498 



Psammophila, Fenzl. 

 Triplateia, Bartl. 



Hymenella, Moc.et Ses. 

 Honkenya. Ehrh. 



Halianlhus, Fries. 



Hallia, Dumort. 



Ammonalia. Desv. 

 Lepyrodiclis, Fenzl. 

 Merckia, Fisch. 



Wilhelmsia, Reichenb. 

 Dolophragma, Fenzl. 

 Thylacosperma, Fenzl. 



Periandra, Cambess. 



Flourensia, Cambess. 



Bryomorpha, Karel. 

 Arenaria, Linn. 



Eremogone, Fenzl. 



Euthalia, Fenzl. 



Plinthine, Rchb. 



Alsinanthus, Desv. 



Porphyrantha, Fenzl. 



GowjTeia.Robill.et Cast, 



Bicranilla, Fenzl. 

 Alohringia, Linn. 

 Krascheninikovia, Turcz 

 Brachystemma, Bun. 

 Odontostemma, Bentli. 

 Holosteum, Linn. 

 Stellaria, Linn. 



Schizotechium, Fenzl. 



Larbrea, St. Hil. 

 Leucosteuima, Benth. 



CARYOPHYLLACE.E. 



Adenonenia, Bung. 

 Cerastium, Linn. 



Bichodon, Bartl. 



Schizodon, Fenzl. 



Strephodon, Sering. 



Orthodon, Sering. 



Esmarchia, Reichenb. 



MBnchia, Ehrh. 

 Malachium, Fries. 



Myosoton, Monch. 



Suborder II. Silene^e. — 

 Sepals united into a 

 tube, opposite the sta- 

 mens, when the latter 

 are of the same number. 



Velezia, Linn. 

 Dianthus, Linn. 



Caryophyllum, Endl. 

 Tunica, Scop. 



Kohlrauschia, Kunth. 



Pseudotunica, Fenzl. 

 Heliosperma, Griseb. 

 Saponaria, L. 



Rootia, Neck. 



Proteinic!, Ser. 

 j Gypsophila, Linn. 



Bichoylottis, Fisch. et 

 Mey. 



Hagenia, Mbnch. 



HeUrochroa, Bung. 



Struthium, Ser. 



Rokejeka, Forsk. 



Banff ya, Baumg. 

 Saponaria, Fenzl 



Smeamanthe, Fenzl. 



Bolanthus, Ser. 



Cymantftus, Endl. 

 Smegmathamnium, End 



Silenantke, Fenzl. 

 Helicosperma, Rchb. 

 Melandrium, Fries. 



Elisanthe, Endl. 



Gastrolychnis, Fenzl. 

 Vaccaria, Medik. 

 Eudianthe, Rchb. 

 Ankyropetalum, Fenzl. 

 Silene, Linn. 



Behenantha, Otth. 



Otites, Otth. 



Coniomorpha, Otth 



Stachymorpha , Otth. 



Rupi/raga, Otth. 



Siphonomorpha, Otth 



Atocion, Otth. 

 Viscaria, Rdhl. 



Hymenanthe, Fenzl. 

 Coronaria, L. 



Coccygonthe, Rchb. 

 Agrostemma, L. 



Githago, Desf. 

 Uebelin'ia, Hochst. 

 Petrocoptis, Braun. 



[Hypogynous Exogens. 



Lychnis, Tournef. 



Hedeoma, Lour. 



Gastrolychnis, Fenzl. 

 Cucubalus, Tournef. 



Scribaza, Flor. Wetter. 



Lychnanthtts, Gmel. 

 Drypis, Michel. 

 Acanthophyllum, C.A.M. 



Suborder III. Mollu- 

 i.ixc.t. — Sepals dis- 

 tinct or nearly so. alter- 

 nate with the stamens 

 when the latter are of 

 the same number. 



Mollugo, Linn. 



Cerviana, Minuart. 



Trichlis, Hall. 



? Galiastrum, Heist. 

 Pharnaceum, Linn, 



Ginginsia, DC. 

 Hypertelis, E. Mey. 

 Psammotropha, Eckl. et 

 Zeyh. 



Mallogonum, Fenzl. 

 Coelanthum, E. Mey. 

 Acrosanthes, Eckl. et Zep. 

 Schiedea, Cham et Schl. 

 Colobanthus, Bartl. 

 Polpoda, Presl. 

 Adenogramma, Reichenb. 



Steudelia, Presl. 



Position. 



Numbers. Gen.*53. Sp. 1055. 



Geraniacece. 

 Caryophyllace.e. — Illecebrace<e. 



MalvacccB. 



ADDITIONAL GENERA. 



Rhodalsine, Gay, l nearAlsine . 

 Gremera, Gay, ) 

 Wahlbergella, Ruppr. near Lychnis. 

 Animodenia, Gmel. near Sagiua. 

 Pycnophylluni, Rimy, near 



Stellaria. 

 ? Glinus, see p. 526. 



Fig. CCCXLL* 



V\<, rrOXLI *— 1 Lvchnis diurua, [Silenea-) ; 2. a flower of Stellaria media, {Aisinecr) ; 3. it* 

 Btamlns and pistil ; 4. its placenta loaded with seed ; 5. a seed cut through vertically to show the embryo 

 curved round mealy albumen. ^^ 



Malapert and M. Bonnet have shown that Saponaria officinalis and Agrostemma Q^ago^ 

 poisonous, and ascribe this to their containing sapomne In the last plant *e sa r^ n me occur 

 principally in the ripe and immature seed, and also in the roots, but the ot her parts wnttu 

 none. P Silene nutans contains at least as much sapomne as Saponaria but here ,it i ^danusea 

 throughout the plant, except in the seed ; the authors, moreover, ^ d ^ 18 ^^ e , f e ^ t 2rf 

 CarrophvUus, ciesius, carthusianorum, and prohferus (chiefly m the roots less in the leave an 

 not at all in the flowers and seed), Lychnis dioica. chalcedonica, and flos cuculi, Suene innaia, 

 and Cucubalus Behen, but not in Arenana, Stellaria, and Holosteum. 



