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Order XV. CARYOPIIYLLE.T. . 
Sep. 5 or 4, distinct or connected in a tube. Pet. 5 or 4, 
clawed. Stam. usually twice as many as, sometimes equalling, 
tlic 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 cen- 
tral. Embryo generally curved round mealy albumen. — L. 
without (rarely with) stipules, opposite. 
Suborder [. SILENE^E. 
Sep. connected into a tube. Stam. connected below into a 
tube which is connate with the stalk (carpophore) of the ovary. 
Caps, stalked. 
1. Dianthus. Cal. 5 toothed, with 2 or more imbricated 
opposite scales at the base (except in D. prolifpr). 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, i -celled, opening at 
the top with 4 valves. Seeds globular or reniform. 
[3. Cucubalus. Cal. 5-toothed, naked. Pet. 5, clawed. 
Stam. 10. Styles 3. Caps, a globose 1 -celled berry. Seeds 
reniform.] 
4. Silene. 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 renifoim. 
5. Lychnis. Cal. 5-toothed, naked. Pet. 5, clawed. Stam. 
10. Styles 5. Ca]>s. I- or half 5-celled, opening at the top 
with 5 or 10 teeth. 
Suborder II. ALSINE^E. 
Sep. distinct. Stam. free, inserted into a more or less evi- 
dent hypogynous ring. Caps, sessile. 
[6. Buffonia. Sep. 4. Pet. 4, entire. Stam. 4. Styles 2. 
Caps, flattened, 2-valved, 2-sceded.] 
7. Sagina. Sep. 4, spreading when in fruit. Pet. 4 or 0. 
Stam. 4. Styles 4. Caps. A-valved, many-seeded. 
8. Spergula. Sep. 5. Pet. 5, entire. Stam. 5 — 10. Styles 5. 
Caps. 5-valved. Seeds numerous, with a naked hilum. 
9- Holosteum. Sep. 5. Pet. 5, toothed at the end. Stam. 
5 or 3 or 4. Styles 3. Caps, subcylindrical, many-seeded, 
opening at the end with 6 teeth. 
10. Stei.laria. Sep. 5. Pet. 5, bifid. Stam. 10. Styles 3. 
Caps, opening with 6 valves or teeth, many- seeded. 
