42 FLORA OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 
Stamens 3 to 5; seeds smooth, shining. 
Leaves oblong or linear-oblong, thick. 
Bracts foliaceous, pedicels short ... 
Bracts small, scarious. 
Stems ascending, much branched, from 1 to 
few inches long; radical leaves stalked, 
linear-oblong or spathulate ; stem-leaves 
few, smaller; sepals acute, lengthening 
after flowering; capsule longer than calyx 
Leaves all radical ; sepals obtuse 
Leaves narrow-linear. 
Flowers very small ; stamens usually 3 ; capsule 
narrow-cylindrical ; stems numerous, ascend- 
ing to a few inches, leaves chiefly radical and 
stalked. Racemes numerous, short, axillary 
and terminal 
Flowers large white ; stamens 5, opposite to and 
adherent to the base of the petals; capsule 
ovoid. Plant tufted with a creeping stem ; 
racemes few-flowered, terminal or leaf opposed 
111. Stamens not exceeding 10; capsule globular 
scarcely bursting. 
A minute annual with decumbent or ascending stems; 
leaves oblong to ovate, thick ; petals 5 to 7 a little 
longer than the calyx; stamens 7 to 10 united at 
the base ; seeds small, minutely pitted 
ORDER CARYOPHYLLEAE. 
Sepals united, no stipules; styles 2. 
Petals 5, capsule many-seeded, calyx tubular 
Sepals free ; no stipules. 
Styles 3, capsular valves 6; petals bifid 
Style 3-cleft, capsular valves 3, petals lobed... 
Styles and capsular valves 4 to 5. 
Stamens 4 to 5, opposite to sepals 
Stamens 4 to 5, alternate ... 
Sepals free ; stipules present. 
Styles 3, distinct from the base 
Styles 3, united at the base 
Style long, 3-toothed 
Saponaria. 
A slender erect dichotomous annual beset with sticky 
hairs, leaves very small filiform 
brevipedata 
calyptrata 
pumila 
corrigiolacea 
Australasica 
pygmaea 
Saponaria 
Stellaria 
Drymaria 
Sagina 
Colobanthus 
Spergularia 
Polyearpon 
Polyearpaea 
tubulosa 
