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the stamens upon the stipe of the ovary. Stipules none. Flowera 



usually showy, perfect or not infrequently polygamous. 



* Calyx subtended by 1-several pairs of bractlets : flowers solitary ot often 



aggregated in close heads: seeds flattened and attached b] the face 



embryo nearly straight. 



1. Dianthus. Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, finely many-striate. 

 Petals 5, with long claws; the blade entire, emarginate, or several- 

 toothed. Stamens 10. Styles 2. Capsule 1-celled, dehiscent 1 > \ 

 4 valves. Leaves narrow, often connate by narrow Bcarious mem 

 branes. Flowers commonly showy. 



2. Tunica. Calyx turbinate or cylindrical, obtusely toothed, dis- 

 tinctly 5-ribbed, or sometimes 15-ribbed. Petals 5. Stamens 1". 

 Styles 2. Flowers considerably smaller and habit more slender than 

 in Dianthus. 



* * Calycine bractlets none : seeds laterally attached : embryo curved, 

 -i- Styles 2 : capsule 4-toothed or valved : introduced plants. 



3. Gypsophila. Calyx turbinate, tubular or campanulate, 5- 

 toothed, herbaceous only in the middle of the segments, the interme- 

 diate parts being scarious. Petals 5. Stamens 10. Flowers mostly 

 small, paniculate or scattered, rarely aggregated. Capsule rather 

 deeply 4-valved. 



4. Saponaria. Calyx tubular or ovcid, 5-toothed, terete with 



numerous faint veins, or conspicuously 5-angled. Flowers showy. 



Petals 5. Stamens 10. Capsule dehiscent at the apex by 4 short 



teeth. 



^_ ._ Styles normally 3; capsule opening by 3 or 6 teeth: calyx commonly 



10-nerved, rarely a-nerved. 



5. Silene. Calyx 5-toothed, campanulate, Bubcylindric <>r turbi- 

 nate, either inflated or becoming distended by the maturing capsule, 

 10-oc-nerved. Petals usually appendaged at the summit of tin' claw , 

 the blade variously toothed or divided, rarely entire. Stamens 10 

 Styles 3 (very rarely 4). Stipe of the ovary commonly developed, 

 The capsule 1-celled or somewhat 3-celled at the base. Flowers soli 

 tary, racemose, or cymose-paniculate. 



h_ _ *- Styles 5 (rarely 4), alternating with the petals when of the same num- 

 ber: calyx teeth short, not foliaceoua 



6. Lychnis. Calyx ovoid, obovate, or clavate, 5-toothed L0- 

 nerved, inflated or not. Petals with or without appendages ; the blade 

 entire, emarginate, bifid or variously cleft. Stamens I". Ovary 

 celled, or divided at the base into 5 (rarely 4) partial • 



dehiscent by as many or twice as many teeth as there are styli 



