40 14. CARYOPHYLLACES. 
fl. slightly stalked with 6 stam. and 3 obovate pet., caps. turbi- 
nate concave at the summit 3-celled, seeds nearly straight as- 
cending 8—12 in each cell.—R. I. f.599. E. Hydropiper £. B. 
955. . tripetala Sm.—Plant minute, procumbent. 1. alter- 
nate, axillary. Cal. 3-fid—Forming small matted tufts under 
water, rare. A. VIII. 
2. E. Hydropiper (L.); 1. opposite shorter than their petioles, 
fl. stalked or nearly sessile with 8 stam. and 4 ovate pet., caps. 
roundish depressed 4-celled, seeds bent almost double pendulous 
4 in each cell.—B. B. 8.2670. E. Schkukriana (Hayne) Reich. 
—F. quite sessile in our plant. Cal. 4-fid.—Very rare, growing 
under water. A. VIII. E. I. 
Order XIV. CARYOPHYLLACE. 
Sep. 5 or 4, distinct or connected in a tube. Pet. 5 or 4, 
clawed. Stam. usually twice as many as, sometimes equal to, 
the petals, free or connected at the base. Anth. opening longi- 
tudinally. Ovary one, often stalked. Stigmas 2—5, sessile, 
filiform. Caps. 1- or imperfectly 2—5-celled, opening by twice 
as many teeth as stigmas, sometimes valvular. Placenta central. 
Embryo generally curved round mealy albumen.—L. without 
stipules, opposite. 
Suborder I. SILENEZ. 
Sep. connected into a tube. Stam. connected below into a 
tube which is connate with the stalk (carpophore) of the ovary. 
Caps. stalked. 
1. Diantuus. Cal. 5-toothed, with 2 or more imbricated 
opposite scales at the base (except in D. prolifer). Pet. 5, 
clawed. Stam.10. Styles 2. Caps. 1-celled, many-seeded, 
opening at the top with 4 valves. Seeds peltate, convex 
above, concave beneath and more or less keeled. 
2. Saponaria. Cal. 5-toothed, naked at the base. Pet. 5, 
clawed. Stam. 10. Styles 2. Caps. 1-celled, opening at 
the top with 4 valves. Seeds globular or reniform. 
{3. CucuBauus. Cal. 5-toothed, naked. Pet 5, clawed. 
Stam. 10. Styles 3. Caps. a globose 1-celled berry. Seeds 
reniform. | 
4. StLenE. Cal. 5-toothed, naked. Pet. 5, clawed. Stam. 10. 
Styles 3. Caps. more or less completely 3-celled, opening 
at the top with 6 valves. Seeds remform. 
5. Lycunis. Cal. 5-toothed, naked. Pet. 5,clawed. Stam. 
10. Styles 5. Caps. 1- or half 5-celled, opening at the top 
with 5 or 10 teeth. 
