44 14. CARYOPHYLLACE^. 



14. Stellaria. Sep. 5. Pet. 5, bifid. Stam. 10. Styles 3. 

 Caps, opening with 6 valves or teeth, many-seeded. 



15. MoENCHiA. Sep. 4, erect. Pet. 4, entire. Stam. 4. 

 Caps, many-seeded, opening at the end with 8 or 10 teeth. 



16. Malachium. Sep. 5. Pet. 5, bifid or entire. Stam. 10. 

 Styles 5. Caps, opening with 5 bifid valves. 



1/. Cekastium. Sep. 5. Pet.5,bifid. Stam. 10 or 5 or 4. 

 Styles 5 or 4. Caps, tubular, opening at the end with 10 

 teeth. — In C. trigynum the styles are mostly 3. 



Suborder I. Silenea. 



I. DiANTHUs Linn. Pink. 



* Fl. capitate or clustered. 



1. D. prolifer (L.) ; fl. in a clustered head, cal.-scales mem- 

 branous pellucid the 2 outer ones shorter mucronate, inner ones 

 obtuse about equalling the calyx, st. glabrous, 1. all linear, seeds 

 boatshaped with a longitudinal membrane in the hollow rough 

 pointed at one end.— E. B. 956. R. vi. 247.— St. 1— H ft. high, 

 erect, usually simple. Fl. expanding one at a time, small. Pet. 

 rose-coloured, obcordate. Head quite inclosed by brown dry 

 scales. — Sandy and gravelly places, rare. A. VII. E. 



2. D. Armeria (L.) ; fl. aggregate tufted, cal.-scales and bracts 

 lanceolate-subulate downy herbaceous ribbed equalling the tube, 

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

 lowed and with a longitudinal keel in its middle rough pointed 

 at one end.— E. B. 317- R- vi. 249.— St. 1—2 feet high, erect, 

 branched. Pet. rose-coloured, speckled with white dots, crenate. 

 —Waste places, rare. A. VII. VIII. Deptford Pink. E. 



** Fl. solitary or panicled. 



t3. D. plumarius (L.) ; st. 2 — 5-flowered, fl. solitary, cal.- 

 scales roundish-ovate shortly mucronate 4 times shorter than the 

 tube, I. rough at the margin linear-subulate, pet. digitate multifid 

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

 barren st. procumbent rooting much branched, seeds flat orbicular 

 with a point on one side. — R. vi. 257. — Flowering stems 6 — 12 

 in. high. Calyx teeth ciliated at the margin, slightly shorter 

 than the capsule. Fl. pale pink, sometimes white, fragrant. — 

 Old walls and ruins. P. VI. E. 



t4. D. Caryophyllus (L.) ; fl. solitary, cal.-scales broadly ob- 

 ovate pointed 4 times shorter than tlie tube, I. with smooth mar- 

 gins linear, pet. crenate-dentate ovate glabrous, barren st. elon- 



