CARYOPHYLLE. 
20 Morurrnera. Calyx 4-parted. Petals 4. Stamens 8. 
Styles 2. Capsule 4-valved, 1-celled, many-seeded. 
21 Exa’tine. Calyx 3-4-parted. Petals 3-4, without claws. 
Stamens 3-4 or 6-8. Styles 4, capitate at the top. Capsule 4- 
valved, 4-celled, many-seeded. Seeds cylindrical. 
22 Br’rera. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5. Stamens 10. Style 
5, approximate. Capsule 5-valved, 5-celled. 
23 Mottvco. Calyx 5-parted. Petals wanting. Stamens 
3. Styles 3. Capsule 3-valved, 3-celled, many-seeded. 
24 Puarna‘ceum. Calyx 5-parted. Petals wanting. Sta- 
mens 5. Styles 3. Capsule 3-valved, 3-celled, many-seeded. 
25 Puy’sa. Calyx of 5-sepals. Petals wanting. Stamens 
10. Stigmas 8. Capsule 3-furrowed, 3-valved, 3-celled. 
Valves septiferous, conniving with the receptacle. 
26 Hoto’strreum. Calyx of 5 sepals. Petals 5, toothed. 
Stamens 5, or only 3-4 from abortion. Styles 3. Capsule 1- 
celled, opening at the apex by 6 teeth. 
27 Sprr’rcuta. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, entire. Stamens 
10. Styles 5. Capsule 1-celled, 5-6-valved, many-seeded. 
28 SPERGULA RIA. Calyx 5-parted or 5-sepalled. Petals 5, 
entire. Stamens 5-10. Styles 3-5. Capsule 1-celled, 3-5- 
valved, many-seeded ; seeds marginate. 
29 Dryma‘ria. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, bifid. Stamens 
5. Styles 3. Capsule 3-valved, even to the base, 5 or many- 
seeded. Embryo perepheric, rather annular. 
30 ScuizpEa. Calyx of 5 sepals. Petals 5, minute, bifid. 
Stamens 10. Styles 3, stigmatose on the inside. Capsule 1- 
celled, 3-valved, separating near to the base, many-seeded. 
81 STELLARIA. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, bifid. Stamens 
10, or from abortion only 3-8. Styles 3. Capsule 1-celled, 6- 
valved at the apex, many-seeded. 
32 Arena‘ria. .Calyx of 5 sepals. 
mens 10 or fewer from abortion. Styles 3. 
8-6-valved at the apex, many-seeded. 
33 Mr’rcxia. Calyx of 5 sepals. Petals 5, entire. Stamens 
5. Styles 3. Capsule inflated, depressed, globose, 3-valved, 
imperfectly 3-celled, with the dissepiment 2-parted, many-seeded. 
34 Crra’stium. Calyx 5-parted (f. 80. a.). Petals 5, usually 
bifid. Stamens 10. Styles 5. Capsule 1-celled, cylindrical or 
globose, opening at the top, 10-toothed. 
35 Bracuystr’mma. Calyx deeply 5-parted. Petals 5, 
minute, acute. Stamens 5. Styles 2. Capsule spherical, 1- 
celled, 4-valved, 1-seeded, opening to the base. 
86 Cuerte’nia. Calyx of 5 sepals (f. 81. b.). Petals 5, 
small, emarginate. Stamens 10. Styles 3 (f. 81. g.). Capsule 
3-celled, 3-valved ; cells 2-seeded ? 
37 Sprrcura’strum. Calyx of 5 sepals. Petals 5, very 
minute, entire or wanting. Stamens 10, perigynous. Stigmas 
4, sessile, ligulately-setaceous. Capsule ovate, longer than the 
Calyx, 4-valved, 
38? Hypropiryon. Calyx of 5 sepals. Petals 5, ovate, 
roundish. Stamens 10, pilose. Style 1, crowned by an orbi- 
cular stigma. Capsule 1-celled, 1-seeded; seed filling the 
Capsule, 
Petals 5, entire. Sta- 
Capsule 1-celled, 
I. GYPSOPHILA. 381 
. Tribe Í. 
SILE'NEÆ (plants agreeing with Silène, in having a tubular 
calyx.) D. C. prod. 1. p. 351.—Caryophyllee, Lam. Sepals 
grown together into a cylindrical or campanulate tube, 4 or 5- 
toothed at the apex. 
