42 CARYOPHYLLACEA,. SILENE, 
We can point out almost no character except the scarious stipules to separate this 
order from the I/lecebree ; and if the species of Arenaria and Spergula, with such sti- 
pules, be not removed, even that character fails. Caryophyllee have usually large 
petals and hypogynous stamens; the other generally small or abortive petals, and 
more or less perigynous stamens; but there are many exceptions. We shall omit 
here — Chinensis, Wall. L. n. 656, as Roxburgh expressly states it to be cul- 
tivated. 
I. GYPSOPHILA. Linn. 
Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, angled, naked at the base, persistent. Petals 5. 
Stamens 10. Styles 2. Capsule 1-celled, many-seeded.—Stipules none. 
148. (1) G. vaccaria (Smith :) annual, glabrous: leaves ovate and oblong- 
lanceolate, sessile, connate at the base: flowers bisexual, panicled: calyx 
smooth, pyramidal: petals with long claws, erose at the apex.—Spr. syst. 2. 
p. 371; Wight! cat. n. 143.—Saponaria vaccaria, Linn. ; DC. prod. 1. p. 365. 
Wall.! L. n. 1503.—$. perfoliata, Roxb. fl. Ind. 2. p. 445 ; DC. prod. 1; 
p. 365. 
II. SILENE. Linn. ; Lam. ill. t. 911 ; Gaertn. fr. t. 130. f. 8. 
Calyx tubular, not angled, 5-toothed, naked. Petals 5, with long claws ; 
claw often crowned with scales at the top ; limb bifid. Stamens 10. Styles 3. 
Capsule 3-celled at the base, opening at the top by 6 teeth.—Stipules none. 
149. (1) S. intrusa (W. & A. :) viscidly pubescent : stems elongated, dicho- 
tomously branched: leaves (upper wna broadly lanceolate: flowers (large) 
panicled: pedicels alternate, 1-flowered, without bracteoles, much longer 
than the subtending floral leaf: calyx (in flower) long club-shaped, with long- 
ish teeth, truncate and slightly hollow at the insertion of the pedicel, with 10 
connected ribs : petals deeply bifid (reddish): fruit ovoid, 14 times broader, 
and 24 longer than the stalk-like torus.— Wight ! cat. n. 146.—S. indica, var. 
Wall.! L. n. 624. e, ——Neelgherries. 
Very distinct from S. indica, Roxb. (Wall. ! L. n. 624. a.), but not so much — 
so from S. noctiflora, Linn. ; but this last has not the calyx truncate, and the 
pedicels are opposite: may local cireumstanees cause this difference ? 
HI. STELLARIA. Linn. ; Lam. ill. t. 878; Gertn. fr. t. 130. f. 3. 
Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, bifid. Stamens 10 (or by abortion 3-8). Styles 
3. Capsule 1-celled, opening at the apex by 6 valves (or rather 3 valves, 
each divided into 2), many-seeded. Stipules none. i 
150. (1) S. media (Sm. :) stems procumbent, with an alternate line of ha 
on one side: lower leaves ovate, upper ones lanceolate: petals deeply di- 
vided: stamens 5-10: capsules deeply divided, scarcely longer than the ca- 
lyx.—DC. prod. 1. p. 396; Spr. syst. 2. p. 392; Wight ! cat. n. 145 (a large 
state), 147 ; Wall. ! L. n. 631.—8. monogyna, Don.—Neelgherries. 
Always readily distinguished by the line of hairs on the stem. 
* 151. (2) 8. aquatica (Poll.:) stems decumbent, glabrous: leaves ovate- 
lanceolate, with a callous tip: flowers in dichotomous panicles: sepals com- 
bined at the base : petals bipartite, shorter than the calyx, and, as well as the 
stamens, slightly perigynous.—DC. prod. 1. p. 398; Wall. L. n. 635. b. ( p. 248). 
—S. uliginosa, Murr.; Sm.; Spr. syst. 2. p. 393.—Larbrea aquatica, St Hil. ; 
DC. prod. 1. p. 395. (exelud. spec. char. and synon.) Neelgherries. 
We almost suspect that the plant from Dr Wight’s herbarium, referred here 
by Dr Wallich, belongs to the last species. , 
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IV. CERASTIUM. Linn.; Lam. ill. t. 392 ; Gertn. fr. t. 130. f. 6. 
Sepals 5. Petals 5, bifid. Styles 5. Capsule 1-celled, cylindrical or glo- 
