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12. HoLOSTEUM. Sep. 5. Pet. 5,jngged at the end. Stam. 

 5 or 3 or 4. Styles .3. Caps. su)>cylindrical, many-seeded, 

 opening at the end witli 6 teeth. 



13. Stellama. Sep. 5. Pet. 5, bifid. Stam. 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 bi/id valves. 



15. Ceeastium. Sep. o. Pet. 5, hifld. Stam. 10 or 6 or 4. 

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

 teeth. — In C. trigijnum the styles are mostly ^j. 



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

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



Suborder HI. POLYCAEPEiE. 

 Sep. distinct. Stam. free. Caps, sessile. Stijyules scancus. 



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

 end. Pet. 5, eniarginate. Stam. 3 — o. Styles 3, short. 

 Fr. 1-celled, many-seeded. 



18. Lepigojtdm. 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 



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

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

 valves opposite to the sepals. 



Suborder IV. SCLERANTHE^. 



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

 capsule. No stipules. 



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

 at the mouth by a glandular ling ; limb 5-fld. Pet. 0. 

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

 Styles 2. Fr. membranous. 



Suborder I. Silenete. 

 1. Dian'thtjs Linn. Pink. 

 * Fl. clustered. 

 1. J), prdlifer (L.) ; fl. in a dense cluster enveloped in mem- 



