14. caryophyllacej:. 
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4. SiLEXE. Cal. 5-toothed. Styles 3. Ca]is. more or less 
completely 3-celled, 6-vah'ed at top. Seeds reniform. — 
(Earely 5 styles and 5-valved caps, in .S. maritime ) 
5. Lychnis. Cal. 5-toothed. Styles b. Caps. I- or half 5- 
celli'd openirifi at the top ivith 5 or 10 teeth. 
Suborder II. AL8IXE.E. 
Sep. distinct. Stam. free, inserted into a more or less; evi- 
dent hypogynous ring. Caps, sessile. No stipules. 
* Va/res of the\caps. the same in number as the styles. 
6. Sagixa. Sep. entire pet. (or none), styles and valves of 
caps, each 4 — 5. Seeds reniform, wingless. Stain. 4 — 10. 
7. HoNKEXE.JA. Sep. 5. Pet. 5, large. Stam. 10, alter- 
nating with glands. Styles and valves 3. Seeds few, 
large. 
8. AiSESE. Sep. and pet. 5 or 4. Styles and valves 3 
(or 4). Seeds many, with a naked hile. — L. linear. 
9. Cheeleeia. Sep. 5. Pet. 0 or 5, minute. Stam. 10, 
outer ones opposite to the sep. and springing from an oblong 
emarginate glandular base. Stj^es and valves 3. Seeds 
few, small. 
** Valves of the caps, bifid or twice as many as the styles. 
10. Akenaeia. Sep. 5. Pet. 5, entire or slightly emargi- 
nate. Stam. 10 or rarely 5. Styles 3. Caps. 6-valved. 
Seeds many. — L. broad. 
11. HoLOSTEUM. Sep. 5. Fet. 5, jagged at ih'' end. Stam. 
5 or 3 or 4. Styles 3. Caps, subcylindrical, many-seeded, 
opening at the end with 6 teeth. 
12. Stellaeia. Sep. 5. Pet. 5. bifid. Stam. 10 (or fewer). 
Styles 3. Caps, opening with 6 valves or teeth, many- 
seeded. 
13. Myosoton. Sep. 5. Pet. 5, bitid or entire. Stam. 10 
Styles 5. C'ajis. opening toith 5 bifid- valves. 
14. Ceeastutm. Sep. 5. Fet. 5. biiitl. Stam. 10 or o or 4 
.Styles 5 or 4. Caps, tubular, opening at the end with 10 
teeth. — In C. laiyponicum the styles are mostly 3. 
