44 Caryophyllaceae 



Tribe 4. Paronychieae. Stipules scarious. Petals 

 minute, bristle-like. Ovules 1-4. 



A. Sepals obtuse, flat, green. 



Leaves linear, opposite and spiral. Stigmas 3. 



Corrigiola. 

 Leaves ovate-oblong, opposite. Stigmas 2. 



Herniaria. 



B. Sepals awned, laterally compressed, white. 



Illecebrum. 



Tribe 5. Sclerantheae. Stipules o. Petals usually o. 

 Ovules 1-2. 



Only British genus (leaves opposite, connate at 

 base) : Scleranthus. 



Subfamily 2. Silenoideae, Sepals united. Petals 

 and stamens hypogynous. Gynophore often present. 

 Styles free. 



Tribe 6. Lychnideae. Calyx with commissural ribs. 



A. Fruit a capsule. 



Carpels isomerous, alternating with sepals. Petals 

 without appendages. Claw 2-winged. Agrostemma. 

 Carpels oligomerous, or if isomerous opposite sepals. 

 Capsule with septa. Teeth as many as styles. 



Viscaria. 

 As Viscaria, but teeth twice as many as styles. 



Silene. 

 Capsule with no septa. Teeth as many as styles. 



Lychnis. 

 As LycJinis, but teeth twice as many as styles. 



Melandryum. 



B. Fruit a berry. *Cucubalus. 



