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6. HoNKi^NYA. — Sepals 5 ', petals 5, large ; stamens 10, alternat- 

 ing with glands ; styles 3 ; capsule 3-valved, few-seeded. 



7. MiNUARTiA. — Sepals 4 — 5 ; petals 4 — 5 ; styles 3 — 4 ; cap- 

 sule 3 — 4-valved, many-seeded ; leaves linear. 



8. Cherleria. — Sepals 5 ; petals 5, minute or absent ; stamefis 

 10; disk prominent, glandular, 5-lobed ; styles 3; capsule 3- 

 valved, few-seeded. 



9. Arenaria. — Sepals 5 ; petals 5, entire or slightly emargin- 

 ate ; stame?is 10, rarely 5; styles 3; capsule 6-valved, many- 

 seeded ; leaves broad. 



10. Hol6steum. — Sepals 5 ; petals 5, toothed at the margin ; 

 stafiiens 3 — 5 ; styles 3 ; capsule sub-cylindric, opening at the top 

 with 6 teeth, many-seeded. 



11. Stellaria.— 6V/rt/$- ^\ petals 5, deeply bifid; statnens wsMdX^y 

 10 ; styles 3 ; capsule globose, opening with 6 valves or teeth, 

 many-seeded. 



12. Myosoton. — Sepals ^-^ petals 5, bifid; statnens 10; styles 

 5 ; capsule opening with 5 bifid valves. 



13. Cerastium. — Sepals 5 ; petals 5, bifid ; stamens 4 — 10 ; 

 styles 3 — 5 ; capsule tubular, opening with 10 teeth, many-seeded. 



14. MiENCHiA. — Sepals 4^ erect ; petals 4, entire; stamens 4; 

 styles 4; capsule opening with 8 or 10 teeth, many-seeded. 



Sub- Order III. PolycdrpecB. — Spurrey Tribe. Leaves with mem- 

 branous stipules ; sepals 5, distinct ; petals 5 ; stamens 3 — 10 free ; 

 styles 3 — 5 ; capsule not stalked. 



•15. Spergula. — Petals entire; stamens 5 — 10; styles 5, free 

 capsule 5-valved, many-seeded. 



16. Alsi^e.— Petals entire ; sta?nens 5 — 10 ; styles 3, rarely 

 5, free ; capsule 3-valved, rarely 5-valved, many-seeded. 



17. PoLYCARPON. — Sepals keeled at the back, hooded at the 

 end ; petals emarginate ; stamens 3 — 5 ; styles 3 short, united at 

 base ; capsule 3-valved, many- seeded. 



T. DiANTHUS (Pink). — Herbaceous plants with narrow, grass- 

 like leaves^ often tufted ; flowers solitary or fascicled ; calyx 

 tubular, 5-toothed, with bracteoles below it ; petals 5, long-clawed, 

 often toothed; sta?fiens 10, united at the base; ovary i -cham- 

 bered ; styles 2 ; capsule opening with 4 valves at the top ; seeds 

 flattened. (Name in Greek signifying flower of Jupiter^ from its 

 beauty.) 



'^Flowers fascicled 



I. D. A7'7n'eria (Deptford Pink). — Steins few, erect, i — 2 feet 

 high, downy ; leaves linear, downy, lower obtuse, upper acute ; brcu:- 



