344* '^^N MALES. THREE FEMALES. Silene, 



hortenfts* 25. ftem two-fork'd panicled, calyxes ftriated, petals two- 

 cleft, leaves linear. garden. 



eretica, 26. S. erect pollfh'd, calyxes ere61: ten-angled, petals two- 

 cleft, a'etan, 



miifclpula, 27. S. petals two-cleft, ftem two-fork'd, flov/ers axillary 



feffile, leaves fmooth. catchfiy. 



polyphylla, 28. S. leaves fafcicled briftly : thofe of the flowering 



branches oppofite. many -leaved. 



Armeria. 29. S. flowers fafcicled level-top'd, fuperiour leaves hearted 



fmooth, petals intire, 



rupeflris. 31. S. Aowers ere6t petals cnd-nick'd, calyxes columnar, 



leaves lanced. 7'ock. 



Saxifraga. 32. S. ftems moftly one-fiower*d, peduncles the length of 



the ftemj flowers hermaphrodite and female, 

 petals two-cleft. Saxifrage. 



vallefta. 33. S. fl:ems moftly one-flower'd decumbent, leaves 



lanced downy the length of the calyx, vaUeftan. 



acauUs, 34. ftemlefs deprefs'd, petals end-nick'd. Jlemlefs. 



archidea. S. flowers fafcicled level-top'd, petals four-cleft, leaves 



egg'd fmooth. S. ore his -like, 



agyptiaca. S. petals end-nick'd tooth'd on each fide, leaves rather 



downy. S, Egyptian, 



568. STELLARIA. Cal. 5-leaved, expanding. 

 Petals 5, two-parted. Cap/, i-cell'd, 

 many-feeded. Star -flower. 



nemorum, i. S. leaves hearted petioled, panicle with peduncles 



branchy. of the groves. 



dichotoma, 2. S. leaves egg'd feflile, fl:em two-fork'd, flowers foli- 



tary, pfeduncles fruit-bearing refleited. twO' 



fork'd. 



radians. 3. S. leaves lanced fav/let ted, petals five-parted, radiant. 



Hohftea, ^. S. leaves lanced fawletted, petals two-cleft. 



graminea. 5. S, leaves linear moft intire, flov/ers panicled. gf'^Jy* 



Cerajloidcs. 6. S. leaves oblong, peduncles mofl;ly two-flower'd. 



Cerajlium-like. 



hifiora, 7. S. leaves awl'd, fcapcs mofl:ly two-flower'd, petals end- 



nick'd, geims oblong, calyxes flrriated. two^ 



flower'd. 



arenaria. 8. S. leaves fpatuled, fl:em ere£l: two-cleft, branches al- 

 ternate petals end-nick'd, /and, 



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