278 DICOTYLEDONS. CARYOPHYLLE/E. 



opposite scales at the base. Pet. 5, clawed. Slam. 10. 

 Styles 2. Caps, cylindrical, 1 -celled. 



* Flowers clustered. 



1. D. Armeria, flowers clustered fascicled, calyx-scales lanceo] 

 late downy as long as the tube. p. 134. Fields. 



** Flowers solitary, many on the same stem. 



2. D, deltoides, flowers solitary, cal. scales mostly 2 lanceolate 

 acute, petals notched, p. 134. Rocks. 



3. SILENE. 



Cal. monophyllous, tubular, often ventricose, 5-toothed. Pet. 

 5, clawed, mostly crowned ut the mouth, and the limb gene- 

 rally notched or bifid. St'am. 10. Styles 3. Caps. 3-cell- 

 ed, 6-toothed, many- seeded. 



* Cal. glabrous. 



1. S. inflala, flowers panicled, cal. inflated glabrous reticulated 

 with veins, leaves ovate, p. 134. Pastures and sea-coast. 



2. S. acaulis, caespitose, leaves linear ciliated at the base, pe- 

 duncles solitary single-flowered, petals slightly notched crown- 

 ed, p. 135. Alps. 



** Cal. pubescent. 



3. S. nutans, flowers panicled secund cernuous, petals deeply 

 bifid their segments linear, leaves (of the stein) lanceolate pu- 

 bescent, p. 135. Rocks, rare. 



4. S. noctiflora, cal. with 10 angles veined, teeth nearly as long 

 as the tube, stem dichotomous. p. 135. Corn-Jlelds. 



4. LYCHNIS. 



Cal. monophyllous, tubular, 5-toothed. Pet. 5, clawed, crowned 

 at the orifice, their limb divided. Stam. 10. Styles 5. Caps. 

 opening with 5 or more teeth, 1- or 5-celled. 



1. L. Flos Cuculi, flowers loosely panicled, petals 4 -cleft, caps, 

 roundish 1 -celled, p. 141. Meadows. 



2. L. Viscaria, petals slightly notched at the extremity, caps. 5- 

 celled, stem clammy at the joints, p. 142. Rocks, rare. 



3. L. alpina, glabrous, petals bifid, flowers corymbose-capitate, 

 capsule 1-celled. p. 142. Alps, rare. 



4. L. dioica, flowers dioecious, caps. I -celled, p. 142. Hedges. 



Div. II. ALSINE^E. Cal. 4 o-leaved, or ^-partite to the very 

 base. 



5. AGROSTEMMA. 



Cal. monophyllous, tubular, coriaceous, 5-cleft. Pet. 5, clawed, 

 their limb undivided. Caps, opening with 5 teeth, 1-celkd. 



