249 DECANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. 
SILE/NE. Fl. dan. 559. Curt. 266. 
Cat. Cup 1 leaf, bellying, with 5 teeth, permanent. 
Buoss. Petals 5. Claws narrow, as long as the cup, bor- 
dered; limb flat, blunt, frequently cloven. 
Nectary composed of 2 little teeth at the neck of 
each petal, and constituting a crown at the mouth of 
the tube. 
Stam. Filaments 10, awl-shaped: every other filament 
fixed to the claws of the petals, and shedding ther 
pollen later. .dnthers oblong. 
Pist. Germen cylindrical. Styles 3, simple, longer than 
the stamens. Summits bending to the left. se 
S. Vess. Capsule cylindrical, covered, with 1 or 3 cells, 
opening at the point in 5 or 6 different directions. 
_ SEEDs many, kidney-shaped. 
Orns. The nectariferous crown of the blossom distinguishes 
this genus from the Cucubalus.. Livy. 
STELLA’RIA. Tourn. 126, Alsine. 
Car. Cup 5 leaves. ts egg-spear-shaped, concave, 
acute, upright, » permanent. a 
Bross. Petals 5, deeply divided, flat, oblong, shrivelling, 
Stam. Filaments 10, thread-shaped, shorter than the 
blossom, every other shorter. Anthers roundish. | 
Pist. Germen roundish, Styles 3, hair-like, ex 
Summits blunt. ; wea 
Ss. — Capsule egg-shaped, covered, with 1 cell and 6 
valves, 
SEEDs many, roundish, compressed, 
ARENA’RIA, Curt. 268 & 272. 
Car. Cup 5 leaves. Leafits oblong, tapering to 4 pout 
Bross. Petals 5, egg-shaped, entire. ee 
Stam. Filaments 10, awl-shaped, every other more 
3 Mig Anthers roundish, Zo ite 
ist. Germen ego-shaped. Styles 3. upri ut a litte: 
__teflected. Saat seg arg ‘ERD cae a 
S. VEss. Capsule egg-shaped, covered, with 1 cell, gi Seas 
8 or 6 valves. ; a 
SEEDs many, kidney-shaped. ae 
Oxs. The number of stamens is variable, (Reich.) 
