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THE FLORA. 



Order XXI. CARYOPHYLLACEiE. Pinkworts. 



Fig, 406.^Pink (Pheasant's-eye) : &, the bracts; c, the tubular calyx. Fig. 407. The ovary 

 with its 2 styles, Fig. 408, A petal of the Diurnal Lychnis, 2-cleft; c, the claw. Fig. 409. 

 Arenaria stricta, showing the spreading cyme. Fig. 410. A flower enlarged, calyx not tubular. 



Herbs with the stems swelling at the nodes ; opposite, entire leaiies ; 

 sepals 4 or 5, sometimes distinct and sometimes united into a tube ; 

 petals 4 or 5 (sometimes 0), with or without claws, hypogynous ; 

 stamens generally twice as many as the petals ; styles 2-5 ; 

 fruit a l-celled (rarely 2-5-oelled) capsule with numerous seeds, and an 

 embryo coiled around fleshy albumen. 



Analysis oftJie Genera. 



Stipules dry, scale-like, between the leaves at ^ase 6 



■ Stipnles none 2 



2 Sepals united into a tube. Petals with" long claws 3 



2 Sepals distinct or nearly so. Petals sessile or none 4 



8 Calyx with 2 or more bractlets at base a 



8 Calyx naked, i. e., with no bractlets b 



4 Pod 1-oelled and with several seeds. Petals generally present. 



4 Pod l-celled, with 1 seed. Petals none, calyx green g 



4 Pod completely S-celled. Petals none, calyx white h 



5 Petals 2-parted or 2-lobed . . . . u 



5 Petals undivided and entire.... d 



