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Buoss. Petals 5 ; claws as long as the cup, flat, bordered, 
limbs flat, frequently cloyen. 
Sram. Filaments 10, longer than the cup, alternately 
ripening later, and. fixed to the claws of the petals. 
Anthers fixed sidewise. — insane 
Pisr. Germen nearly-egg-shaped. Styles 5, aw]-shaped, 
longer than the stamens. Summits downy, bent to- 
wards the left. 
S. Vess. Capsule approaching to egg-shaped, covered, of 
1, 3, or 5 cells, and 5 valves. o 
SEEDS many, roundish. ; : 
Ozs. The Lychnis dioica has male and female flowers on 
different plants; the capsule has 1 cell, and 10 valves at its 
top. In L, viscaria the petals are undivided, and the capsule 
has 5 cells, Linn. 
CERAS’TIUM. Tourn. 126, Myposotis. : ; Ze 
Cau. Cup 5leaves. Leafits egg-spear-shaped, acute, ex- 
-panding, permanent. A SOS 
Boss. Petals 5, cloven, blunt, upright, but expanding, 
as long as the cup. 
STAM. Rlneats 10, thread-shaped, shorter than the 
blossom, alternately longer and shorter. Anthers ~ 
roundish, ; 
Pisr. Germen egg-shaped. Styles 5, hair-like, upright, ~ 
as long as the stamens. Swmmitsblunt. = 
S. Vess. Capsule egg-cylindrical, or globular, blunt, with 
1 cell, opening at the top, with 10 teeth or 6 valves. 
SEEps many, roundish. Sood 
Ons. Cerastium semi-decandrum has only 5 stamens in each 
flower. The species are subdivided into such as haye oblong, 
and such as have globular capsules. Linx, - 
SPER’/GULA. Curt. v. 52, & 262. 
Cau. Cup 5 leaves. Leafits egg-shaped, blunt, concave, 
expanding, permanent. 
Risk Petals 5, egg-shaped, concave, expanding, entire, 
larger than the cup. " e ' 
Sram. Filaments 10, awl-shaped, shorter than the blos- 
som. Anthers roundish. SA ; 
Pisr, Germen egg-shaped. Styles 5, upright, but reflected, 
thread-shaped.’ Summits rather threk. a 
S. Vess. Capsule egg-shaped, covered with 1 cell and 5 
valves, — 
