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XVIII. CARYOPHYLLE^. (Edg'eworth & Hook, f.) 213 



Subtribe 3. Lychnide^. Capsule bursting by short or long valves. 

 Hilum lateral ; embryo annular. 



Cal}x 5-rierved. Capsule l-celled, deeply 4-valved ; styles 2-3 4. Gypsophila. 



Calyx veined. Capsule shortly 4-valved"; styles 2 .... 5. Sapoxaria. 

 Calyx 10-x -nerved. Capsule partially 3-celled, shortly 3-6- 



_ valved ; styles 3 6. Silene. 



Calyx 10-nerved. Fruit fleshy; styles 3 7. Cucubalds. 



Calyx 10-nerved. Capsule shortly 4-5- or 8-10-valveii ; styles 5 8. Lychms. 



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Tkibe IL Alsineee. Sepals free, or connate at the base only.^ Fetah 



subsessile and stamens inserted on an annular disk, rarely perigynous. 

 I^yles free. 



4 



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Kihpules 0. Sepals free. Stamens liypogynov^. 



Petals jagged. Capsule cylindric or conic, 6valved. Styles 3. 



oeeds many, compressed 9, Holosteum. 



retals notched or entire. Capsule cylindric or conic, 8-10- 

 - p^*^ved- Styles 3-5, opposite the sepals. Seeds many . . 10. Cerastium. 

 reUIs 2-fid. Capsule globose ovoid or oblong. Styles 3-5. 



«eedb few or many 11. Stellaria. 



petals entire. Capsule depressed, 1-seeded Styles 2 . • ,12. Bracuystemma. 



9 If ^"*^^*^ ^^ lacerate. Capsule of Stellana. Styles usually 



^-o. Seeds many , 13. ArenaRIA. 



.Petals entire, minute or 0. Capsule 4-5-valved. Stamens and 



styles 4 or 5 opposite the sepals 14. Sagixa. 



Stipules 0. Sepals connate below into an ohconic tube, bearing the 



^^^^'S 0. 15. THYLACOaPERMlM. 



Stipules scariotis. Sepals free. 



etals entire. Styles 3 or 5. Capsules 3- or 5-valved . . 16. Spergcla. 



iniS^j IIT. PolycarpesB. Sepals free. Petals subsessile and stamens 

 obtol t ^^ ^^ annular disk. Siijles 3-2, combined. Stipules scarious, rarely 



ISrh^'^*^- Petals 2-6-fid . .' 17. Drymaria. 



tpals keeled. Petals entire. Style 3-fid 18. roLVCARi-ON. 



" i"*'* scarious, not keeled. Stigma 3-toothed 19. Polycakp^a. 



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1. DIANTKVS, Linn. 



PanipS' "dually perennial. Leaves linear. Flowers terminal, solitary or in 

 nervelf '^^'f^- CW^« tubular, 5-tootlied, nely striated (with 7-y or 11 

 i'eJ;»■.u^**^^ *^*"tli) ; base embraced by 2 or more imbricating bracts, 

 a Zl c. * ^^"S claw ; blade entire or tootb -d or fimbriate, claw « itliout 

 styles 9 ^if^^s 10. Disk a long-stalked gynophore. Ovaru IceUed ; 

 orbicnu ^<!/'««^c cylindric oblong or ovoid, 4-toothed or valved. ^eeds 

 «mbrv« ?^ discoid, plane or concave, imbricated on the columnar placenta ; 

 ^. tenm ^^^°^'' excentric— DiSTRiB. Species about 70, natives of the 

 J) 'f zone exclusive of Western N. America. 



ludia ""'*'« i^- ^-^- fflaucus, Hb. Ham. in Wall. Cat. 656) is commonly cultivated in 



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