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GENERA. 
TriBE 1. SInenex. 
Sepals united into a cylindrical tube. Capsules stalked. 
Styles two. 
Calyx with bractea at the base ......... Dranruus, v. 2 p. 616. 
Calyx naked at the base .. ............... SAPONARIA, V. 2. p. ey 
BERSEEEERS dhs ccc ccoceccvencaveccensvcceact _s. SILENE, V. 2. p. 622 
Styles five. 
WALYN CECE SIMPIS .....0scevecseccceere ses Lycunis, v. 2. p. 671. 
Calyx teeth foliaceous .........s0cesseeeeee AGROSTEMMA, V. 2. p. 670. 
TRIBE 2. ALSINER. 
Sepals distinct, or slightly united at the base. Capsules sessile. 
Capsules opening with distinct valves, the 
same number as the styles. 
REYES EWO coccscsecccsesecrecsscevercevesseeee DUFEONIA, V. 1. p. 204. 
Styles four....... Reeecees weet esters adcayecu WAGINA, Vail. gy 21% 
RESMEMEN delta ecdccdecvsatvesvaecsenttvalosis SPERGULA, v. 2. p. 655. 
Styles three. 
Filaments all subulate............... .. ALSINE, v. 2. p. 631. 
Outer filaments rising from a notched 
glandular base ...............2. CHERLERIA, V. 2. p. 637. 
Capsules opening at the apex, with teeth 
double the number of the styles 
Styles three. 
EEMEMETHITC ssc... deccesescssees suede « ARENARIA, V. 2. p 638. 
Petals toothed 2.2... cccescccsccscsseesess Hotostevy, v. 1. p. 172. 
Petals bifid, or ae orectne oeeccee STELLARIA, v. 2. p 640. 
Styles four.. seduevavccwascucccaetee) as WIORNCHEA. oto pre es 
Styles five. 
Capsule with five bifid teeth ......... MALacnium, v. 2. p. 648. 
Capsule with ten equal teeth ......... CERASTIUM, v. 2.p 649, 
Capsules opening with distinct valves, 
double the number of the 
BLYIES ....ecccecesceccesereers suse» MOEHRINGIA, V. 2. p. 639. 
ORDER XVI. MALVACE.—Jouss. 
Perianth double. Calyx of five equal sepals, rarely three or four, 
more or less united at the base, often double, the outer ones forming 
a kind of involucre, valvate in estivation. Petals as many as the 
sepals, and alternating with them, hypogynous, equal, spiral in estiva 
tion, either distinct or adhering to the tube of the stamens. Stamens 
indefinite, (rarely indefinite), hypogynous. Filaments united into a 
tube. Anthers one celled, reniform, bursting transyersely. Ovary 
