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seeds have a floury endosperm, and a long curved embryo, which either 
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entirely surrounds the endosperm or lies on one side of it. Somespecies. 
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are moncecious, dicecious, or polygamous, from the abortion of pistilor 
stamens. [Principal genera :—Agrostemma, Silene, Lychnis, Cucubalus, 
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saponaceous, the order is entirely destitute of economic properties ; but 
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