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ft Valves or teeth of the capsule twice as many as the styles. 



(50) Arenaria sepals five ; petals five, entire or slightly emar- 



ginate ; styles two or three ; capsule opening with four to 

 six valves. 



(51) Stellaria sepals five ; petals five, bifid ; styles three ; cap- 



sule opening with six valves or teeth, many-seeded. 



(52) Malachium sepals five ; petals five, bifid or entire ; styles 



five; capsules opening with five bifid, not deeply-cleft, 

 valves. 



11. Illecebraceous Plants. ILLECEBRACE^;. 



* Capsule one-celled, many-seeded. 



(53) Spergula sepals and petals five, entire ; stamens ten or five : 



styles five ; capsule five-valved ; leaves apparently whorled. 



(54) Spergularia sepals five, flattish ; petals five, entire ; sta- 



mens ten, sometimes only five ; styles usually three ; cap- 

 sule three- to five-valved ; leaves opposite. 



(55) Polycarpon sepals keeled on the back, hooded at the end ; 



petals five, minute, emarginate ; stamens three to five ; 

 styles three ; capsule three-valved. 



** Capsule one-seeded. 



(56) Corrigiola petals five, oblong, equalling the sepals ; sta- 



mens five ; stigmas three, sessile. 



(57) Illecebrum sepals thickened, horned at the back ; petals 



five subulate, or wanting ; stamens five ; stigmas two. 



12. Elatinaceous Plants. ELATINACE.E. 



(58) Elatine capsule three- or four-celled, many-seeded. 



13. Linaceous Plants. LINAGES. 



(59) Linum sepals, petals, stamens, and styles, five each ; cap- 



sule ten-celled, ten-valved. 



