DECANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. —._ 241 
DIAN’THUS. Tourn. 174, Caryophyllus. 
Cat. Cup cylindrical, tubular, scored, permanent, with 5 
teeth at the mouth, and encompassed at the base with 
4 scales, 2 of which are opposite, and lower than the 
other 2. 
Bross. Petals 5. Claws as long as the cup, narrow, fixed 
to the receptacle. Limbs flat, broadest towards the 
end, blunt, scollopped. : 
Stam. Filaments 10, awl-shaped, as long as the cup, 
standing wide towards the top. Anthers oval-oblong, 
~ compressed, fixed sidewise. | 
Pist. Germen oval. Styles 2, awl-shaped, longer than 
_ the stamens. Summits rolled back, tapering to a point. 
S, Vess. Capsule cylindrical, covered, of 1 cell, opening 
at the top in 4 directions. 
SEEDs many, — roundish. Receptacle loose, 4- 
comered, only half as long as the seed-vessel. 
Oss. In some species the Styles are but little longer than 
the stamens; in others they are very long, but rolled back so 
as to render any bending down of the flower unnecessary. 
Linn. Scales at the base of the calyx sometimes only 2, but 
they vary even in the same species. 
CUCU’BALUS. Tourn. 176. Gaertn. 77. 
Ca. Cup 1 leaf, tubular or globular, with 5 teeth, per- 
manent. 
Boss. Petals 5. Claws as long as the cup. Border flat. 
Limbs generally cloven, not crowned by a nectary. 
STAM, Pibenint 10, awl-shaped, every other stamen fixed 
to the claws of the petals, 5 of them shedding their 
pollen later. Anthers wes 9 
Pist. Germen rather oblong. Styles 3, awl-shaped, longer 
than the stamens. Summits downy, oblong, bending 
towards the left. Se cai 
+ BeVEss, Capsule covered, tapering to a point, with 3 cells, 
__ Opening at the point in 5 different directions. 
SEEDs many, roundish, — rn , 
Oxs. This genus is distinguished from Silene, by. the blos- 
som not being crowned with nectaries. The Cucubalus ofétes 
has male and female flowers on different plants. Linw.—_ 
C. bacciferus bears a berry of 1 _ (Schreb.) « * 
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