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1. Elatine. Cal. 3 — 4-parted. Pet. 3—4. Stam, 3—4 or 
6 — 8. Styles 3 — 4. Caps. 3 — 4-celled, mMiy-seecled. Seeds 
cylindrical, straight or bent. 
1. Elat'ine Linn. Water- wort. 
1. E. hexan'dra (DC); 1. opposite longer than their petioles, 
fl. slightly stalked with 6 stam. and 3 ohovate pet., caps, turbi- 
nate concave at the summit 3-celled, seeds nearly straight as- 
cending 8—12 in each ceM.—R I. f. 599. E. Hydropiper£ B. 
955. E. ti-ipetala S>u. — Plant minute, creeping. Fl. alternate, 
axUlarv. Cal. 3-fid. — Forming small matted tufts imder water, 
rare. A. Vni. E. S. I. 
2. H. Sydropiper (L.) ; 1. opposite shorter than their petioles, 
fl, sessile with 8 stam. and 4 ovate pet., caps, roundish depressed 
4-celled, seeds bent almost double pendulous 4 in each cell. — 
F. B. S. 2670. Plant minute, creeping. Cal. 4-fid.— Very rare, 
glowing under water. A. VIII. E. I. 
Order XIV. CARYOPHYILACE^. 
Sep. 5 or 4, distinct or connected into a tube. Pet. 5 or 4, 
clawed. Stam. usually twice as many, sometimes as many as 
the petals, free or connected at the base. Anth. opening longi- 
tudinally. Ovaiy one, often stalked. Stigmas 2 — 5, sessile, 
filiform. Caps. 1- or imperfectly 2 — 5-celled, opening by twice 
as many teeth as stigmas, sometimes val\'ular. Piacenta central. 
Embiyo generally ciu'ved round mealy albumen. — L. without 
stipules, opposite. 
' Suborder I. SILENE^. 
Sep. connate, forming a tube. Stam. 10. Filaments connate 
into a tube below and adnate to the stalk of the ovary. Caps, 
stalked. — Pet. 5, clawed in all oui* plants. 
• Tioo or more imbricate opposite scales at the hose of the calyx. 
1. DiANTHTJS. Cal. 5-toothed. Styles 2. Caps. 1-celled, 
many-seeded, opening at the top with 4 valves. Seeds 
Eeltate, convex above, concave beneath and more or less 
eeled. 
** No scales at the base of the calyx. 
: 2. Saponakia. Cal, 5-toothed, terete. Styles 2. Caps. 
; 1-ceUed, opening at the top with 4 valves. Seeds gMnuar 
or reniform. 
