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



11. Abbnaeia, Sep. 6. Pet. S, entire or sligttly emargi- 

 nate. Stam. 10 or rarely 6. Styles 3. Caps. 6-valved. 

 Seeds many. — L. broad. 



12. HoLOSTETTM. Sep. 5. Pet. 5, jagged at the end. Stam. 

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

 opening at the end witli 6 teeth. 



13. Stbllaeia. Sep. 6. Pet. 5, bifid. /Stem. 10 (or fewer). 

 Styles 3. Caps, opening with 6 valves or teeth, many- 

 seeded. 



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

 Styles 5. Caps, opening with 5 bifid valves, 



15. CBaASTiuM. Sep. 5. Pet. 5, bifid. Stam. 10 or 5 or 4. 

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

 teeth. — ^Li C. trigynum the styles are mostly 3. 



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

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



Suborder in. POLYOAEPE^. 

 Sep. .distinct. Stam. free. Caps. sessUe. Stipules scarious. 



17. PoLYCABPON. Sep. keeled at the back, hooded at the 

 end. Pet. 5, emarginate. Stam. 3 — 5. Styles 3, short. 

 IV. 1-ceUed, many-seeded. 



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

 the calyx. Stam. 5 — 10. Styles 3 or 6. Fr. 3 — 5-valved, 

 many-seeded; valves fewer than or alternate with the 

 sepals. 



19. Spbbgula. Sep. 5. Pet. 6, entire, as long as the calyx. 

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

 valves opposite to the sepals. 



Suborder IV. SCLERANTHEiE. 



Sep. connate, forming a hardened tube enclosing the 1-seeded 

 capsule. No stipules. 



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

 at the mouth by a glandular ring ; limb 5-fid. Pot. 0. 

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



* Styles 2, Fr. membranous. 



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