48 14. CARTOPHTLLACEJE. 



18. Lepigonum. Sep. 5. Pet. 5, entire, usually as long as 

 the calyx. Stam. 5—10. Styles 3 or 5. Fr. 3 — 5-valved, 

 many-seeded ; valves fewer than or alternate with the 

 sepals. 



19. Spekgtjla. Sep. 5. Pet. 5, entire, as long as the calyx. 

 Stam. 5 — 10. Styles 5. Fr. 5-vaIved, many-seeded ; the 

 valves opposite to the sepals. 



Suborder IV. SCLEEANTHE^. 



' Sep. connate, forming a hardened tube enclosing thel-seeded 

 capsule. No stipules. 



20. ScLEHANTHUs. Tube of calyx vase-shaped, contracted 

 at the mouth by a glandular ring : limb 5-fld. Pet. 0. 

 Stam. 10 or rarely 5, inserted in the throat of the calyx. 

 Styles 2. Fr. membranous. 



Suborder I. Silenea. 



1. Dian'thtjs Linn. Pink. 



* Fl. clustered. 



1. D. prSlifer (L.) ; fl. in a dense cluster enveloped in mem- 

 branous bracts, cal.-scales membranons pelliuyidthe two outer ones 

 shorter mucronate, inner ones blunt about equalling the calyx, 

 St. glabrous, 1. all linear, seeds boatshaped with a longitudinal 

 membrane in the hollow rough pointed at one end. — R. \i. 247. 

 —St. 1 — 1 5 ft. high, erect, usually simple. Fl. expanding one 

 at a time, small. Pet. rose-coloured, obcordate. Cluster quite 

 inclosed by brown dry scales. — Sandy and gravelly places, verv 

 rare. A. Vll. E. 



2. J). Armeria (L.) ; fl. close together, cal.-scales and bracts 

 laneeolate-suhulate herbaceous downy ribbed equalling the tube, 

 st. and linear 1. downy, seeds nearly flat one side slightly hol- 

 lowed and with a longitudinal ieel in its middle rough pointed 

 at one end. — i2. vi. 249. — St. 1 — 2 feet high, erect, branched. 

 Pet. rose-coloured, speckled with white dots, toothed. — Waste 

 places, rare. A. VII. VIII. Deptford JPtnk. E. 



** Fl, solitary, ojie or more on the stem. 



*S. D. plumdrim (Jj.); st. 2 — 5-flowered,_/?. so&'iary, cal.-scales 

 roundish-ovate shortly mucronate 4-fold shorter than the tube, 

 . rough at the margin linear-subulate, pet. digitate multifid as far 

 as the middle with the central entire part obovate downy, barren 



