14. CARYOPHYLLACE^. 43 



clawed. Stam. 10. Styles 2. Caps. 1-celled, opening at 

 the top with 4 valves. Seeds globular or reniform. 



[3. CucuBALUs. Cal. 5-toothed, naked. Pet. 5, clawed. 

 Stam. 10. Styles 3. Caps, a globose 1-celled berry. Seeds 

 reniform.] 



4. SiLENE. Cal. 6-toothed, naked. Pet. 5, clawed. Stam. 10. 

 Styles 3. Caps, more or less completely 3-celled, opening 

 at the top with 6 valves. Seeds reniform. 



5. Lychnis. Cal. 5-toothed, naked. Pet. 6, clawed. Stam. 

 10. Styles 5. Caps. \- or half o-celled, opening at the top 

 with 5 or 10 teeth. 



Suborder II. ALSINEiE. 



Sep. distinct. Stam. free, inserted into a more or less evident 

 hypogynous ring. Caps, sessile. 



* 



Valves of caps, the same number as the styles. 



[6. BuFFONiA. Sep. 4. Pet. 4, entire. Stam. 4. Styles 2. 

 Caps, flattened, 2-valved, 2-seeded.] 



7. Sagina. Sep., entire pet., styles and valves of caps. 4 — 5. 

 Seeds reniform, wingless. Stam. 4 — 10. 



8. HoNKBNEJA. Sep. 6. Pet. 6, large. Stam. 10, alter- 

 nating with glands. Styles and valves 3. Seeds few, large. 



9. Alsine. Sep. and pet. 5 or 4. Styles and valves 3 (or 4). 

 Seeds many, with a naked hilum. 



10. Cherlebia. Sep. 5. Pet. or 5, minute. Stam. 10, 

 outer ones opposite to the sep. and springing from an oblong 

 emarginate glandular base. Styles and valves 3. Seeds 

 fev^, small. 



** Valves of the caps, twice as many as the styles. 



11. MoEHRiNGiA. Sep. 6. Pet. 4 — 5, entire or slightly 

 emarginate. Stam. 8 or 10. Styles 2 — 3. Caps, opening 

 with 4 or 6 valves. Seeds many, with an appendage at the 

 hilum.. 



12. Abenaria. Sep. 5. Pet. 5, entire, or slightly emargi- 

 nate. Stam. 10. Styles 3. Caps, opening with 6 valves. 

 Seeds many, with a naked hilum. 



13. HoLosTEUM. Sep. 6. Pet. 5, toothed at the end. Stam. 

 6 or 3 or 4. Styles 3. Caps, subcylindrical, many-seeded, 

 opening at the end with 6 teeth. 



