214 CARYOPHYLLACEAE 



B. Ovule i. 



•i. Perianth double; petals 5. J .eaves alternate. 



2 species 111 S. A. widely spread. 

 Flor. Cap. 1, [32 and v, 1, 401. 



9. Corrigiola /.. 

 b. Petals o. Leaves opposite. 



The European H. hirsute widely spread. 

 Flor. Cap. 1, 132 and v, 1, 399. 



10. Herniaria Tour*. 



Tribe V. Sclerantheae. 



Perianth simple, of 5 obtuse lobes; styles 2, filiform. Fruit a utricle, 

 enclosed in the thickened perianth-tube. Stipules o. 



S. annuttSy a cosmopolitan species as a weed. 

 Flor. Cap. v, 1, 401 . 



1 1. Scleranthus L. 



11. Subfam. Silenoideae. 



Calyx tubular, 4 — 5-toothed; petals and stamens hypogynous, often 



supported, together with the ovary, by the lengthened axis (gynophore, 



thecaphore) ; petals clawed. Stipules o. 



t 



A. Styles 5 ; calyx nude at base, its segments elongated, leafy. 



A. Githago, in grain-lands, introduced as a weed. 

 Corncockle; Komroos. Flor. Cap. 1, 129. 



12. Agrostemma /.. 



B. Styles 3; calyx nude at base, 5-toothed. Capsule supported by a 



thecaphore and opening by 6 teeth. (Plate 57.) 



Over 300 species, of which about 14 in S. A., 

 several of them endemic. Flor. Cap. 1, 125. 



13. Silene L. 



C. Styles 2 ; calyx bracteate at base. Capsule opening by 4 teeth. 



'(Plate 57.) 



Over 200 species, mostly Mediterranean, 13 in S. A. 

 Flor. Cap. 1, 122. 



14. Dianthus /.. 



