DIANTHUS. 4) 
Suborder II. ALSINEA. 
Sep. distinct. Stam. free, inserted into a more or less evident 
hypogynous ring. Caps. sessile. 
* Valves of caps. the same number as the styles. 
(6. Burronia. Sep. 4. Pet. 4, entire. Stam. 4. Styles 2. 
Caps. flattened, 2-valved, 2-seeded.] 
7. Sacina. Sep., entire pet., styles and valves of caps.4—5. 
Seeds reniform, wingless. Stam. 4—10. 
8. Honxengsa. Sep. 5. Pet. 5, large. Stam. 10, alter- 
nating with glands. Styles and valves 3. Seeds few, large. 
9. Ausing. Sep. and pet. 5 or4. Styles and valves 3 (or 4). 
Seeds numerous (in A, peploides few) with a naked hilum. 
10. Cuerieria. Sep. 5. Pet. 0 or 5, 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. twice as many us the styles. 
11. Monurinera. Sep. 5. Pet. 4—5, entire or slightly emar- 
ginate. Stam. 8 or 10. Styles 2—3. Caps. opening with 
4 or 6 valves. Seeds numerous, with an appendage at the 
hilum. 
12. ArENARIA. Sep. 5. Pet. 5, entire, or slightly emargi- 
nate. Stam. 10. Styles 3. Caps. opening with 6 valves. 
Seeds numerous, with a naked hilum. 
13. Hotosteum. Sep.5. Pet. 5, toothed at the end. Stam. 
5or3or4. Styles 3. Caps. subcylindrical, many-seeded, 
opening at the end with 6 teeth. 
14. Stentarta. Sep. 5. Pet. 5, bifid. Stam. 10. Styles 3. 
Caps. opening with 6 valves or teeth, many-seeded. 
15. Morncuta. Sep. 4, erect. Pet. 4, entire. Stam. 4. 
Caps. many-seeded, opening at the end with 8 or 10 teeth. 
16. Mauacuium. Sep.5. Pet. 5, bifid or entire. Stam. 10. 
Styles 5. Caps. opening with 5 bifid valves. 
17. Cerastium. 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. Silence. 
1. Diantuus Linn. 
* Fl. capitate or clustered. 
1. D. prolifer (L.); fi. in a clustered head, cal.-scales mem- 
