46 14. CAETOPHTLLACEJi. 



into a tube below and adnate to the stalk of the ovary. _ Caps, 

 usually stalked. — Pet. 5, clawed in all our plants. No stipules. 



* Two or more imbricate opposite scales at the base of the calyx. 



1. DiANTHUS. Cal. 5-toothed. Styles 2. Caps. 1-celled, 

 many-seeded, 4-Talved at top. Seeds peltate, convex 

 above, concave beneath and more or less keeled. 



** No scales at the base of the calyx. 



2. Saponahia. Oal. 5-toothed, terete. Styles 2. Caps. 

 1-celled, 4-valved at top. Seeds globular or reniform. 



[3. Otjcubaius. Cal. 5-toothed. Styles 3. Caps, a globose 

 1-eelled berry. Seeds reniform.] 



4. SiLBNE. Cal. 6-toothed. Styles 3. Caps, more or less 

 completely 3-celled, 6-valved at 'top. Seeds reniform. — 

 (Rarely 5 styles and 5-valved caps, in S. maritima.) 



5. Lychnis. Cal. 5-toothed. Styles 5. Caps. 1- or half 5- 

 celled, opening at the top with 5 or 10 teeth. 



Suborder II. ALSINEiB. 



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

 dent hypogynous ring. Caps, sessile. No stipules. 



* Valves of the caps, the same in number as the styles. 

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



7. Sagina. Sep., entire pet. (or none), styles and valves of 

 caps, each 4 — 5. Seeds reniform, wingless. Stam. 4 — 10. 



8. HoNKENBJA. Sep. 5. Pet. 6, large. Stam. 10, alterna- 

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



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

 4). Seeds many, with a naked bile. — L. linear. 



10. Chbelbma. Sep. 5. Pet. or 6, minute. Stam. 10, 

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

 emarginate glandular base. Styles and valves 3. Seeds 

 few, small. 



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



11. Abbnaeia. Sep. 5. Pet. 5, entire or slightly emargi- 

 nate. Stam. 10 or rarely 5. Styles 3. Caps. 0-valved. 

 Seeds many. — L. broad. 



