. The families of flowering plants. Plants; Phanerogams. PAMILIES OF PliOWBEING PLANTS 99. ,, Fig. 83. I,ong-leaved stitchwort {Aisine longifoHa), with enlarged flower. Original. Family Caryophyllaceae. Pink Family. Contains about 70 genera and over 1500 species, widely distributed, but most abundant in the northern hemisphere. They are all herbaceous plants, the stems fre- quently swollen at the joints, the leaves opposite and with or without stipules. The flowers are perfect, provided with both calyx and corolla, the former either composed of distinct sepals or united into a tube. The ovary
. The families of flowering plants. Plants; Phanerogams. PAMILIES OF PliOWBEING PLANTS 99. ,, Fig. 83. I,ong-leaved stitchwort {Aisine longifoHa), with enlarged flower. Original. Family Caryophyllaceae. Pink Family. Contains about 70 genera and over 1500 species, widely distributed, but most abundant in the northern hemisphere. They are all herbaceous plants, the stems fre- quently swollen at the joints, the leaves opposite and with or without stipules. The flowers are perfect, provided with both calyx and corolla, the former either composed of distinct sepals or united into a tube. The ovary is one-celled, becoming a utricle or capsule in fruit. Owing to the fact that a number of genera of very diverse habit and structure are included in this family, it is difficult to give more than very general characters. The Caryophyllaceae are of interest only as ornamental plants. Various species of Diantlius are represented in cultivation by innumer- able horticultural varieties, including all the pinks, picotees, carnations, etc. Lychnis, Silene and Oypsophila are also cultivated. In'Fig. 82, a wild white-flowered species of the latter genus {Silene alba) is shown. A number of small herbs with white or greenish flowers, known collec- tively as "chickweeds," are comprised in the genera Arenaria, Alsine, Spergula, Tissa and Cerastium. These are all distinguished from the true pinks by having the sepals distinct and not united into a tube. (See Fig. 83.) One of the familiar weeds of waste places is the "Bouncing Bet," 8aponaria officinalis, also a member of the Pink Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pollard, Charles Louis, 1872-. Washington, D. C. , The Plant World Co
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