.CARYOPHYLLA'CE..13, Cloreworts, the Pink Tribe, a natural order of plants, the type of which may be considered the DianOtto caryophyllks, or Common Garden Pink. It consists of plants having narrow opposite undivided leaves, arising from tumours at the arti culations of the stem ; flowers with a definite number of hypogynous stamens ; a fruit with a central placenta, and seeds that usually have the embryo rolled round mealy albumen. The species are in many ewes mere weeds. In no instances have they properties of any im portance, being mostly inert ; but are occasionally objects of cultiva tion on account of their pretty flowers, as is the case in the whole genus Dianthaa, and in several species of Silent, Agrostennaa, Lyekni4, and Naposaria. The order has always been divided into two parts, one of which has the sepals combined into a tube, and the other the sepals wholly distinct : Dr. Lindley at one time regarded these as
distinct natural orders, the former constituting Silenacem, the latter A/riaaeecr. Of these the last-mentioned is very near Illecebracm, and formerly contained species that are now known to belong to that order. The other members of this family have relations with Mel wear and Geraniatea•. The most important application of any of the species is the use of Saponaria, Soapwort., for washing. The order contains 43 genera and upwards of 1000 species. [Lverrsts; SAPON ARIA ; SILENE ; STELLARIA SPERGULA.) a berry, I-celled, roundish, about the size of a plum, with a thin yellow rind, so acrid that it produces a severe sensation of burning if applied to the skin ; and hence its name, myna. It is generally stated, apparently upon the authority of Rumf, that this noble species . •