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Calyx free: 
Petals bifid : 
Capsule cylindrical, opening by to teeth . 1. CERASTIUM. 
Capsule ovoid, opening by 3 teeth . , 2. STELLARIA: 
Petals entire or wanting . Sagina. 
Leaves with scarious stipules : 
Styles free; petals entire : . 2a. Spergula. 
Styles more or less combined : 
Petals bifid 3. DRYMARIA. 
Petals entire or nearly SO: 
Sep. keeled on the back 4. POLYCARPON. 
Sep. all scarious 5. POLYCARPAEA. 
SAPONARIA Linn. 
eo VaccaRiaA’ Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 409 (1753);. Edgw. -& Hk. f. in FI. 
rit. Ind. I, p. 217 (1872). 
Has occurred at Peradeniya as a casual in introduced Fenugreelk. 
A weed of cultivation found in India and Tibet. Native of Europe. 
SILENE Linn. 
=. ARMERIA Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 420 (1753). 
Has occurred as a casual at Bandaravela. 
Native of Europe. 
For Cerastium vulgatum Linn. read: 
Cc. glomeratum Thuill. Fl. Par. ed. 2, p. 226 (1790). C. vulga- 
tum var. glomeratum Trim. FI. Ceyl. I, p. 55 (1893). 
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2. STELLARIA Linn. 
Ovary 3-celled; cap. 1 seeded . ; ; . I. S. PAUCIFLORA. 
Ovary 1-celled ; caps. many seeded . : : .ta. S. media. 
For Stellaria drymarioides Thw. read: 
1. S. paucifiora Zoll. and Mor. in Mor. Syst. Verz. p. 30 (1845- 
1846); Brig. in Ann. Cons. Bot. Gen. XIII-XIV, p. 378 (1911). S. 
drymarioides Thw. Enum. p. 24 (1858). 
Also in Java and the Mascarene Is. 
1a. S. mepia Vill. Hist. pl. Dauph. III, p. 615 (1789); Burnat Fl. 
Alpes I, Marit I, p. 357; Edgw. & Hk. f. in Fl. Brit. Ind. I, P. 230 
(1872). Alsine media Linn. Sp. Pl. ps (1753) pp. =. Wight Ic. . 947 
(1843). Alsine avicularum Lamk. FI. Fr. II], p. 46 (1778). 
Herb; stem 4 in. to 2 ft., procumbent, with a line of hairs 
along it: leaves ovate or lanceolate, acuminate, acute, }-4 in. 
long, lower ne: petioled, upper sessile ; fis. axillary or in 
terminal cymes, }-4 in. in diam.; pedicels glabrous or pubes- 
cent; sepals pohie or subacute,  elandular-pubescent, green; 
petals shorter than the sepals, rarely wanting; stamens 3-10; 
Z Part I. 