I. GYPSO’PHILA (from yvyoc, gypsos, lime, or plaster, and 
grew, phileo, to love; because the plants of this genus chiefly 
prefer a limestone or chalky soil.) Lin. gen. no. 768. D. C. prod. 
l. p. 351. 
Lin. syst. Decándria, Digynia. Calyx campanulate, angu- 
lar, somewhat 5-lobed ; margins of lobes membranous. Petals 
5, not unguiculated. Stamens 10. Styles 2. Capsule 1-celled. 
Annual, or perennial evergreen herbaceous plants, with leaves 
resembling the pink, and small white or pink flowers, usually dis- 
posed in diffuse panicles. 
Secr. I. Srru‘tuium (Struthium is the Latin for fullers’herb.) 
Ser. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 352. Calyxes free from scales 
at the base. 
1 G. occELLA`rA (Sibth. et Smith, fl. græc. t. 387.) flowers 
capitate ; petals ovate, marked by a purple circle ; stems diffuse ; 
leaves spatulate, downy on both surfaces. X4. H. Native of 
mount Delphi in the island of Negropont. Cucúbalus poly- 
gonoìdes, Willd. spec. 2. p. 690? Petals entire, white, marked 
with a purple circle as in Diánthus deltoides. Stems diffuse, 3 
or 6 inches long. 
Occellated-petalled Gypsophila. Fl. July, Aug. Pl. 4 foot. 
2 G. THYMIFÒLIA (Sibth. et Smith, fl. græc. t. 388.) flowers 
somewhat capitate ; stems diffuse, somewhat dichotomous ; leaves 
spatulate, downy on both surfaces ; petals obovate, rounded, 
not spotted. 2%. H. Native of mount Parnassus. Habit of 
G. occellàta. Stem more elongated and more branched. Calyx 
hairy. Flowers 2 or 3 in each tuft, white. Plant diffuse. 
Thyme-leaved Gypsophila. Fl. July. Pl. 4 foot. 
3 G. Srru'ruium (Lin. spec. 582.) flowers in dense round 
panicled tufts; stems simple, roughish ; leaves linear, fleshy, 
nearly semi-cylindrical, axillary ones crowded. Y%.H. Native 
of Spain.—Barrel. icon. 64. t-119. Stems shrubby at the base. 
Flowers white. Petals hardly emarginate. This herb is said 
to be used instead of soap for scouring by the Spaniards at pre- 
sent, as it was by the ancients. It would be curious to know if 
the plant contains fossil-alkali, like many succulent maritime 
plants, and whether the saponaceous qualities of Saponaria offi- 
cinalis be owing to the same cause. 
Fullers’-herb Gypsophila. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1729. Pl. 1} ft. 
4 G. rasticia‘ta (Lin. ameen. 3. p. 23.) flowers corymbosely- 
fastigiate ; stems ascending ; leaves lanceolate-linear, obsoletely 
triquetrous, smooth, obtuse, secund ; stamens exserted. 2. H. 
Native of France, Switzerland, Germany, and Siberia, among 
rocks.—Gmel. sib. 4. p. 144. f. 61. f. 1. Stem procumbent 
before flowering. Flowers white. Segments of the calyx ob- 
tuse, pruinose. 
Fastigiate-flowered Gypsophila. 
Pl. 1 foot. 
5 G. picuéroma (Besser. ‘prim. fl. galiz. 1. p. 372.) flowers 
fastigiately-corymbose ; stem erect, dichotomous, compressed, 
glabrous; leaves linear, somewhat fleshy, triquetrous, acute ; 
petals oblong, spreading; styles equalling the stamens in 
length. Y.H. Native of Poland among stones about Jaslo. 
Flowers white or pink. 
Dichotomous-stemmed Gypsophila. Fl. July. Pl. 2 feet. 
6 G. coxtina (Stev. in litt. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 252.) stem 
branched, smooth ; flowers fastigiate ; leaves linear, somewhat 
fleshy, acute, roughish ; lobes of calyx bluntish; stamens long, 
4.H. Native about Odessa. Flowers white or pink. 
Fl. June, July. Clt. 1759. 
