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14. CABrOPHTIiACE-B. 
[3. CucuBALUS. Cal. 5-toothed. Styks 3. Caps, a globose 
1-ceUed berry. Seeds renifonn.] 
4. SiLENE. Cal. 5-tootlied. Styles 3. Caps, more or less 
completely 3-celled, opening at the top with 6 valves. Seeds 
reniibmi. — (Rarely 5 styles and 5-valved caps, in S. ma- 
ritima.) 
5. Lychnis. Cal. 5-tootlied. Styles 5. Caps 1- or half 
5-celled, opening at the top with 5 or 10 teeth. 
Suborder n. ALSINE^. 
Sep. distinct. Stam. free, inserted into a more or less evident 
hypogynous ring. Caps, sessile. 
* Valves of the caps, the same number as the styles. 
[6. BuFFONiA. Sep. 4. Pet. 4, entire. Stam. 4. Styles 2.] 
7. Sagina. Sep., entire pet. (or none), styles and valves of 
caps, each 4 — 5. Seeds reniform, wingless. Stani. 4 — 10. 
8. HoKEENEJA. Sep. 5. Pet. 5, large. Stam. 10, alter- 
nating with glands. Styles and valves 3. Seeds few, large. 
9. AisiNE. Sep. and pet. 5 or 4. Styles and valves 3 (or 4). 
Seeds many, with a naked hilum. 
10. Cherleria. Sep. 5. Pet. 0 or 5, minute. Stam. 10, 
outer ones opposite to the sep. and springing fi-om an oblong 
emarginate glandidar base. Styles and valves 3. Seeds 
few, small. 
** Valves of the caps, bifid or twice as many as the styles: ' ' 
11. Abenaria. Sep. 5. Pet. 5, entire, or slightly emargi- 
nate. Stam. 10 or rarely 5. Styles 3. Caps, opening with 
6 valves. Seeds many. 
12. HoLOSTEUM. Sep. 5. Pet. 5, jagged at the end. Stam. 
5 or 3 or 4. Styles 3. Caps, subcylindrical, many-seeded, 
opening at the end with (J teeth. 
13. Stellaria. Sep. 5. Pet. 5, bifid. Stam. 10 (or fewer). 
Styles 3. Caps, opening with 6 valves or teeth, many- 
seeded. 
14. Malachium. Sep. 5. Pet. 5, bifid or entire. Stam. 10. 
Styles 5, opposite to the petals. C«/m. opening with 5 bijid 
valves. 
15. Cebastium. Sep. 5. Pet. 5, biJid. Stam. 10 or 5 or 4. 
Styles 5 or 4. Caps, tubular, opening at the end with 10 
teeth. — lu C. trigynum the styles are mostly 3. 
