. (Name from ?????, _gypsum_, and f??e??, _to love_.)
G. MURaLIS, L. Annual, much branched; leaves very narrowly linear; flowers on slender pedicels, solitary in the forks; calyx turbinate, the teeth short, obtuse; petals purplish, crenate or emarginate.--Sparingly naturalized. (Nat. from Eu.)
3. SAPONaRIA, L.
Calyx narrowly ovoid or oblong, 5-toothed, obscurely nerved, naked.
Stamens 10. Styles 2. Pod 1-celled, or incompletely 2--4-celled at base, 4-toothed at the apex.--Coa.r.s.e annuals or perennial, with large flowers.
(Name from _sapo_, soap, the mucilaginous juice forming a lather with water.)
S. OFFICINaLIS, L. (SOAPWORT. BOUNCING BET.) Flowers in corymbed cl.u.s.ters; calyx terete; petals crowned with an appendage at the top of the claw; leaves oval-lanceolate.--Roadsides, etc. July--Sept.--A stout perennial, with large rose-colored flowers, commonly double. (Adv. from Eu.)
S. VACCaRIA, L. Annual, glabrous; flowers in corymbed cymes; calyx 5-angled, enlarged and wing-angled in fruit; petals pale red, not crowned; leaves ovate-lanceolate. (Vaccaria vulgaris, _Host._)--Occasionally spontaneous. (Adv. from Eu.)
4. SILeNE, L. CATCHFLY. CAMPION.
Calyx 5-toothed, 10--many-nerved, naked at the base. Stamens 10. Styles 3, rarely 4. Pod 1-celled, sometimes 3-celled at least at the base, opening by 3 or 6 teeth at the apex.--Flowers solitary or in cymes.
Petals mostly crowned with a scale at the base of the blade. (Name from s?a???, _saliva_, from the viscid exudation on the stems and calyx of many species. The English name _Catchfly_ alludes to the same peculiarity.)
[*] _Dwarf, alpine, tufted, smooth, perennial; flowering shoots 1-flowered._
1. S. acaulis, L. (MOSS CAMPION.) Tufted like a moss (1--2' high); leaves linear, crowded; flowers almost sessile, or rarely on a naked peduncle; petals purple or rarely white, notched or entire, crowned.--Alpine summits of the White Mountains, N. H. July. (Eu.)
[*][*] _Calyx bladdery-inflated; perennial; flowers panicled, white, in summer._
2 S. Stellata, Ait. (STARRY CAMPION.) _Leaves in whorls of 4, ovate-lanceolate_, taper-pointed; calyx bell-shaped; _petals cut into a fringe, crownless_.--Wooded banks, R. I. to Minn., and southward.--Stem 3 high, with a large and open pyramidal panicle. Corolla ' broad.
3. S. nivea, Otth. _Leaves opposite, lanceolate or oblong_, taper-pointed; calyx oblong; _petals wedge-form, 2-cleft, minutely crowned_.--Penn. to Iowa and Minn.; rare.--Stem 1--2 high, almost smooth. Flowers few, larger than in the last.
S. CUCuBALUS, Wibel. (BLADDER CAMPION.) _Glaucous; leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate; calyx globular, much inflated_, elegantly veined; petals 2-cleft, nearly crownless. (S. inflata, _Smith_.)--Fields and roadsides, E. New Eng. to Ill.--A foot high. Flowers loosely cymose.
(Nat. from Eu.)